Salem College ⢠2006 Supplement to the 2005-2007 A cademic ...
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computations, and elementary drawing will be introduced. Requires competence in<br />
high school algebra. Spring<br />
Replace Computer Science 141 with <strong>the</strong> following description:<br />
Computer programming in an object-oriented language such as Java for algorithmic<br />
problem. Programming concepts not covered in Computer Science 140, such as<br />
collections, recursions, sorting, searching, input/output and exceptions, advanced<br />
drawing, elementary data structures will be introduced. Prerequisite: Computer Science<br />
140. Offered on demand<br />
Page 121. Creative Writing. This is a new major and this text is new <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> catalog.<br />
Creative Writing<br />
Writer-in-Residence Niven, Visiting Writer Brown, Direc<strong>to</strong>r of Women Writers<br />
Center Hendricks<br />
The English department offers a Creative Writing major so as <strong>to</strong> provide talented<br />
writing students an opportunity <strong>to</strong> enhance <strong>the</strong>ir powers of expression through<br />
<strong>the</strong> close reading of texts, <strong>the</strong> free exchange of ideas, and <strong>the</strong> production of original<br />
works of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction. Students will be challenged<br />
<strong>to</strong> improve <strong>the</strong>ir control of <strong>the</strong> English language and will be prepared for graduate<br />
study in Creative Writing and related fields, or for a career in which <strong>the</strong>ir skills<br />
will be valued. The department fosters <strong>the</strong> imaginative talent that each student<br />
brings <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> classroom with <strong>the</strong> intention of enhancing <strong>the</strong> pleasure, value, and<br />
authority that students find in literature and writing.<br />
Requirements:<br />
The Creative Writing major in English requires twelve courses beyond English<br />
101, 102, and 103. Five of <strong>the</strong> twelve courses will be in literature or literary<br />
studies as follows:<br />
One course of British Literature from Category I<br />
One course of American Literature from Category II<br />
One course of literature from Category III<br />
Two literature or literary studies electives<br />
Students may begin <strong>the</strong> Creative Writing major only after completing successfully<br />
English 101, 102, or 103.<br />
English 212 (Introduction <strong>to</strong> Creative Writing) is required of all majors and is a<br />
prerequisite <strong>to</strong> all Creative Writing classes. This course must be taken at <strong>Salem</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong>.<br />
Creative Writing majors will be required <strong>to</strong> identify a genre of interest. One 200<br />
<strong>2006</strong> A<strong>cademic</strong> Catalog <strong>Supplement</strong> • S