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Creative WritingCredits
An advanced course in writing poems.
Introduction to developing and writing fiction projects for film and television. May be repeated with new content.
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- Languages and Literature
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Revise and polish creative work into a professional portfolio with publication and presentation in mind.
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- Writing Intensive
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- Languages and Literature
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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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- Languages and Literature
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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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- Languages and Literature
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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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- Languages and Literature
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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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- Languages and Literature
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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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- Languages and Literature
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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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- Languages and Literature
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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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- Languages and Literature
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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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- Languages and Literature
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Workshop in creative nonfiction, including personal essays and literary journalism.
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- Languages and Literature
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Workshop in short fiction.
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- Languages and Literature
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Workshop in poetry writing.
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- Languages and Literature
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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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- Languages and Literature
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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.
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- Languages and Literature
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Topics relating to creative writing. May be repeated with different subject matter.
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- Languages and Literature
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Individual study in writing.
Exploration of the business of creative writing and the tools for writing and research in the field.
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- Languages and Literature
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Focused study on a topic not covered in regularly scheduled courses.