Course Descriptions
WRT 323: Introduction to Genre and Craft in Creative Writing (3 units)
A multi-genre introduction to the craft of creative writing. In the context of a variety of genres, students will examine literary conventions as well as the writing techniques and tools essential to effective writing and editing. Prerequisite: Wrt
102.
WRT 324: Writing for Children and Teenagers (3 units)
A multi-genre introduction to the craft of creative writing. In the context of a variety of genres, students will examine literary conventions as well as the writing techniques and tools essential to effective writing and editing. Prerequisite: Wrt 102.
ENG 281: World Literature (3 units)
A study of world masterpieces, especially selected works of Homer, Sophocles, Virgil, Dante and Cervantes. Prerequisite: ENG 201.
WRT 327: Creative Writing: Fiction (3 units)
A multi-genre introduction to the craft of creative writing. In the context of a variety of genres, students will examine literary conventions as well as the writing techniques and tools essential to effective writing and editing. Prerequisite: Wrt 102.
WRT 328: Creative Writing: Poetry (3 units)
This course is designed to sharpen students’ awareness of and skill in using the elements of poetry. Students will complete a number of original poems in a variety of traditional and contemporary forms and styles. The class will discuss its own creative work and a wide variety of anthologized poetry in a workshop setting. Prerequisites: Wrt 102 and 323.
ENG 361: English Literature 1 (3 units)
A survey of representative English prose, poetry and drama from the Anglo-Saxon period to 1800. Readings from such writers as the Beowulf poet, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Donne, Swift, Pope and Johnson acquaint students with the literary heritage of the English-speaking world. Prerequisite: ENG 201.
WRT 329: Creative Nonfiction (3 units)
An examination and discussion of the art and craft of contemporary nonfiction, with practice in a variety of genres. Course includes market analysis techniques and the submission of work for publication. Prerequisite: Wrt 102 or consent of instructor.
ENG 380: Women's Literature (3 units)
An intensive study of literature written by women, emphasizing representations of gender in different cultural and aesthetic contexts and exploring the unique contributions and genres particular to women’s writing. Prerequisite: ENG 201.
WRT 333: Topics in Creative Writing (3 units)
A focused exploration of genre and subject matter in a workshop setting. Possible topics include nature writing, travel writing, and experimental writing. This course may include travel. Class may be repeated for elective credit. Prerequisites: Wrt 102 and 323.
WRT 337: Writing for the Stage and Screen (3 units)
An introduction to the art of writing dramatic works. Students will explore dramatic writing techniques through writing practice, close analysis of published works and student workshops. Prerequisite: Wrt 102.
ENG 383: Modern and Contemporary Poetry (3 units)
A survey of 20th and 21st century poetry, poets and literary movements. Prerequisite: Eng 201.
ENG 385: Modern Novel (3 units)
An advanced survey of the development of literary modernism as represented in major European and American novels. Novelists may include Proust, Joyce, Woolf, Faulkner and Ellison. Prerequisite: Eng 201.
ENG 387: Modern and Contemporary Drama (3 units)
Reading, critical analysis, discussion and evaluation of selected plays from 1890 through the twenty-first century. Dramatists may include Ibsen, O’Neill, Pirandello, Lorca, Miller, Williams and Albee. Attending a performance may be required. Prerequisite: Eng 201.
WRT 427: Advanced Creative Writing (3 units)
This course is the capstone class for the creative writing minor. It provides an opportunity for students to write more intensively and extensively, creating new work and revising previously written work in a workshop setting. Prerequisites: Wrt 323 and two of the following courses: Wrt 327, 328 or 329.