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Northwestern University · Department of English (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences); School of Professional Studies

Creative Writing Major

BABachelor of Arts (Creative Writing Major)Funding not verified

Overview

An undergraduate major in Weinberg College with 13 department courses: three introductory genre courses, literature courses, and a yearlong advanced sequence in poetry, fiction or creative nonfiction, or three advanced courses in the cross-genre track. Admission to the single-genre tracks is by application with a writing sample.

Official program name
Creative Writing Major
Awarded degree
Bachelor of Arts (Creative Writing Major)
Source: catalogs.northwestern.edu · verified October 9, 2026
School
Source: catalogs.northwestern.edu · verified October 9, 2026
Location
Evanston, IL
Delivery / residency
Campus-basedClasses and workshops meet in person on campus throughout the program.
Source: catalogs.northwestern.edu · verified October 9, 2026
Study intensity
Not verified
Duration
Not verified
Required credits
Not verified
Teaching language
English (not separately stated)
Why this degree is listed

Weinberg College lists a Creative Writing Major (separate from the English Major) leading to the bachelor of arts; tracks in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction and cross-genre.

Source: catalogs.northwestern.edu · verified October 9, 2026

We list dedicated creative writing degrees only. Eligibility rules

Curriculum, genres and faculty

Genres

PoetryFictionCreative NonfictionCross-Genre / Interdisciplinary

Source: english.northwestern.edu · verified October 9, 2026

Workshops

  • Single-genre tracks take a yearlong three-course sequence (Theory and Practice of Poetry, Fiction or Creative Nonfiction).
    Source: english.northwestern.edu · verified October 9, 2026

Literature courses

Other

Faculty listed by the program

Faculty list: not verified. We publish this only when the school states it on an official page.

Admissions

Required, optional, waived and not-required items are shown exactly as the school states them. Anything not listed is not verified — not “not required”.

Admission requirements: not verified. We publish this only when the school states it on an official page.

Writing portfolio

Portfolio requirements: not verified. We publish this only when the school states it on an official page.

Tests

GRE and English-language test policy: not verified. We publish this only when the school states it on an official page.

We do not publish acceptance rates or estimate competitiveness: programs rarely publish comparable figures.

Deadlines

Dates are shown with the admissions cycle the school printed. A past date is marked passed and is never carried into a new cycle.

Application deadlines: not verified. We publish this only when the school states it on an official page.

Tuition and fees

Each amount keeps its applicant category, academic year and basis. Per-credit, per-year and whole-program figures are not comparable with each other.

Tuition: not verified. We publish this only when the school states it on an official page.

Funding

We have not verified an official funding policy for this program. That does not mean funding is unavailable. “Fully funded” never means every personal expense is covered. How we classify funding

Funding not verified

Funding policy: not verified. We publish this only when the school states it on an official page.

Sources and verification

Every fact on this page comes from the official pages below. Last verified October 9, 2026.
  1. catalogs.northwestern.edu/undergraduate/arts-sciences/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 9, 2026
  2. catalogs.northwestern.edu/undergraduate/arts-sciences/english/creative-writing-major/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 9, 2026
  3. english.northwestern.edu/undergraduate/writing/majors.html — Official program page, verified October 9, 2026

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