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3.00 Credits
Students focus on critical elements of playwriting, and write a short play of at least 20 pages, which will be refined, edited, and work-shopped. Various techniques are used, including reading of dramatic texts, improvisation, scenarios, and group exploration. Emphasis is on class participation and in-class exercises. Outside work includes seeing two professional plays and writing short papers based on critical elements therein. Prerequisite: ENGL 102. 3 Cr. (3 Lec.) Fall semester.
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Students will learn the fundamental staging techniques for bringing dramatic texts to life on stage, focusing on techniques for effectively communicating the text to an audience. Students will create prompt books that outline the critical information contained in dramatic texts. They also create scenes from improvisation exercises, and direct short scenes. A short paper based on an outside professional theatrical production is written. Prerequisite: ENGL 102. 3 Cr. (3 Lec.) Spring semester.
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3.00 Credits
Students use the creative writing journal as a tool for exploring and developing creative expression. Students develop a reading list in an area of interest. The instructor serves as the student's writing mentor throughout the certificate program and meets with the students for conferences at regular intervals to discuss the journal and portfolio development. Prerequisite: ENGL 230. 1 Cr. (1 Lec.) Fall and spring semesters.
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1.00 Credits
This course gives participants the opportunity to hear from, and interact with, at least three distinguished writers of prose, poetry, screenplays or teleplays. Visiting writers read from their work and discuss their writing process. Students write short response papers and participate in creative writing workshop exercises. Prose/Poetry and Screenwriting series are offered in alternate semesters. Corequisite: ENGL 100. 1 Cr. (1 Lec.) Fall semester.
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In this workshop students write and share poems. Voice, form, rhythm, imagery, figures of speech, symbolism, and other elements of poetry are emphasized. Peer work is critiqued and revised in a workshop environment. In addition, students read and discuss the work of selected poets. Corequisite: ENGL 100. 1Cr. (1 Lec.) Fall and spring semesters.
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This course explores techniques used to write screenplays for short films. Topics covered include story concept, structure, theme, setting, character, and dialogue. Visual writing is emphasized. Alternative structures for new media stories are discussed. Students complete an original screenplay for a short film (under 30 minutes). Corequisite: ENGL 100. 1 Cr. (1 Lec.). Fall and spring semesters.
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3.00 Credits
This course allows students the opportunity to include an internship in their studies and to integrate classroom learning with practice before beginning their writing careers. The program chair maintains an approved list of appropriate internship sites allowing students to participate in work environments where writing-oriented tasks such as writing, editing, proofing, and production are part of the student's workload. It is anticipated that students will gain not only invaluable practical experience, but also have the opportunity to complete work product suitable for inclusion in a future portfolio. Prerequisite: ENGL 102. 1-3 Cr. (3-9 Lab.) Fall and spring semesters.
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Examines approaches screenwriters use to get their work read by the film industry. Major topics include networking, querying, and pitching. Students develop an understanding of how agencies, management companies, production companies, studios, entertainment attorneys, and writer unions interact. Writers' groups, conferences, film festivals, fellowships and competitions, and other resources are discussed. Legal concerns including copyright and wga registration, release forms, and option contracts are explored. Treatments, loglines, query letters, cover letters, and other tools are developed. Prerequisite: ENGL 102. 1 Cr. (1 Lec.) Spring semester.
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This course examines the approaches writers use to get their work read and published by writing markets, including literary presses, book publishers, magazines, and online publications. Major topics include researching and targeting appropriate markets and developing letters of inquiry, book proposals, and other tools. Literary agents, writers' groups, conferences, fellowships and competitions, and writers' guides are discussed. Basic legal concerns, such as contracts and copyright issues, are introduced. Prerequisite: ENGL 102. 1 Cr. (1 Lec.) Spring semester.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces the classical epics: the Iliad, Odyssey, and Aeneid. These great poems provide important views of ancient Greek and Roman culture, mythology, and civilization. Their influence ranges over thousands of years, from ancient epic and tragedy to a variety of modern and contemporary arts. As pillars in the western canon of great books, they remain a focus of literary theory and criticism today. Students in this course are required to participate in research and discussion. Open to students in the honors program or by instructor permission Prerequisite: ENGL 102. 3 Cr. (3 Lec.) Fall semester.
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