At both levels, students work in a friendly but intensive atmosphere where trust and constructive criticism flourish. Many students choose to go on to an advanced course in their special genre. In introductory workshops, students read widely, sampling and imitating many different voices, styles and idioms and developing a helpful vocabulary as well as fundamental analytical abilities. The English Department teaches the following creative writing classes: introductory non-fiction (386), fiction (387), poetry (388), and drama (389) and senior-level fiction (487) and poetry (488). Many of Cal Poly's creative writing students continue on to prestigious graduate writing programs, accept internships as editors and writers for national publications, and eventually teach writing at universities. Surprisingly, it is often more difficult to enter Cal Poly as a humanities major than as a science major: In the past, only a small percentage of freshman applicants have been accepted to the College of Liberal Arts, which maintains rigorous academic standards. The university’s excellent academic reputation and the exquisite natural environment of the central coast attract creative students from all over California and the nation. Cal Poly’s English department houses one of the best undergraduate creative writing programs in the West.
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