2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
English Writing, BA
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Return to: Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
The University of Pittsburgh’s Writing Program is the oldest and one of the largest in the United States, offering tracks in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and journalism. There is a wide variety of classes, and the maximum size is 22. The Writing Program has a full-time faculty of widely published writers, several visiting writers each year, and a number of part-time faculty who are senior reporters or editors at Pittsburgh newspapers and magazines. Graduates of the writing program include editors at major daily newspapers and publishing houses and winners of the Pulitzer Prize and other major awards.
Visit the Department of English Academic Programs page for more information on its majors.
Major Requirements
A minimum of 33 credits is required: 21 credits in English writing courses and 12 in English literature courses.
Majors must choose one of three tracks: fiction, nonfiction, or poetry. In most cases, students will take other writing courses as well. Each track consists of three levels of courses. The introductory courses (0500s) offer a broad introduction to the skills required of writers in a particular area and generally should be taken no later than the first term of the junior year. The intermediate courses (1000s for fiction, 1200s for poetry, 1300s for nonfiction) refine and develop those skills. The senior seminars (1700s) provide a capstone experience for the student writer. Students should check prerequisites carefully before registration.
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