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Official Course Syllabi 2020-2021 
    
Official Course Syllabi 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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ENGL 2410 - Creative Writing

Credit Hours: 3.00


Prerequisites: ENGL 1220 or ENGL 1190

Course primarily in writing the short story and poetry with emphasis on creation of personal imaginative work.

Contact Hours: 3
Billable Contact Hours: 3
OUTCOMES AND OBJECTIVES
Outcome 1:
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to read literature critically.

Objectives:

  1. Identify standard conventions in short stories.
  2. Identify standard conventions in poems.
  3. 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:

  1. Define technical elements.
  2. Identify technical elements in the works.
  3. 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:

  1. Create varied works of fiction.
  2. Create varied poems.

COMMON DEGREE OUTCOMES
(Bulleted outcomes apply to the course)

  1. The graduate can integrate the knowledge and technological skills necessary to be a successful learner.
  • 2. The graduate can demonstrate how to think competently.
  1. The graduate can demonstrate how to employ mathematical knowledge.
  • 4. The graduate can demonstrate how to communicate competently.
  1. The graduate is sensitive to issues relating to a diverse, global society.

COURSE CONTENT OUTLINE
To be followed in general; chronology not defined:

  1. Fiction
    1. 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.
    2. Write short fiction.
    3. Edit student work in workshops.
    4. Revise own work individually and in workshops.
  2. Poetry
    1. 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.
    2. Write poems.
    3. Edit student w ork in workshops.
    4. Revise own work individually and in workshops.
  3. Other Genres
    1. 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
Ternullo, Annette
Dean
Pritchett, Marie



Official Course Syllabus - Macomb Community College, 14500 E 12 Mile Road, Warren, MI 48088



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