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Creative WritingCredits
Advanced workshop in creative nonfiction, including personal essays and literary journalism.
- Prerequisites:
- CW 340
An advanced course in writing short stories.
An advanced course in writing poems.
Introduction to developing and writing fiction projects for film and television. May be repeated with new content.
Revise and polish creative work into a professional portfolio with publication and presentation in mind.
- Graduation Requirements:
- Writing Intensive
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Analyze contemporary works of poetry and prose with a special focus on craft and the works' cultural and literary significance.
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A variable-title course that explores special topics relating to the technical study of one or more creative genres or the achievement of one or more practitioners. May be repeated with different topics, some of which could fulfill either a major author or a workshop requirement.
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Independent study in writing.
Specialized workshop focusing on a specific genre, such as flash fiction, true crime, hybrid writing, or auto-fiction.
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On-site field experience in creative writing, the nature of which is determined by the specific needs of the student's program option.
Extensive reading and writing in an area for which the student has had basic preparation. May be repeated with change in topic.
Advanced workshop in creative nonfiction, including personal essays and literary journalism.
Developing and writing fiction projects for film and television. May be repeated with new content.
Topics in Creative Writing Form and Technique is a variable-title course that explores special topics relating to the writing of one or more creative genres, or the technical achievement of one or more practitioners. May be repeated with different topics.
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Specialized workshop focusing on a specific genre, such as flash fiction, true crime, hybrid writing, or auto-fiction.
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In this course, students develop skills in editing, close reading, process implementation, and community building meant to sustain their writing careers after leaving the MFA program. To be taken in students' third year.
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Analyze and explain the relationship between form and content in prose genres. Create own works by applying the craft elements studied.
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Analyze and explain the relationship between form and content in poetic genres. Create own works by applying the craft elements studied.
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Workshop in creative nonfiction, including personal essays and literary journalism.
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Workshop in short fiction.
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Workshop in poetry writing.
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Novel workshop, with an emphasis on generating a minimum of 50,000 words of a first draft.
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This course familiarizes students with various approaches and strategies to the teaching of creative writing. Discussions of classroom practices and pedagogical theories as well as teaching demonstrations prepare students to plan and develop an introductory-level creative writing course.
Topics relating to creative writing. May be repeated with different subject matter.
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Individual study in writing.