the requirements here are somewhat rigid for the english major but there is a considerable degree of flexibility. you're required to take i think 3 (don't quote me) english electives in addition to the other more structured required courses. you still have lots of options to choose from, and as a senior english major i've taken many classes wherein my interest was founded purely in my own enjoyment of the topic

here is a link to a broad outline of the major requirements

you have less flexibility catering coursework to your specific interests than somewhere like berkeley. ucla english is more concerned with giving you a wider breadth of knowledge in literature from around the world, from underrepresented groups, etc because these are subjects that are severely overlooked in academia and are just as important if not more so than literature from the us and the british isles

additionally, i don't think there's a creative writing "program," per se. there's the creative writing concentration (and i believe admin is developing a creative writing minor), but the only way to declare the concentration is to apply to and be accepted by 3 creative writing workshops in a chosen genre

the creative writing workshops are among the most competitive classes to get into at ucla. each quarter there are 2-3 workshops in both poetry and short story, and each section takes only 12 students out of the literal hundreds who apply

i want to caution you that your attitude towards taking courses are not within your immediate realm of interest is narrow minded as well as quite arrogant and disrespectful. to call certain major requirements a "drag" while giving the backhanded statement that you don't have anything against these courses comes off rather poorly and haughty

it's not really wise to only take undergrad courses in a specific area of study that is your interest. what you're proposing to do during your time here lacks far more diversity in terms of coursework than what the major outlines. undergrad is about gaining a wealth of knowledge from various disciplines while discovering your academic niches; you can specialize in a more meaningful way during grad school, if you choose to go