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Creative Writing – Courses

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Courses are listed sequentially by number:

  • 200-level courses are lower-division, general education courses
  • 300- and 400-level courses are upper-division, undergraduate courses
  • 500- and 600-level courses are graduate courses

General Education (200-level) course

242: Introduction To Creative Writing
An introduction to writing poetry and short fiction. This course does not assume previous creative writing experience on the part of the student.

 

Undergraduate (300- and 400-level) courses

 

340: Form and Technique in Prose
Study of the technical underpinnings of fiction and nonfiction genres.

 

341: Form and Technique in Poetry
Study of the technical underpinnings of poetry.

 

342: Creative Writing: Non-Fiction
Introduction to writing personal essays and literary journalism.

 

343: Creative Writing: Fiction
Introduction to writing short stories.

 

344: Creative Writing: Poetry
Introduction to writing poems.

 

442: Advanced Prose Non-Fiction Writing
Advanced workshop in writing personal essays and literary journalism. May be repeated.
Pre: Writing course or consent from instructor

 

443: Advanced Fiction Writing
An advanced course in writing short stories and novels.May be repeated.
Pre: Writing course or consent from instructor

 

444: Advanced Poetry Writing
An advanced course in writing poems. May be repeated.
Pre: Writing course or consent from instructor

 

445: Advanced Critical Writing
An advanced course in writing critical essays. May be repeated.
Pre: Writing course or consent from instructor

 

446: Screenwriting
Introduction to writing for the screen. May be repeated.
Pre: Writing course or consent from instructor

 

448: Contemporary Literature
Selected works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry since 1945.

Graduate (500- and 600-level) courses

542: Advanced Prose/Non-Fiction Writing
Advanced workshop in writing personal essays and literary journalism.
Prerequisite: Writing course or consent of instructor

 

543: Advanced Fiction Writing
An advanced course in writing short stories and novels.
Prerequisite: Writing course or consent of instructor

 

544: Advanced Poetry Writing
An advanced course in writing poems.
Prerequisite: Writing course or consent of instructor

 

545: Advanced Critical Writing
An advanced course in writing critical essays.
Prerequisite: Writing course or consent of instructor

 

640: Form and Technique in Prose
Study of the underpinnings of fictional and non-fictional genres.

 

641: Form and Technique in Poetry
Study of the technical underpinnings of poetry.

 

642: Sem:Prose Non-Fiction Writing
Workshop in writing personal essays and literary journalism.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor

 

643: Sem: Fiction Writing
Workshop in fiction writing.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor

 

644: Seminar: Poetry Writing
Workshop in poetry writing.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor for non-MFA in creative writing students

 

645: Multi-genre Creative Writing Workshop
This course is a creative writing workshop for English or non-English graduate students who are not currently admitted to the MFA program.

 

646: Contemporary Prose
Study and analysis of selected works in fiction and nonfiction since 1945.

 

647: Contemporary Poetry
Study and analysis of selected works of poetry since 1945.

 

649: Topics in Creative Writing
Topics relating to creative writing. May be repeated with different subject matter.
Topics could include:

  • Autobiography and Memoir
  • Screenwriting
  • Teaching Creative Writing
  • Writing for Children

672: Research & Publication in Creative Writing
Exploration of the business of creative writing and the tools for writing and research in the field.

 

698: Internship
On-site field experience, the nature of which is determined by the specific needs of the student's program option.

 

699: Thesis
Independent capstone experience, guidelines of which are determined by the requirements of a particular program option.
Thesis guidelines

 

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