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Honors Program - Creative

The Honors Program (Creative) in the English Department consists of a two-course sequence: English 100 Advanced Fiction (100FA) or ENL 100 Advanced Poetry (100PA), each 4 units; and English 195H, Honors Thesis (4 units).  Students admitted to the Honors Program are required to take English 100FA or 100PA in spring quarter of their Junior year, and English 195H in the winter quarter of their Senior year. Students completing the Honors Program will receive appropriate notation on their transcript.

In the spring quarter, English 100FA and 100PA are taught by the English Department faculty members assigned to these sections.  These sections will be limited to twelve members each and designed to prepare students for writing a collection of stories, a collection of poems, a short novel, or a multiple-genre work.  Students will also be required to undertake substantial reading as part of this prepartion and to designate an individual faculty member who will serve as a mentor during the thesis writing process.

The Honors Thesis itself is a creative work that reflects each student's development as a writer.  The completed thesis is normally 35 to 60 pages in length (as determined appropriate by the faculty advisor) and might include a critical or reflective introduction.  As a course, English 195H has no scheduled class meetings; instead each student is required to schedule regular meetings with his or her faculty advisor during the winter quarter.  Students receive four units of credit for working on their creative thesis projects under the direction of the faculty advisor.

Eligibility
To be eligible to participate in the Honors Program in English (Creative), students must have earned, by the end of fall quarter of their Junior year a GPA of 3.5 in English courses.  Students must also have taken at least one upper division creative writing workshop course at UCD (or enrolled in one winter quarter).  Advanced-standing Juniors who expect to graduate mid-year may also apply for admission.



More information
More information is available from the Undergraduate Counselor, Ms. Lynda Jones.


Submission Deadline
TBA --- next submission date will be Winter 2009

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