Editing New England Literature Program (section)

== The academic program ==
NELP students earn 9 hours of credit. While NELP’s academic work is said to be taught as a single integrated academic experience, the credits nonetheless appear on transcripts as three separate courses.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=About Us: Academic Program |url=https://lsa.umich.edu/nelp/about-us/academic-program.html |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=U-M LSA New England Literature Program |language=en}}</ref>

The program is grounded in the writings of 18th and 19th-century writers such as [[Nathaniel Hawthorne]], [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]], [[Henry David Thoreau]],<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Corey |first=Mary |date=2023-07-04 |title=U-M New England Literature Program combines nature with education |url=https://www.michigandaily.com/news/academics/u-m-new-england-literature-program-combines-nature-with-education/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=The Michigan Daily |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Emily Dickinson]], [[Frederick Douglass]], and [[Herman Melville]],<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Canan |first=Danielle |date=2023-11-01 |title=Thoreau and the myth of the author |url=https://www.michigandaily.com/statement/thoreau-and-the-myth-of-the-author/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=The Michigan Daily |language=en-US}}</ref> as well as more modern writers like [[Sarah Orne Jewett]], [[Robert Frost]], [[Wallace Stevens]], [[Carolyn Chute]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hetzler |first=Alex |date=2023-09-22 |title=The Daily Book Review picks the worst books they read for school |url=https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/books/the-worst-books-we-had-to-read-for-school/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=The Michigan Daily |language=en-US}}</ref> [[E. E. Cummings]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lapan |first=Tovin |date=2001-02-01 |title=Students study literature in New England |url=https://www.michigandaily.com/uncategorized/students-study-literature-new-england/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=The Michigan Daily |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Louise Glück]], [[Galway Kinnell]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sloan |first=Aisha Sabatini |author-link=Aisha Sabatini Sloan |date=2015-06-01 |title=How to Teach a Nightmare |url=https://www.guernicamag.com/how-to-teach-a-nightmare/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=[[Guernica (magazine)|Guernica]] |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Cheryl Savageau]]<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Prospective Students: Academic Program |url=https://lsa.umich.edu/nelp/prospective-students/academic-program.html |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=U-M LSA New England Literature Program |language=en}}</ref> In particular, Thoreau's ''[[Walden]]'' has been described as the [[Bible]] of NELP.<ref name=":2" />

NELP's curriculum prioritizes creative writing, especially [[Diary|journal writing]].<ref name=":4" /> The courses at NELP are graded based on the students' completion of a reading list, journal work, and class participation.<ref name=":0" />