ENGL 135: Creative Writing

Class Program
Credits
5
Clinical Hours None
Weekly Contact Hours
5
Course ID
091026
Meets Degree Requirements For
Humanities
Description

Writing and revising stories and poems. Reading and responding to published models. Reading and evaluating other students' works. May be repeated for a total of fifteen credits.

Grading Basis
Graded

Course Learning Outcomes

Core Topics

 

  • Seminar and workshop techniques
  • Professional examples
  • Elements of fiction
  • Student fiction in workshop
  • Elements of poetry
  • Student poetry in workshop
  • Assigned imitation of modern masters
  • Exercises in literary techniques
  • Student self-evaluation of writing portfolio

Evaluation:

Through original stories and poems.
Workshop participation
Students will build a portfolio of original works.