Undergraduate students who are not majoring in English may enter a minor program in English and Creative Writing. These students must declare their intention to complete this minor by the end of Spring Quarter of their third year. Students choose courses in consultation with the Director of Undergraduate Studies, whose approval for the minor program should be submitted to a student's College adviser by the deadline above on a form obtained from the adviser. Students completing this minor will not be given enrollment preference for Creative Writing courses, and they must follow all relevant admission procedures described in the Creative Writing website.

Courses in the minor (1) may not be double counted with the student's major(s) or with other minors and (2) may not be counted toward general education requirements. Courses in the minor must be taken for quality letter grades, and at least half of the requirements for the minor must be met by registering for courses bearing University of Chicago course numbers.

Here are the requirements for the minor program:

• 2 Creative Writing courses (at least one at the intermediate or advanced level)
• 4 Creative Writing or English electives
• A portfolio of the student's work to be submitted to the Director of Undergraduate Studies by the end of the fifth week in the quarter in which the student plans to graduate. The portfolio might consist of a selection of poems, one or two short stories or chapters from a novel, a substantial part or the whole of a play, two or three non-fiction pieces, and so forth.

NOTE: There is no minor solely in English. The Minor in English and Creative Writing for Non-English Majors is the only minor available through the Department of English.