Columbia University School of General Studies offers a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing in collaboration with the School of the Arts. The program combines intensive writing workshops with seminars exploring literature from a writer’s perspective, allowing students to develop and hone their literary technique. The curriculum includes five workshops, four seminars in literary history and technique, and three related courses selected from English, comparative literature, philosophy, history, anthropology, and other relevant departments. Students may focus on fiction, nonfiction, or poetry and collaborate closely with faculty and advisers to design a course path that nourishes artistic growth. The degree leverages Columbia’s world-renowned faculty, including novelists, poets, and essayists, and is notably accessible to diverse students, including nontraditional undergraduates.