Active Course List
2024-2025
Creative Writing
Writing personal essays and literary journalism with an emphasis on workshop and revision.
- Areas of Interest:
- Languages and Literature
- Programs:
- Creative Writing (BA) | Creative Writing Minor
Introduction to writing short stories with an emphasis on the workshop.
- Areas of Interest:
- Languages and Literature
- Programs:
- Creative Writing (BA) | Creative Writing Minor
Introduction to writing poems, with an emphasis on the workshop.
- Areas of Interest:
- Languages and Literature
- Programs:
- Creative Writing (BA) | Creative Writing Minor
Extensive reading in an area for which the student has had basic preparation.
- Areas of Interest:
- Languages and Literature
Advanced workshop in creative nonfiction, including personal essays and literary journalism.
- Prerequisites:
- CW 340
- Areas of Interest:
- Languages and Literature
An advanced course in writing short stories.
- Areas of Interest:
- Languages and Literature
An advanced course in writing poems.
- Areas of Interest:
- Languages and Literature
Introduction to developing and writing fiction projects for film and television. May be repeated with new content.
- Areas of Interest:
- Languages and Literature
- Programs:
- Creative Writing Minor | Film Studies Minor
Revise and polish creative work into a professional portfolio with publication and presentation in mind.
- Graduation Requirements:
- Writing Intensive
- Areas of Interest:
- Languages and Literature
- Programs:
- Creative Writing (BA) | Creative Writing Minor
Analyze contemporary works of poetry and prose with a special focus on craft and the works' cultural and literary significance.
- Areas of Interest:
- Languages and Literature
- Programs:
- Creative Writing Minor
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.
- Areas of Interest:
- Languages and Literature
- Programs:
- Creative Writing Minor
Independent study in writing.
- Areas of Interest:
- Languages and Literature
Specialized workshop focusing on a specific genre, such as flash fiction, true crime, hybrid writing, or auto-fiction.
- Areas of Interest:
- Languages and Literature
- Programs:
- Creative Writing Minor
On-site field experience in creative writing, the nature of which is determined by the specific needs of the student's program option.
- Areas of Interest:
- Languages and Literature
Extensive reading and writing in an area for which the student has had basic preparation. May be repeated with change in topic.
- Areas of Interest:
- Languages and Literature
Advanced workshop in creative nonfiction, including personal essays and literary journalism.
- Areas of Interest:
- Languages and Literature
Developing and writing fiction projects for film and television. May be repeated with new content.
- Areas of Interest:
- Languages and Literature
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.
- Areas of Interest:
- Languages and Literature
Specialized workshop focusing on a specific genre, such as flash fiction, true crime, hybrid writing, or auto-fiction.
- Areas of Interest:
- Languages and Literature
- Programs:
- Creative Writing (MFA)
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.
- Areas of Interest:
- Languages and Literature
- Programs:
- Creative Writing (MFA)
Analyze and explain the relationship between form and content in prose genres. Create own works by applying the craft elements studied.
- Areas of Interest:
- Languages and Literature
- Programs:
- Creative Writing (MFA)
Analyze and explain the relationship between form and content in poetic genres. Create own works by applying the craft elements studied.
- Areas of Interest:
- Languages and Literature
- Programs:
- Creative Writing (MFA)
Workshop in creative nonfiction, including personal essays and literary journalism.
- Areas of Interest:
- Languages and Literature
Workshop in short fiction.
- Areas of Interest:
- Languages and Literature
Workshop in poetry writing.
- Areas of Interest:
- Languages and Literature
