Creative Writing
Certificate of Proficiency English · Chabot College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Description
The Creative Writing certificate allows students to focus on developing their creative writing skills while exposing them to high-quality creative work by professional writers.
Program Learning Outcomes
Upon the successful completion of this program, students should be able to:
- produce a body of quality creative work.
- develop a critical response to the creative writings of others.
Program Requirements
SUBJECT #
TITLE
UNITS
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ENGL 11A | Introduction to Creative Writing | 3 |
| ENGL 12A | Beginning Fiction Writing | 3 |
| ENGL 13A | Beginning Craft of Writing - Poetry | 3 |
| ENGL 11B | Intermediate Creative Writing | 3 |
| ENGL 12B | Intermediate Fiction Writing | 3 |
| ENGL 13B | Intermediate Craft of Writing - Poetry | 3 |
| ENGL 20 | Studies in Shakespeare | 3 |
| ENGL 21 | The Evolution of the Black Writer | 3 |
| ENGL 22 | Mexican American/Latinx Literature of the U.S. | 3 |
| ENGL 25 | Asian-American Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 28 | Classic and Contemporary Youth Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 31 | Introduction to Queer Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 32 | U.S. Women's Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 35 | Modern and Contemporary U.S. Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 41 | World Literature (17th Century to the Present) | 3 |
| ENGL 45 | Studies in Fiction | 3 |
| ENGL 48 | The Literature of the Holocaust | 3 |
| Total | 15 | |
Other Information
Discipline: Communication, Language & Media
Program Control Number:
TOP Code: 150100 - English
CIP Code: 23.0101 - English Language and Literature, General