Minor in Creative Writing
Learning Outcomes
Students will:
Develop habits of critical inquiry:
- Develop a critical vocabulary with which to discuss and critique writing by professional and student writers and distinguish the conscious choices creative writers make
- Implement critical thinking skills by identifying fundamental elements of various creative genres and how these elements might be used to create meaning in their original work
- Identify, evaluate, and effectively respond to ethical issues in the capacity of a creative writer
Learn and practice writing craft and revision:
- Develop, cultivate, and gain confidence in their unique writing voices
- Make informed structural and stylistic choices in their own writing to achieve the desired effect and impact of the work
- Inhabit and write from the perspectives of characters like and unlike themselves.
- Think creatively to combine or synthesize existing ideas in original ways
- Conduct online, archival, and primary research, to mine raw material for creative works.
- Understand that revision is essential to good writing by developing and applying their own process for conceiving, drafting, and revising their writing
Cultivate awareness of audience, professionalism, and literary citizenship:
- Develop an awareness of audience by presenting work in a public context, such as the workshop format and in-class readings
- Think critically to evaluate evidence and the perspectives of others before accepting or formulating an opinion
- Demonstrate the capacity to collaborate with others
- Create individual works or a portfolio that represents their best writing and creative problem-solving abilities and prepare them for potential graduate study
- Function better and more confidently as writers in their professional context
