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Creative Writing Major

Hartwick students during writing class

Where degrees in creative writing can take you.

As a creative writing major, you’ll be trained to analyze and appreciate the component parts of a literary text, so that over time you’ll deepen your understanding not just of how to write, but of how to read as a writer. The ability to analyze, create, and write is broadly applicable to any number of fields. You will make a difference – whether in verse, prose, or in person.

Typically, graduates pursue careers as:

Writers and Authors
Reporters and Correspondents
Editors

Putting creative writing to work.

Hartwick’s creative writing graduates go on to careers in higher education, journalism, film, publishing, editing, social media and more, and to further study at some of the nation’s most prestigious institutions.

Hartwick alumni work for:

The Los Angeles Times
Big Fan Films
Delightful Communications
And as independent writers, journalists, editors, and more

Hartwick alumni have studied at:

NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts
George Mason University
Goddard College
New York University
Chapman University
And many more

Beyond the basic.

The English Department’s creative writing major is built on a foundation of an in-depth study of literature as a key component of understanding and improving one’s own writing.

At Hartwick, creative writing is defined by course requirements that “teach students how to read closely as writers and to engage … in the practice of literary writing.” It includes course offerings devoted to “writers of many eras, continents, ethnicities, and sensibilities.” Here, we draw upon the expertise of a wide range of faculty to afford you first-hand access to experts who help bring your writing alive. As a Hartwick creative writing major, you’ll learn by doing—by making real what you imagine. Breathe life into vivid hopes and panoramic dreams. Move someone. Evoke a feeling that morphs into a vision. Express yourself and change the world. This is creative writing at Hartwick.