In this course, students will study and apply the fundamental techniques of writing fiction and poetry. This course emphasizes the basic elements of literary craft such as character development, narrative techniques, figurative language, and imagery. Students will read and critique published works from a writer's point of view, create their own original work in both genres, and practice offering constructive and nuanced feedback on their peers' work.

Level: UG

Prerequisite(s): One of: ENGL 1100, English Studies 12 (B), ENGQ 1091 (B) or ENGQ 1099 (B)

Attributes: ASTR, ARTS

Students will study the relationship between the creative process and the craft of creative writing. They will examine and explore diverse methods of encouraging and enhancing literary creativity and developing and sustaining the craft of writing. They will develop and revise creative writing projects from their own creative processes, in genres including but not limited to creative nonfiction, poetry, fiction, and drama/screenwriting. Students will focus on topics such as sourcing material, research, and tools of the writer's life.

Level: UG

Prerequisite(s): One of: ENGL 1100, English Studies 12 (B), ENGQ 1091 (B), or ENGQ 1099 (B)

Attributes: ASTR, ARTS

Students will learn and practice new forms of creative writing such as collaborative composition, writing for new and social media, blogging, and writing for digital publications. They will study emerging uses of online technologies and will learn writing skills through individual composition, group work, and the development of electronic portfolios.

Level: UG

Prerequisite(s): One of: ENGL 1100, English Studies 12 (B), ENGQ 1091 (B), or ENGQ 1099 (B)

Attributes: ASTR, ARTS

Students will study current and emergent digital tools with particular emphasis on how they can be engaged with for creative writing. Students will learn how to create an engaging online presence for their creative work. They will develop these skills through individual compositions, group work, and the creation of digital portfolios.

Level: UG

Prerequisite(s): 6 credits from courses in CRWR at the 1100 level or higher, including CRWR 1100

Attributes: ASTR, ARTS

Students will further develop their skills in poetry and fiction in a workshop/roundtable setting. Students will craft and revise their own creative work, read and analyze poetry and fiction by published writers, and engage in constructive feedback of their peers' work.

Level: UG

Prerequisite(s): 6 credits from courses in CRWR at the 1100 level or higher, including CRWR 1100

Attributes: ASTR, ARTS

Students will study, practice, and develop creative writing techniques as they create and revise a writing project based on the course theme offered that semester. Through lectures and workshops, and/or roundtables students will learn about established and developing themes and ideas in literary works while studying relevant aspects of craft chosen by the instructor. Students will also practice close reading, critical analysis, and discussion through the critique of literary texts and the analysis and critique of their peers' work. Note: Special Topics in Creative Writing focuses on a different genre, theme, or aspect of literary writing each time it is offered. Please check with the department for proposed offerings. Students may take this course no more than two times (for 6 total credits), each time on a different topic.

Level: UG

Prerequisite(s): CRWR 1100 and 3 credits from courses in CRWR or ENGL at the 1100 level or higher

Attributes: ASTR, ARTS

Students will study, practice, and further develop the various techniques of short fiction and author their own original stories. They will critically consider the literary craft of published writers from a writer's point of view, and develop their skills in the giving and receiving of constructive feedback.

Level: UG

Prerequisite(s): CRWR 1100 and 3 credits from courses in CRWR at the 2000 level or higher

Attributes: ASTR, ARTS

Students will learn advanced poetic techniques through lectures and the study of the poetic traditions. They will also develop and practice techniques through the writing and workshopping of their poems.

Level: UG

Prerequisite(s): CRWR 1100 and 3 credits from courses in CRWR at the 2000 level or higher

Attributes: ASTR, ARTS

Students will develop and practice screenwriting and playwriting techniques through the writing of their own work and through the critique of their peers' work, in a combination lecture/workshop setting. Students will learn screen and playwriting techniques for writing character, dialogue and conflict at the scene level. Students will analyze screen and stage plays from a writer’s perspective through close reading, viewing and informed discussion. Students will learn the differences between writing for stage and for screen and be introduced to professional writing practices for both mediums.

Level: UG

Prerequisite(s): CRWR 1100 and 6 credits from courses in CRWR, ENGL, or JRNL at the 2000 level or higher

Attributes: ASTR, ARTS

Students will develop and practice writing, reading, and revision of creative nonfiction (personal essay, memoir and literary travelogue) through the writing of their own work, and through the critique of their peers' work, in a combination lecture/workshop setting. Students will also analyze published creative nonfiction from a writer's perspective through close reading, informed discussion, and writing.

Level: UG

Prerequisite(s): CRWR 1100 and 6 credits from courses in CRWR, ENGL, or JRNL at the 2000 level or higher

Attributes: ASTR, ARTS

Students will further develop their creative writing using new media and alternative forms such as collaborative composition, site specific installation, sound walks, and podcasts. Students will research and critically analyze new media and creative writing in alternative forms and respond to their findings in various forms. They will study emerging uses of online technologies and will learn writing skills through individual composition, group work, and the development of electronic portfolios.

Level: UG

Prerequisite(s): CRWR 1100 and 6 credits from courses in CRWR, ENGL, or JRNL at the 2000 level or higher

Attributes: ASTR, ARTS

Students will practice and develop their skills in the writing and revising of short fiction through the creation of their own original work, and through the critique of their peers' stories, in a combined lecture and workshop/roundtable setting. They will also take part in class discussions, analyzing published short fiction and performing close readings from a writer's point of view.

Level: UG

Prerequisite(s): CRWR 1100 and 6 credits from courses in CRWR at the 2000 level or higher

Attributes: ASTR, ARTS

Students will learn the function of form in poetry through lectures and the study of poetic traditions. They will develop and practice poetic techniques through writing and analyzing poems in forms such as the haiku, ghazal, sestina, and other forms.

Level: UG

Prerequisite(s): CRWR 1100 and 6 credits from courses in CRWR at the 2000 level or higher

Attributes: ASTR, ARTS

Students will learn screen and playwriting techniques for writing plot, building dramatic structure, and sustaining story tension for narrative projects. Students will develop dramatic writing techniques and revision skills for stage and screen through the writing of their own work and through the critique of their peers’ work, in a combined lecture and workshop/roundtable setting. Students will learn to analyze screen and stage plays from a writer’s perspective through close reading, viewing, and informed discussion.

Level: UG

Prerequisite(s): CRWR 1100 and 6 credits from courses in CRWR, ENGL, or JRNL at the 2000 level or higher

Attributes: ASTR, ARTS

Students will continue to develop and practice writing, reading, and revision of creative nonfiction through the writing of their own work, and through the critique of their peers' work, in a combined lecture and workshop/roundtable setting. Students will also analyze published creative nonfiction from a writer's point of view through close reading, informed discussion, and writing.

Level: UG

Prerequisite(s): CRWR 1100 and 6 credits from courses in CRWR, ENGL, or JRNL at the 2000 level or higher

Attributes: ASTR, ARTS

In this course students will collaborate to create an original web series pilot. Taking a DIY approach, students will write, storyboard, shoot, and edit short narrative comedic or dramatic videos using personal devices and equipment at hand. Emphasis will be on the writing of character-driven narratives, how to tell a story visually, how to craft comedic and dramatic moments, and the conceptualizing of an episodic series. Students will examine and analyze narrative video made specifically for dissemination on the internet from a writer's point of view.

Level: UG

Prerequisite(s): CRWR 1100 and 6 credits from courses in CRWR, ENGL, or JRNL at the 2000 level or higher

Attributes: ASTR, ARTS

Students will study business, marketing and professional skills that will help prepare them, as writers, to better navigate the publishing and cultural industries. They will learn about traditional and nontraditional literary markets, granting bodies, standard contracts, fair compensation, interviewing techniques, professional writing organizations and issues significant to working writers.

Level: UG

Prerequisite(s): CRWR 1100 and 6 credits from courses in CRWR at the 2000 level or higher

Attribute: ARTS

Students will study, practice, and develop advanced creative writing techniques as they create and revise a writing project based on the course theme offered that semester. Through lectures and workshops and/or roundtables, students will study established and developing themes and ideas in literary works while studying relevant aspects of craft chosen by the instructor. Students will also practice and hone their close reading, critical analysis, and discussion skills through the critique of literary texts and the analysis and critique of their peers' work. Note: Advanced Special Topics in Creative Writing focuses on a different genre, theme, or aspect of literary writing each time it is offered. Please check with the department for proposed offerings. Students may take this course no more than two times (for 6 total credits) on different topics.

Level: UG

Prerequisite(s): CRWR 1100 and 3 credits from courses in CRWR or ENGL at the 2000 level or higher

Attributes: ASTR, ARTS

Students will practice the writing and revision of short or long form fiction through the creation of a sustained project, or series of projects, of their choice, and through the critique their peers' work in a workshop or roundtable setting. Students will also analyze published short stories, novellas, and/or novels from a writer's perspective through close readings, informed discussions, and analysis.

Level: UG

Prerequisite(s): Two of the following: CRWR 3100, 3200, 3130, 3230 or 3400.

Attributes: ASTR, ARTS

Students will develop and apply advanced poetic techniques and forms, working through drafting and revising their work to create a polished final project. Students will discuss and analyze assigned readings of poetry and poetics. In addition, students will engage in workshopping of their peers' poems.

Level: UG

Prerequisite(s): Two of the following: CRWR 3110, 3210 or 3400

Attribute: ARTS

Students will continue to develop and deepen stage and screen writing techniques and revision skills through the writing of their own work, and through the critique of their peers’ work, in a combined lecture and workshop/roundtable setting. Students will work on a sustained dramatic narrative project for either stage or screen. Students will continue to develop effective techniques for criticism and revision of their writing through analysis and discussion of their own and their peers' work, as well as through the analysis and discussion of professional plays, films, and screenplays.

Level: UG

Prerequisite(s): Two of the following: CRWR 3120, CRWR 3220, or CRWR 3400

Attributes: ASTR, ARTS

Students will develop and practice writing, revising, and polishing a creative nonfiction project or series of projects. They will offer constructive feedback on their peers' work in a workshop/roundtable setting and analyze published creative nonfiction from a writer's perspective through close reading, informed discussion, and written analysis.

Level: UG

Prerequisite(s): CRWR 3130 or CRWR 3230 and 3 additional credits in from courses in CRWR at the 3000 level

Attributes: ASTR, ARTS

Students will further develop their creative writing in alternative forms and new media including multi-sensory, performative, interactive, and digital modes of expression. Students will examine and critically analyze the writers, history, theory, and criticism of creative writing in alternative forms, including concepts of interdisciplinarity and the transgression of genre boundaries.

Level: UG

Prerequisite(s): Two of the following: CRWR 3140, 3240 or 3400

Attributes: ASTR, ARTS

Students will develop a substantial body of work based on personal research, with the goal of articulating their practice in relation to contemporary literary production. They are required to identify an area of practice to be developed, which could include experimentation and innovation in different creative writing forms. Students will create a culminating body of work accompanied by a written thesis in which the intentions of the work are articulated and theorized.

Level: UG

Prerequisite(s): 21 credits from courses in CRWR, including 6 credits from courses at the 3000 level or higher, and 3 credits from CRWR 4100, 4110, 4120, 4130 or 4140

Attributes: ASTR, ARTS

Students will develop and practice advanced techniques in the writing and revision of fiction. They will create and develop professional quality work in the fictional form of their choice. Students will also analyze published short stories, novellas, or novels from a writer's point of view, building on close-reading skills with an eye toward being able to self-edit their own work.

Level: UG

Prerequisite(s): CRWR 4100

Attributes: ASTR, ARTS

Students will apply advanced poetic techniques and revision skills through the writing of their own work on an individual project. They will read, analyze, and discuss examples of published contemporary poetry from a writers point of view. They will work toward a substantial poetry portfolio which will be revised intensively with the goal of publication. Students will research literary avenues of publication for their work.

Level: UG

Prerequisite(s): CRWR 4110

Attribute: ARTS

Students will continue to develop mastery of screenwriting and playwriting techniques through the writing and analysis of their own work. Students will develop further skills in effective criticism and revision of their scriptwriting through workshop, analysis, and discussion of their own and peers' work as well as professional screen and stage plays. Students will research market opportunities for their work and complete and revise a substantial narrative work ready for submission or production.

Level: UG

Prerequisite(s): CRWR 4120

Attribute: ARTS

Students will apply advanced creative nonfiction techniques in the writing of an individual project. They will prioritize working toward a substantial portfolio of creative nonfiction which will be revised intensively with the goal of publication. The class will also include workshops/roundtables and the analysis and discussion of published works of creative nonfiction.

Level: UG

Prerequisite(s): CRWR 4130

Attribute: ARTS

Building on skills acquired in CRWR 4150, students will develop a substantial body of work based on personal research, with the goal of articulating their practice in relation to contemporary literary production. They will be required to identify an area of practice to be developed, which could include experimentation and innovation in different creative writing forms. Students will create a culminating body of work accompanied by a written thesis in which the intentions of the work are articulated and theorized.

Level: UG

Prerequisite(s): CRWR 4150

Attribute: ARTS