IX. Graduate Programs
Creative Writing
Courses
For courses without a semester designation the student should consult the program director/assistant to the program director.
| CRWR*6000 Plenary Course: Writers on Writing F [0.50] | |
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| This required plenary course addresses important historical and contemporary perspectives on creative writing as an art, a practice, and a profession. Readings, discussion and visits from writers and other literary professionals will help students to articulate effectively their own literary aesthetic and to develop professional skills. | |
| Restriction(s): | MFA.CW students only |
| CRWR*6010 Plenary Course: Writers in the World F [0.50] | |
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| This required plenary course addresses changing and conflicting ideas about the responsibilities of the writer in the world. Readings, discussion, and visits from writers and other literary profesisonals will help students to articulate effectively their own positions and to develop professional skills. | |
| Restriction(s): | MFA.CW students only |
| CRWR*6100 Poetry Workshop F-W [0.50] | |
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| The Poetry Workshop engages students in a reading and writing intensive program of work. The workshops will be strongly focused on writing and on responding to the work of students in the course with productive, constructive criticism. Students will have the opportunity to work closely with a nationally recognized poet to develop their own skills as poets and editors. Students are expected to read widely and to develop their understanding of the technical aspects of their craft. | |
| Restriction(s): | MFA.CW students only |
| CRWR*6200 Fiction Workshop F-W [0.50] | |
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| The Fiction Workshop engages students in a reading and writing intensive program of work. The workshops will be strongly focused on writing and on responding to the work of students in the course with productive, constructive criticism. Students will have the opportunity to work closely with a nationally recognized author to develop their skills as writers and editors. Students are expected to read widely and to develop their understanding of the technical aspects of their craft. | |
| Restriction(s): | MFA.CW students only |
| CRWR*6300 Drama Workshop U [0.50] | |
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| The Drama workshop is writing- and reading-intensive. Students will produce a substantial amount of dramatic writing and will also provide constructive criticism of the work of other workshop participants. Required reading will cover a wide range of dramatic literature and the study of dramatic forms and techniques. | |
| Restriction(s): | MFA.CW students only |
| CRWR*6400 Practicum in Creative Writing U [0.50] | |
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| In this course of guided study, the student will work on a creative project with a mentor who is a recognized member of the professional writing community. | |
| Restriction(s): | MFA.CW students only |
| CRWR*6500 Non-Fiction Workshop U [0.50] | |
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| The Non-Fiction Workshop engages students in a reading- and writing-intensive program of creative non-fiction. The workshops will be strongly focused on writing and will involve the creation and revision of a substantial body of new work in the genre, as well as critiquing the work of other students in the course. The reading component will focus on texts from a varied social and cultural range (e.g. family memoir, travel narrative, cultural memoir, themed meditation). | |
| Restriction(s): | MFA.CW students only |
| CRWR*6600 Special Topics in Creative Writing U [0.50] |
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| A variable-content course focusing on a particular issue or approach to writing within one genre of creative writing (fiction, poetry, drama, etc.) or a particular issue or approach to writing that is at work across multiple genres. |