Creative Writing & Social Action Concentration

Students must complete at least 12 (twelve) units for the concentration.

Required Courses

Complete 8 units from the following Creative Writing Content 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 339S - Creative Writing and Service Learning Units: 5
HCOM 341 - Poetry & Pop Culture Units: 4
HCOM 430 - Literary Journal Publication Units: 2
HCOM 432 - Social Action Writing Units: 4 (RTI)
HCOM 432S - Social Action Writing SL Units: 5 (RTI)
HCOM 433 - Life Histories & Creative Narrative Units: 4
HCOM 434 - Creative Publishing and Critical Storytelling Units: 4
HCOM 439 - Page to Stage Units: 2
Note: One of the three Creative Writing Content courses may be selected from the following list:
HCOM 328 - Latina Life Stories Units: 4
HCOM 329 - Auto/Biografias Units: 4
HCOM 350S - Oral Hist/Comm Mem SL Units: 5 (RTI)
HCOM 390 - Magazine Writing Units: 4
CART 330 - Elements of Cinema Units: 4
CART 340 - Screenwriting Units: 4
Complete one of the following Literature/Social Justice courses:
HCOM 322 - Asian American Literature Units: 4
HCOM 323 - American Drama Units: 4
HCOM 324 - African American Narratives Units: 4
HCOM 325 - Narratives of American Immigration Units: 4
HCOM 327 - Survey American Literature Units: 4
HCOM 335 - Amer Ethnic Lit & Culture Units: 3
HCOM 336 - Poetry and Gender Units: 4
HCOM 337 - Women’s Literature Units: 4
HCOM 338 - Multicultural Adolescent Lit Units: 4
HCOM 343 - Race and Gender Justice Units: 3
HCOM 344 - Chicana/Latina Experiences Units: 4
HCOM 345 - Chicanx Life & Culture Units: 4
HCOM 346 - African American Life/History Units: 4
HCOM 348 - Race, Colonialism, and Film Units: 4 (RTI)
HCOM 353 - California At Crossroads Units: 3
HCOM 356 - Digital Multicultural U.S. Histories Units: 4
HCOM 359 - Law, Politics and LGBTQ History Units: 4 (RTI)
HCOM 365 - Chicanx Latinx History Units: 4 (RTI)
HCOM 404 - Restorative Justice Units: 4
HCOM 426 - Travel Narratives Units: 4
HCOM 428 - Contemporary Chicana Poetry Units: 4
HCOM 436 - Literature of Sexualities Units: 4
HCOM 437 - Shakespeare Units: 4
HCOM 443 - Black Feminist Theory & Praxis Units: 4
HCOM 445 - Slavery & Race in the Americas Units: 4 (RTI)
HCOM 451 - Transnational Migrations Units: 4 (RTI)
HCOM 452 - Literature Into Film Units: 4 (RTI)
SSCI 304 - California Indian Societies Units: 3
SSCI 350 - Domination and Resistance: US since 1880 Units: 3