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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

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