Creative Writing & Social Action, Minor
Nurturing your passion for writing and empowering you to tell stories that can advance social causes and bring positive change to society.
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The Creative Writing & Social Action minor offers a distinctive integration of two important and impactful areas of study, where you’ll nurture your passion for writing fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and life stories while learning how the written word can be a powerful vehicle for advancing social causes.
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A Lifetime of Value
Creative Writing & Social Action, Minor
The minor will position you to explore your interests in creative writing and social action and enhance your major through the development of valuable creative, critical thinking, visual, and cultural analysis tools that can be applied across disciplines.
Educational Objectives
Our exceptional faculty is comprised of accomplished writers who will individually guide you in the development of your own portfolio of work which you’ll present at the Senior Capstone Festival.
Our focus on connecting writing with broader social issues offers a distinctive approach in higher education that has been used as a model for other universities throughout California.
Our literary journal In the Ords will offer you the opportunity to edit works that are submitted by writers from across the country, further developing your writing and editing skills.
Our integration of social action with creative writing will position you to use your creative skills to actively respond to public issues as well as enrich your service-learning activities that may be part of your major.
Complete one of the following introductory-level courses:
- HCOM 330 - Intro Creative Writing Units: 4
- HCOM 339S - Creative Writing and Service Learning Units: 5
After completing one of the introductory courses above, complete 12 units from the following courses:
- HCOM 332 - Poetry Writing Workshop Units: 4
- HCOM 333 - Women’s Writing Workshop Units: 4
- HCOM 334 - Fiction/Creative NonFiction Writing Units: 4
- HCOM 341 - Poetry & Pop Culture Units: 4
- HCOM 430 - Literary Journal Publication Units: 2
- HCOM 432 - Social Action Writing Units: 4
- HCOM 432S - Social Action Writing SL Units: 5
- HCOM 433 - Life Histories & Creative Narrative Units: 4
- HCOM 434 - Creative Publishing and Critical Storytelling Units: 4
- HCOM 439 - Page to Stage Units: 2
Faculty & Staff
Our faculty are accomplished novelists and poets who will read and edit your work and mentor you as a way to help you make the most of your time in the program.
Phuong Nguyen
Department Chair AY
Wendy Rutledge
Administrative Support Coordinator
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Here's a short recap of the year's highlights.
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CSUMB is meeting or exceeding all six goals, including increasing graduation rates, decreasing time to graduation, and closing equity gaps.
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Topics included the university’s continuing rise in national college rankings, student graduation and success, and new Otter traditions like The Plunge.
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Our experienced and supportive admissions staff is here to provide all the individualized guidance you need.