Writing Studies Courses for University Degree and Transfer Programs
New for Winter 2010!
CWRT 210 - Ecopoetics will explore the writer's relationship to nature and the environment. More about CWRT 210 This is an online course.
Registration begins December 1st.
CWRT 100 Studies in Writing I
Students seeking an Associate of Arts degree in English (Writing Studies) must take CWRT 100. The course focuses the writer's efforts on the value of compression and the reduction of ideas to their purest forms. An in-depth exploration of imagery, metaphor and word choice through the study of poetry will prepare students to produce original compositions in any genre. Students will be expected to submit original writing for workshop in at least two of the four genres - poetry, fiction, non-fiction, or drama. The craft of writing essays and criticism on theory and form will be introduced.
CWRT 101 Studies in Writing II
Students seeking an Associate of Arts degree in English (Writing Studies) must take CWRT 100/101. CWRT 101 focuses the writer's efforts on crafting story. An in-depth exploration of scene development, characterization, setting, point-of-view, and the leading ideas in stories will prepare students to produce original compositions in any genre other than poetry. Students will be expected to submit original writing for workshop in at least two of the three genres being discussed. Writing essays and criticism on theory and form will continue.
CWRT 200 Studies in Writing III
The emphasis of CWRT 200: Studies in Writing III will be on portfolio development and preparation of manuscripts for publication. Students will submit for workshop their own imaginative writing in any of the four genres“ poetry, drama, fiction, and non-fiction. In addition, students will engage in a practice of response, analysis, and critique of published and peer written work. Lectures will mirror the assigned readings and serve to initiate theoretical round table discussions on Image, Voice, Character, Setting, and Story. In the second half of the semester students will be required to explore in more depth each of the four genres. Students will be expected to submit at least one of their compositions for publication to an appropriate literary quarterly, magazine, newspaper or theatre workshop.
CWRT 201 Studies in Writing IV
A continuation of CWRT 200: Studies in Writing III. While portfolio development and manuscript preparation are continually emphasized, students will be required to produce their own chapbook in one or two of the four genres, write and submit grant proposals, and read their work aloud. Students will be expected to submit at least one of their compositions for publication to an appropriate literary quarterly, magazine, newspaper, or theatre workshop. Students will be required to participate in a year end Student Reading of original work. Writing reviews, essays and criticism on theory and form of contemporary literature will continue.
CWRT 210 Ecopoetics
CWRT 210 - Ecopoetics will explore the writer's relationship to nature and the environment. We will seek to understand the role of the writer and the moral agency required to build a just and sustainable community. Coupled with an intellectual enquiry into environmental literature and criticism, writers will examine more closely non-fiction, fiction, and poetic forms that express an intimate attention to landscape and nature.
