Creative Studies

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About the concentration in Creative Studies

By studying the transformative creations of others in the social, cultural, and historical contexts in which they were produced, you can nurture your own creative expression and develop a deeper understanding of the creative process in action. A concentration in Creative Studies combines experiential and applied humanities through the study of the creative arts, expanding your ability to critically analyze, compare and evaluate the meanings and significance of creativity as expressed across a variety of media. In this degree concentration, you engage in individual and collaborative creative writing and explore a range of creative accomplishments in fields including literature, music, cinema studies, theater, and other arts.

The concentration in Creative Studies prepares you to:

• Understand how text conveys meaning across a variety of literary genres and styles
• Use innovation, flexibility, and collaboration to cultivate a creative writing practice
• Create, revise, and edit original writing in multiple literary genres, including poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and screenwriting
• Understand how artistic practices and traditions are produced, transformed, and re-contextualized over time and space
• Analyze works of art (visual, musical, cinematic, theatrical, and literary) with attention to their historical and cultural context, paying particular attention to their intersections with gender, politics, religion, and history