Writing

As a Writing student at Lang, you interrogate works of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and drama from a wide range of cultures and historical periods. In both reading and writing courses, you'll use a craft lens (employing the art of clear thinking and clear articulation) to analyze assigned texts, your own writing, and other students' writing. In your work, you will use reasoning and imagination to identify and solve creative problems. 

In our creative writing courses, you develop a nuanced use of language by:

• Examining innovative and high-level works of literary art
• Engaging with the written word from diverse creative and critical perspectives
• Developing your own authorial voice and modes of written self expression

Concentration requirements

Minor requirements

Connecting to New York City

While it offers the atmosphere and intimacy of a small college, Eugene Lang College is part of The New School, a major progressive university in New York City. Literary Studies majors mix with students from across the university in The New School's Writing Lounge, where they can collaborate on readings, craft talks, and workshops.

The city is intensely present in every writing course, since all of our writing faculty are practicing writers based in New York. Our location in the world capital of publishing and media offers a variety of benefits, including:

• Classroom visits, readings, and talks with well-known writers, publishers, literary agents, journalists, and other New York City professionals
• Speaker series featuring renowned authors from the United States and abroad
• An internship program that places students with publishing houses, magazines, and other venues in NYC
• Opportunities to participate in community learning projects in conjunction with local organizations like Radio Works

Career Paths

Writing students have gone into academic literature degree programs and MFA programs, including the Creative Writing and the Creative Publishing and Critical Journalism programs at The New School. They work for publishing companies, magazines, Internet sites, and libraries. Some earn their living as freelance writers. Others have gone on to law and other professional degree programs.

Consult our 4-Year Lang Career Pathways Map (PDF) for helpful steps and resources to link your academic journey to your future plans. If you are planning to go on to graduate study, consider applying to the Bachelor's-Master's program, which enables you to earn graduate credits that apply to both your Lang degree and a master's degree in Creative Publishing and Critical Journalism or in Liberal Studies at The New School for Social Research. 

Outcomes at Lang