The Distinction Program in Creative Writing
2010-20111
Due February 15
197BS. Distinction Program Sequence . Open to those whose thesis will be in the field of creative writing. Application and consent of Program Director/instructor required. One course each. -Staff
198B. Distinction Program Sequence: Independent Study . To be taken with principal thesis advisor. Consent of instructor required. One course each. -Staff
The Distinction Program in Creative Writing is designed for the department's best and most serious writers whose coursework at Duke has prepared them to make a sustained and successful commitment to a distinction project in creative writing. The program consists of one seminar, English 197BS, taken in the fall semester 2010 and one independent study, English 198B, with the thesis advisor in the spring 2011. English 197BS varies in content and format according to the interests of the instructor and students. It will provide a forum in which to discuss work-in-progress. English 198B will involve substantial independent work toward completing the thesis, and regular conferences with the instructor.
To be eligible to apply, students must be English majors, and must have completed, by the beginning of the senior year, at least five 100-level courses in English and must have a minimum 3.5 average in their English courses. In addition, applicants must submit a writing sample and two recommendations from members of the English Department faculty. Applicants for the Distinction Program in Creative writing will be expected to have taken preparatory coursework from Duke's creative writing faculty. Here's the link to the application:
http://english.duke.edu/ugrads/forms/CW creative writing distinction application.pdf
The thesis must be submitted near the end of the spring semester 2010. Appropriate faculty will evaluate the theses and award distinction. A student who has done satisfactory work in the seminars but whose thesis is denied distinction will receive graded credit for the two-course distinction program, but not distinction. Please note that neither of the two courses may count toward the English major. Theses awarded distinction will be bound and deposited in Perkins Library.