Creative Writing
Overview
When you major in Creative Writing, you gain knowledge and skills in writing and speaking, which positions you well for a successful career in any field. You’ll be ready to become a writer, an editor, a publisher or a journalist, or you can lay the groundwork for a career in marketing, public relations, teaching or law.
Fast Facts
- You’ll lead group discussions and class projects.
- Bloomfield College alumni have won prestigious awards in such areas as poetry.
- You’ll pitch ideas in front of an audience.
- You’ll learn through reading and writing but also through watching films, listening to music and studying the current media.
- Bloomfield College hosts its own three-day program celebrating poetry and the written word..
Students have interned at
Students have interned at:
- Writing from the Margins Literary Institute
- Publishing houses
- Non-profit organizations
- Media outlets
- Public relations agencies
You could be...
You could be …
A writer: Median pay $61,240 per year. Writers develop written content for advertisements, books, magazines, movie and television scripts, songs, blogs and other types of media.
An editor: Median pay $57,210 per year. Editors plan, review and revise content for publication.
A public relations specialist: Median pay $58,020 per year. Public relations specialists create and maintain a favorable public image for the organization they represent. They design media releases to shape public perception of their organization and to increase awareness.
Requirements
Creative Writing
Division
Program Type
Additional Information
Many courses have prerequisites which are listed in the course description. Please be sure that necessary prerequisites have been taken before enrolling in any course.
Roadmap
Creative Writing Recommended Series of Courses
AT BLOOMFIELD COLLEGE EACH COURSE UNIT IS EQUIVALENT TO 4 CREDITS, .5 COURSE UNIT IS EQUIVALENT TO 2 CREDITS.
GROUP B: ENG 222, ENG 223, ENG 226, ENG 232, ENG/AFS/PHL 248, ENG 256, ENG 259 ENG 264, ENG 268, ENG 359, ENG 363
GROUP C: ENG 206, 215, 234, 257, 271, 309, 341, 342, 348, JOU 224, WRT 205
FOUR (4) GENERAL EDUCATION COURSE UNITS MUST BE TAKEN AT THE 200 LEVEL OR HIGHER
ENG 251/252 WILL SATISFY ONE (1) OF THE TWO (2) WRITING INTENSIVE REQUIREMENTS
Courses
Faculty
- B.A.Bloomfield College
- M.F.A.National University
- B.A.F.D.U. - Rutherford
- M.F.A.Brooklyn College - C.U.N.Y
- B.A.Fairleigh Dickinson University
- M.F.A.Brooklyn College
M.F.A. in Creative Writing, Poetry, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York B.A., English, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rutherford New Jersey, cum laude
Publications: Meadowland Take My Hand, Three Mile Harbor Press, 2017. Her second collection of poetry, Femistry, is forthcoming in 2023, Three Mile Harbor Press
Awards/Grants: From The Center of Peace, Justice and Reconciliation for a Pilot Project for curriculum development related to social issues and justice as classroom curriculum, 2011. This curriculum is currently being taught as a writing-intensive course called Conflict to Peace.
What I teach:
- Introduction to Creative Writing
- Intermediate Poetry Writing
- Advanced Creative Writing
- Writing-intensive course: Conflict and Peace (a focus on compositional and critical thinking skills that deepen student learning via frequent writing assignments).
- Playwriting
- The Art of Drama
- Freshman Year Seminar
- Senior Capstones/Senior Thesis in Creative Writing
My focus is to create a student-centered learning environment where students can find their “writer’s voice,” to discover the creative tools necessary to transcend a bad or marginal relationship with writing and embrace both academic and creative writing as friends. This discovery gives students a sense of agency and inspires a love of learning that they can take across the curriculum. Over my many years teaching at Bloomfield College, I have happily shared a strong, nurturing rapport with my students. A firm believer that the arts make for a powerful catalyst for change, I am the founding editor of Narrative Northeast, a literary and arts magazine that supports diverse voices and visions: BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and straight, as well as the environment. Over the years, I’ve published many of my students’ poems and creative nonfiction pieces here.
- B.A.Bloomfield College
- M.F.A.William Paterson University
Program Learning Goals (PLGs)
- Identify discipline specific literary terms, movements, genres, and historical periods.
- Analyze the style, voice, and form of the work of professional creative writers.
- Demonstrate a writing process that includes drafting, self- and group critiques, revision, and editing techniques.
- Produce original works of fiction, poetry, drama, and/or creative non-fiction, including at least one extended work, in their own voice and style.