Writing in the Contemporary World will introduce students to the bast array of writing in and about the contemporary world. By reading and writing in a variety of genres students will engage with the social, cultural, political, and economical circumstances in which we live. Keywords: Creative Writing; Fiction; Poetry.

Department: Creative Writing

3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours

Introduction to Creative Writing (3-0) Study and practice of essential techniques of creative writing in at least two genres.

Department: Creative Writing

3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours

Corequisite(s):

Study of the literary devices, techniques, and aesthetic ideas that inform the writing of peotry and narrative fiction. Required for creative writing majors and minors.

Department: Creative Writing

3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours

Reading and Writing Fiction (3-0) Intensive study, reading and practice in the various forms and approaches of fiction writing, including workshop discussion and individual student manuscripts.

Department: Creative Writing

3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours

Prerequisite(s): (CRW 3362 w/C or better)

Reading and Writing Poetry (3-0) Intensive study, reading and practice in the various forms and approaches within poetry writing, including workshop discussion of individual student poems.

Department: Creative Writing

3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours

Prerequisite(s): (CRW 3362 w/C or better)

Writing in Society (3-0) Study of the creation of literature and literary movements as responses to historical moments and societal changes, e.g. war poetry, the development of literary magazines, the Harlem Renaissance, the Latin American Boom.

Department: Creative Writing

3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours

Prerequisite(s): (CRW 3362 w/C or better)

Narrative Techniques (3-0) Analysis of techniques, methods, and theories employed in the making of fiction and/or non-fiction. Writings may include critical reflections and short exercises in style.

Department: Creative Writing

3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours

Prerequisite(s): (CRW 3362 w/C or better)

Poetics (3-0) Analysis of techniques, methods, and theories employed in the making of poetry. Writings may include critical reflections and short exercises in style.

Department: Creative Writing

3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours

Prerequisite(s): (CRW 3362 w/C or better ) OR (ENGL 3362 w/C or better)

Teaching Creative Writing (3-0) This course will teach pre-service teachers/instructors, as both teachers and writers, how to engage students in methods, techniques, and pedagogy relevant to literary analysis and creation. They will be expected to gain proficiency in writing one or more literary genres, while constructing syllabi and assignments relevant to the teaching of these same genres.

Department: Creative Writing

3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours

A focused study of themes, techniques, forms, genres and/or other concerns of fiction writing. (Keywords: Fiction, Creative Writing)

Department: Creative Writing

3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours

Prerequisite(s): (CRW 3362 w/C or better)

A focused study of themes, techniques, forms, genres and/or other concerns of poetry writing. (Keywords: Poetry, Creative Writing)

Department: Creative Writing

3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours

Prerequisite(s): (CRW 3362 w/C or better)

A focused study of themes, techniques, forms, genres and/or other concerns of nonfiction writing. (Keywords: Creative Nonfiction, Creative Writing)

Department: Creative Writing

3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours

Prerequisite(s): (CRW 3362 w/C or better)

A focused study of themes, techniques, forms, and/or historical movements in various forms of documentary writing. Possible topics include: documentary poetry, documentary film, or documentary prose. To include individual projects. (Keywords: Documentary, Creative Writing)

Department: Creative Writing

3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours

Prerequisite(s): (CRW 3362 w/C or better)

A study of various issues, themes, and techniques employed in the investigation of gender and gendered experience across various forms of writing. (Keywords: Gender, Creative Writing)

Department: Creative Writing

3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours

Prerequisite(s): (CRW 3362 w/C or better)

A study of various issues, themes, and techniques employed in writing for young adults or children. (Keywords: Young Adults, Creative Writing)

Department: Creative Writing

3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours

Prerequisite(s): (CRW 3362 w/C or better)

A study of various issues, themes, and techniques employed in the writing of comics and the graphic book. To include topics such as The Graphic Novel, The Graphic Memoir, Poetry and Comics, etc. (Keywords: Comics, Graphic Novel)

Department: Creative Writing

3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours

Prerequisite(s): (CRW 3362 w/C or better)

A focused study of themes, conventions and techniques inherent to one or more genres falling under the category of speculative fiction, such as Horror, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Speculative Fiction, Historical Fiction. (Keywords: Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction)

Department: Creative Writing

3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours

Prerequisite(s): (CRW 3362 w/C or better)

Study of various themes or topics from film as these relate to issues, themes, and/or techniques of narrative prose or poetry writing. (Keywords: Film, Creative Writing)

Department: Creative Writing

3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours

Prerequisite(s): (CRW 3362 w/C or better)

Student-focused production of the annual issue of the CRW Dept's undergraduate literary journal, set within the context of a historical study of small press and journal publication. (Keywords: Literary Journal, Literary Magazine)

Department: Creative Writing

3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours

Prerequisite(s): (CRW 3362 w/C or better)

Playwriting (3-0) Intensive study, reading and practice in the various forms and approaches of playwriting, including workshop discussion of individual student plays.

Department: Creative Writing

3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours

Prerequisite(s): (CRW 3362 w/C or better)

Screenwriting (3-0) Intensive study, reading and practice in various forms and approaches of screenwriting, including workshop discussion of individual student screenplays.

Department: Creative Writing

3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours

Prerequisite(s): (CRW 3362 w/C or better)

Non-Fiction (3-0) Intensive study, reading and practice in the various forms and approaches of non-fiction, including workshop discussion of individual student non-fiction.

Department: Creative Writing

3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours

Literary Translation (3-0) Theoretical consideration, reading and practice in various forms and approaches to literary translation, including individual projects.

Department: Creative Writing

3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours

Prerequisite(s): (CRW 3362 w/C or better)

Senior Seminar (3-0) Small-group focus on a specific literary topic of relevance to creative writers, alongside individual projects leading to a senior research paper.

Department: Creative Writing

3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours

Honors Seminar (3-0) Individual creative manuscript projects under the direction and structured guidance of the honors instructor, including weekly meetings with the other seminar students.

Department: Creative Writing

3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours

Poetics and Performance (3-0) This course will engage pre-service teachers/instructors in examining the relationship between poetry and performance. Discussions will include the role of the poetry reading, the influence of musical forms on poetry, and approaches to performance poetry. Students will develop exercises that help them engage with and teach the historical models related to performance and poetry

Department: Creative Writing

3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours

Oral History Ethnography and Field Techniques (3-0) This course will engage pre-service teachers/instructors in basic techniques and theoretical concepts of oral history compilation and ethnography as they pertain to imaginative literature. They will be asked to use interviews and archival material as the genesis of a creative process, producing imaginative work themselves as well as creating assignments for student consumption. The course will provide a research component to help students correlate field study and writing practice with their work in classrooms.

Department: Creative Writing

3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours

Individual directed study. Instructor approval required.

Department: Creative Writing

3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
0 Lecture Hours
3 Other Hours