Cody Said:

Do most writers take creative writing courses at some point in their lives?

We Answered:

Many great writers never took creative writing classes. Many learned their craft by reading and studying other writers or by asking for and taking suggestions from other writers.

Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Steinbeck and Dostoevski are a few. Although Hemingway did start out as a journalist.

A degree in writing does not make someone a writer of note any more than a degree in art makes an artist a great artist. If classes do anything, they do provide short cuts to learning the craft.

Nellie Said:

Does University of Georgia offer both courses in creative writing and journalism?

We Answered:

Yes, both courses are offered, see links below:

Sean Said:

What fictions would students of Ivy League 'creative writing' courses read?

We Answered:

Your best bet on this question as far as accuracy would be to pick to or three Ivy League schools and write to the English department for the current reading list in such courses. Such things change from year to year and most people could only answer about the school they attended.
Your chances of encountering a couple of kind hearted English Department chairmen on YA is remote, so it is best to contact them.