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I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Creative Writing
2. Course Prefix & Number:
ENGL 2483
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Internship Hours: 0
4. Course Description:
In workshop format this course provides the study and practice of writing. From semester to semester, the course may emphasize fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or some combination of them. Students should consult instructor for further information.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
Writing College Level CLC or Writing College Level or Writing Honors College Level |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
ENGL 2483 - Creative Writing
All Credit(s) from the following...
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| ENGL 1410 | Composition I | 4 cr. |
7. Other Prerequisites
9. Co-requisite Courses:
ENGL 2483 - Creative Writing
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
Inver Hills CC, ENGL 1112 Creative Writing - WRIT, 3 credits
Bemidji State University, ENGL 2190 Introduction to Creative Writing, 3 credits
Minneapolis Community & Technical College, ENGL 2213 Introduction to Creative Writing, 3 credits
2. Transfer - regional institutions with which this course has a written articulation agreement:
III. Course Purpose
1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
2. MN Transfer Curriculum (General Education) Courses - This course fulfills the following goal area(s) of the MN Transfer Curriculum:
Goal 6 – Humanities and Fine Arts
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate written communication skills |
Draft, revise, and polish original creative works that exhibit individual style. |
| Demonstrate reading and listening skills |
Read/Listen to critical review and reflect it as part of the revision process. |
| Apply abstract ideas to concrete situations |
Create artistic works using traditional form (sonnet, villanelle, etc.) and basic concepts of good creative writing practice. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Understand/demonstrate the writing and speaking processes through invention, organization, drafting, revision, editing and presentation MnTC Goal 6
- Participate effectively in groups with an emphasis on listening, critical and reflective thinking, and responding MnTC Goal 6
- Select appropriate communication choices for specific audiences MnTC Goal 6
- Use authority, point-of-view, and individual voice and style in their writing and speaking MnTC Goal 6
- Construct believable characters and narrative voice MnTC Goal 6
- Compress, expand, and alter chronology in dramatic narrative MnTC Goal 6
- Construct viable settings that serve as framework to narrative action MnTC Goal 6
- Select and implement figures of speech within a narrative context MnTC Goal 6
- Formulate a theme that centers the creative work MnTC Goal 6
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Theme
- Setting
- Time
- Specific detail of place
- Interior landscapes
- Description
- Selective choice of detail
- Concrete appeal to the senses
- Character
- Appearance
- Dialogue
- Behavior
- Images & Sounds
- Rhythm
- Sound
- Metaphor
- Allusion
- Pattern
- Figurative language
- Plot
- Dialogue
- Diction
- Tone
- Direct and indirect
- Tags and structure
- Point of View
- Tone & Style
- Literary devices and tone
- Establishing a voice
- Thoughts
- Indirect and direct thought
- Stream of consciousness
- Time
- Expansion and contraction of time
- Non-chronological time
- Form
2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Creative Writing
2. Course Prefix & Number:
ENGL 2483
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Internship Hours: 0
4. Course Description:
In workshop format this course provides the study and practice of writing. From semester to semester, the course may emphasize fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or some combination of them. Students should consult instructor for further information.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
Writing College Level CLC or Writing College Level or Writing Honors College Level |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
ENGL 2483 - Creative Writing
All Credit(s) from the following...
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| ENGL 1410 | Composition I | 4 cr. |
7. Other Prerequisites
9. Co-requisite Courses:
ENGL 2483 - Creative Writing
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
Inver Hills CC, ENGL 1112 Creative Writing - WRIT, 3 credits
Bemidji State University, ENGL 2190 Introduction to Creative Writing, 3 credits
Minneapolis Community & Technical College, ENGL 2213 Introduction to Creative Writing, 3 credits
2. Transfer - regional institutions with which this course has a written articulation agreement:
III. Course Purpose
1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
2. MN Transfer Curriculum (General Education) Courses - This course fulfills the following goal area(s) of the MN Transfer Curriculum:
Goal 6 – Humanities and Fine Arts
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate written communication skills |
Draft, revise, and polish original creative works that exhibit individual style. |
| Demonstrate reading and listening skills |
Read/Listen to critical review and reflect it as part of the revision process. |
| Apply abstract ideas to concrete situations |
Create artistic works using traditional form (sonnet, villanelle, etc.) and basic concepts of good creative writing practice. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Understand/demonstrate the writing and speaking processes through invention, organization, drafting, revision, editing and presentation MnTC Goal 6
- Participate effectively in groups with an emphasis on listening, critical and reflective thinking, and responding MnTC Goal 6
- Select appropriate communication choices for specific audiences MnTC Goal 6
- Use authority, point-of-view, and individual voice and style in their writing and speaking MnTC Goal 6
- Construct believable characters and narrative voice MnTC Goal 6
- Compress, expand, and alter chronology in dramatic narrative MnTC Goal 6
- Construct viable settings that serve as framework to narrative action MnTC Goal 6
- Select and implement figures of speech within a narrative context MnTC Goal 6
- Formulate a theme that centers the creative work MnTC Goal 6
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Theme
- Setting
- Time
- Specific detail of place
- Interior landscapes
- Description
- Selective choice of detail
- Concrete appeal to the senses
- Character
- Appearance
- Dialogue
- Behavior
- Images & Sounds
- Rhythm
- Sound
- Metaphor
- Allusion
- Pattern
- Figurative language
- Plot
- Dialogue
- Diction
- Tone
- Direct and indirect
- Tags and structure
- Point of View
- Tone & Style
- Literary devices and tone
- Establishing a voice
- Thoughts
- Indirect and direct thought
- Stream of consciousness
- Time
- Expansion and contraction of time
- Non-chronological time
- Form
2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions