CRWR 198 SPECIAL TOPICS: JAN TERM TRAVEL (4 credits)

Topics vary according to faculty availability and interest. Past topics have included The Brontes, Jane Austen, Irish Literature, Creative Writing in Literary Britain, King Arthur in Britain, The Literary Sea of Cortez, and Politics and Change in Southeast Asia. Offered only as student interest and university resources permit. May be repeated for credit with different topics.

Typically offered: January Term

CRWR 200 INTRO TO CREATIVE WRITING (4 credits)

A beginning course in creative writing. Introduces students to writing in various genres by means of creative exercises and assignments, workshops, and individual conferences. May include poetry, fiction, literary nonfiction, and plays/scripts. Students who earned credit for ENGL 200 may not enroll in this course.

Typically offered: Fall and Spring Semesters, Annually

(CREATIVE STUDIES)

CRWR 270 LITERARY EDITING AND PUBLISHING (2 credits)

Introduces students to the dynamic world of professional literary magazines and journals. Students serve as editors the college literary magazine, Camas, and contribute to all steps of the editorial and publishing process. Designed to be taken both fall and spring semester of a given academic year.

Prerequisites: INQS 125.

Typically offered: Fall and Spring Semesters, Annually

(EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING)

CRWR 279 PORTFOLIO & PROFESSIONALIZATION SEMINAR (2 credits)

Initial portfolio course for creative writing majors. Documents learning outcomes of major and provides professionalization skills. Designed to be taken in the fall semester of sophomore year.

Typically offered: Fall Semester, Annually

CRWR 289 NW ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL WRITING (4 credits)

An interdisciplinary field course focusing on the connections between the processes of the natural world and human creative expression. Serves as an introduction to the science of ecology and the art of creative writing. Weekly class meetings and three mandatory weekend-long field excursions to field stations across the region. Check with faculty on field trip dates as they will vary from year to year. (Listed as BIOL 289 and CRWR 289.)

Total Course fees: $300.00

Prerequisites: INQS 125.

Typically offered: Fall Semester, Even Years

(CREATIVE STUDIES, NATURAL WORLD)

CRWR 298 SPECIAL TOPICS: JAN TERM TRAVEL (4 credits)

Topics vary according to faculty availability and interest. Past topics have included The Brontes, Jane Austen, Irish Literature, Creative Writing in Literary Britain, King Arthur in Britain, The Literary Sea of Cortez, and Politics and Change in Southeast Asia. Offered only as student interest and university resources permit. May be repeated for credit with different topics.

Typically offered: January Term

CRWR 316 POETRY WRITING (4 credits)

Workshop, conferences, and practice in techniques of poetry writing. Reading of modern poets and study of genre. May be repeated once for credit.

Typically offered: Spring Semester, Annually

(CREATIVE STUDIES)

CRWR 317 FICTION WRITING (4 credits)

Workshop, conferences, and practice in techniques of fiction writing, especially the short story. Reading of modern fiction writers and study of various fictional genres. May be repeated once for credit.

Typically offered: Fall Semester, As Needed

(CREATIVE STUDIES)

CRWR 318 SCRIPT WRITING (4 credits)

Workshop, conferences, and practice in techniques of writing dramatic fiction in script form for films, television, or stage. Conventions of dramatic structure, character development, dialogue, form, and current practice. May be repeated once for credit.

Typically offered: Fall Semester, Alternate Years

(CREATIVE STUDIES)

CRWR 319 NONFICTION WRITING (4 credits)

Workshop, conferences, and practice in techniques of literary nonfiction writing. Reading of modern and contemporary literary nonfiction writers and study of various forms within the genre, including memoir, personal essay, lyric essay, literary journalism, cultural critique, etc. May be repeated once for credit. (Listed as CRWR 319 and JAMS 319)

Typically offered: Spring Semester, Annually

(CREATIVE STUDIES)

CRWR 389 CREATIVE WRITING MINOR PORTFOLIO (1 credit)

Portfolio course for seniors completing creative writing minor. Documents learning outcomes. Satisfactory/unsatisfactory. Students who have earned credit in ENGL 389 may not enroll in this course.

Prerequisites: Senior standing.

CRWR 398 SPECIAL TOPICS: JAN TERM TRAVEL (4 credits)

Topics vary according to faculty availability and interest. Past topics have included The Brontes, Jane Austen, Irish Literature, Creative Writing in Literary Britain, King Arthur in Britain, The Literary Sea of Cortez, and Politics and Change in Southeast Asia. Offered only as student interest and university resources permit. May be repeated for credit with different topics.

Prerequisites: IDST 098 previous fall.

Typically offered: January Term, Every Third Year Or Less Often

CRWR 421 ADV TOPICS IN CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP (4 credits)

Upper-level course in the reading and practice of imaginative writing in one or more genres. Specific topics may focus on a particular genre, such as the lyric poem or the novella; themes such as "Borderlands" or "Parties and Gatherings"; or techniques and methods such as "The Researched Narrative," "The First Person," or "Style in the Imaginative Sentence." Students who have earned credit in ENGL 421 may not enroll in this course.

Prerequisites: CRWR 200, CRWR 289, or consent of instructor.

Typically offered: Fall Semester, Annually

(CREATIVE STUDIES)

CRWR 439 PEER INSTRUCTION (1-3 credits)

Advanced opportunity for outstanding students to assist faculty members in the classroom or laboratory. Focus on course content and pedagogy.

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.

(EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING)

CRWR 479 PORTFOLIO (1 credit)

Senior portfolio course for creative writing majors. Documents learning outcomes for major. Students should register with departmental academic advisor as instructor.

Prerequisites: Senior standing

Typically offered: Spring Semester, Annually

CRWR 480 INDEPENDENT STUDY (1-5 credits)

Program of directed tutorial reading on some topic or problem within the discipline relating to the special interests of the student and supervised by a departmental faculty member.

CRWR 484 CREATIVE WRITING: SENIOR SEMINAR (4 credits)

Creative Writing: Senior Seminar Capstone seminar on the writing process; planning, developing, and drafting a significant creative work; and building a writing life. In weekly class meetings and one-on-one meetings with the professor, students will work toward initial thesis deadlines, including a project proposal, an annotated bibliography, and substantial work on the thesis itself.

Prerequisites: Senior standing in the creative writing major.

Typically offered: Fall Semester, Annually

CRWR 485 CREATIVE WRITING: THESIS (4 credits)

Completion in conference of a substantial writing project (a collection of poetry, a novel or memoir, a full-length film script, etc.) as the final requirement in the creative writing major. Deadlines include, at minimum, a 50% draft, initial working draft, a major revision of the entire work, and a minor revision of the entire work. Students who have earned credit in ENGL 485 may not enroll in this course.

Prerequisites: CRWR 484 and senior standing in the creative writing major.

Typically offered: Spring Semester

(MAJOR WRITING INTENSIVE)

CRWR 487 INTERNSHIP (1-8 credits)

Supervised employment in a work setting which draws upon the writing, speaking, oral, and analytical skills developed by creative writing majors. Open to seniors and second-semester juniors with permission from faculty supervisor. No more than 4 credits to be counted toward the major.

(EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING)

CRWR 490 HONORS THESIS: CREATIVE WRITING (4 credits)

Writing of an honors thesis for senior-level creative writing majors. By application and approval of creative writing faculty only. Students who earned credit for ENGL 490 may not enroll in this course.

CRWR 498 SPECIAL TOPICS: JAN TERM TRAV (4 credits)

Topics vary according to faculty availability and interest. Past topics have included The Brontes, Jane Austen, Irish Literature, Creative Writing in Literary Britain, King Arthur in Britain, The Literary Sea of Cortez, and Politics and Change in Southeast Asia. Offered only as student interest and university resources permit. May be repeated for credit with different topics.

Prerequisites: IDST 098 previous fall.

Typically offered: January Term, Every Third Year Or Less Often