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May 07, 2024
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ENGL 2410 - Creative Writing Credit Hours: 3.00 (3 contact hrs) Course primarily in writing the short story and poetry with emphasis on creation of personal imaginative work.
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: ENGL-1220 or ENGL-1190
OUTCOMES AND OBJECTIVES Outcome 1:
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to read literature critically.
Objectives:
- Identify standard conventions in short stories.
- Identify standard conventions in poems.
- Analyze deviations from standard conventions.
Outcome 2:
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to critique other writers’ work for technical elements of fiction and poetry.
Objectives:
- Define technical elements.
- Identify technical elements in the works.
- Analyze the use of technical elements in the works.
Outcome 3:
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to build upon a body of original work.
Objectives:
- Create varied works of fiction.
- Create varied poems.
COMMON DEGREE OUTCOMES (Bulleted outcomes apply to the course)
- The graduate can integrate the knowledge and technological skills necessary to be a successful learner.
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- 2. The graduate can demonstrate how to think competently.
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- The graduate can demonstrate how to employ mathematical knowledge.
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- 4. The graduate can demonstrate how to communicate competently.
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- The graduate is sensitive to issues relating to a diverse, global society.
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COURSE CONTENT OUTLINE To be followed in general; chronology not defined:
- Fiction
- Read, discuss and assess at least 12 works of short, literary fiction, with attention to elements of fiction such as plot, setting, character, dialogue, etc.
- Write short fiction.
- Edit student work in workshops.
- Revise own work individually and in workshops.
- Poetry
- Read, discuss and assess at least 15 poems, with attention to elements of poetry such as word choice and play, cadence, line, rhyme, meter, etc.
- Write poems.
- Edit student w ork in workshops.
- Revise own work individually and in workshops.
- Other Genres
- Read, discuss a nd assess other forms of creative writing (screen‐ and playwriting, creative nonfiction, etc.) as appropriate.
Primary Faculty Iverson, Clark Secondary Faculty Young, James Associate Dean Williams-Chehmani, Angie
Official Course Syllabus - Macomb Community College, 14500 E 12 Mile Road, Warren, MI 48088
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