Creative writing students work in a variety of genres (fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction) and participate in workshops that emphasize specificity, precision, and heightened editing skills, with publication as a desirable outcome.

* Indicates course may be repeated once for credit.

Note: The English courses shown on this website are only those that are being offered in the 2007-2008 academic year. Consult the course catalog for full listing.

creative writing
Course Number
Name
Gen. Eds
Description
Credits
  
106
Intro to Creative Writing
An introductory course in the writing of fiction and poetry. The course may include other genres such as creative nonfiction or drama.
3
  
201*
Fiction Workshop
IIIO, IIIW, V6b
 A course in which students will submit original fiction to be discussed in class and in individual conferences with the instuctor.
3
  
207*
Poetry Workshop
IIIO, IIIW, V6b
A course in which students will be given writing assignments with particular emphasis on craft and will submit original poems to be discussed in class.
3
  
228
The Art of the Essay
IIIW, V6b
The study and writing of advanced expository prose that goes beyond the academic essay and pays attention to concerns such as audience, point of view, metaphor, and tone. The readings for the course will be essays by current and former students of this course as well as by well-known writers such as Virginia Woolf, George Orwell, E.B. White, James Baldwin, and Joan Didion.
3
  
233
Special Topics in Creative Writing: Linked Narratives
IIIW, V6a, V6b
This course will examine how short stories connected by theme, setting, or character function both individually and as a unified whole. Students will create a series of linked narratives over the semester. Texts may include David Bezmoxqis' Natasha: And Other Stories, Alice Munro's Lives of Girls and Women, Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio, and Joan Silver's Ideas of Heaven.
3
  
308*
Advanced Poetry Workshop
IIIW, V6b
An advanced course in which students will be given writing assignments with particular emphasis on craft and will submit original poems to be discussed in class.
3
  
312*
Advanced Fiction Workshop
IIIW, V6b
An advanced course in which students will submit original fiction to be discussed in class and in individual conferences with the instructor.
3
  
314
Advanced Creative Nonfiction Workshop
IIIW, V6b
 An advanced course in which students will submit original nonfiction to be discussed in class and in individual conferences with the instructor. Students will also read and discuss published texts of creative nonfiction.
3