16 courses with the subject CW, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
CW 500Reading as a Writer I3.0
In this course, students will learn about the effects and purposes of different points of view (POV) in fiction. Students will read selected pieces of fiction to identify and discuss techniques for depicting and illuminating different kinds of POV. The course will explore how authorial choice in regards to POV impacts a reader’s experience of a narrative, and their relationship to characters, plot, setting, and other storytelling elements. Students will explore craft strategies for shifting perspective in third-person narration and consider how POV impacts depictions of interiority.
This is a course whose purpose is to teach and promote the use of active reading as a methodology of acquiring expertise in creative writing with special focus on advanced considerations of genre and technique. This class features meet-ups with published guest authors on asynchronous Discussion Boards. Guest authors will share with students their own creative and professional journeys, their literary influences, and will discuss how to use published works as guidebook, inspiration, and as a customizable writer’s tool box.
Prepared to Publish is designed to give MFA creative writing students knowledge of and practice in the situations, roles, and skills they might encounter in their future publishing endeavors (whether as authors with big publishers or small presses, as self-publishers who take on the task of publishing their own books, or as professionals on the editorial or business side of publishing). Students will learn about such topics as editing, copy editing, book production, author rights and contracts, working with agents and editors, small press book publication, book cover design, interior book layout, building an author website, social media and book promotion, and literary magazines.
This is a creative writing workshop whose purpose is to introduce core principles and give students a common language with which to create, analyze, and discuss creative writing within a workshop environment. Subjects covered include specificity, sensory language, symbolic language, character development, vivid scene crafting, organization/structure, and treatment of significance or themes.
This is a creative writing mentorship course whose purpose is to enable students to practice and develop their craft, taking into consideration craft lessons learned in prior quarters. This course also emphasizes the importance of revision strategies. The format of the class is a packet exchange. The quarter will begin with a conversation between mentor and student in which they will discuss the nature of the project the student will work on and complete during the quarter. The student will then send their mentor three packets of writing on pre-arranged dates. The mentor will review and critique the student’s efforts and return work on a pre-set date with a line edit and a robust editorial note.
Subject
CW
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
3
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Credit
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Repeatable
Can be repeated 2 times for 9 credits Prerequisites: CW 550 [Min Grade: B]
This is a creative writing mentorship course whose purpose is to enable students to practice and develop their craft. This course also emphasizes the professional aspect of developing market awareness for one's own work. The format of the class is a packet exchange. The quarter will begin with a conversation between mentor and student in which they will discuss the nature of the project the student will work on and complete during the quarter. The student will then send their mentor three packets of writing on pre-arranged dates. The mentor will review and critique the student's efforts and return work on a pre-set date with a line edit and a robust editorial note. Students are expected to demonstrate an awareness of prior critique - in reflection and in the creation of new writing.
Subject
CW
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit
Type
course
Repeatable
Can be repeated 2 times for 9 credits Prerequisites: CW 555 [Min Grade: B]
The residency will provide opportunity for intensive study and community building for the MFA cohort. Daily schedule consists of peer-critique, faculty-led master workshop, faculty talks and career development modules. As the inaugural residency in the MFA sequence, this course will introduce core craft principals and orient students for the course of study. Prior to the workshop students complete reading assignments and submit 20-30 page double-spaced works-in-progress for faculty-led workshop critique and analysis.
This is a residency for creative writers with an intensive focus on career development. Course consists of peer-critique, faculty-led master workshop, and intensive career development modules. Topics covered include platform building, social media tools, personal publication roadmap, pitch strategies, networking and agent searches. In advance of the workshop students complete reading assignments and submit 20-30 page double-spaced works-in-progress for faculty-led workshop critique and analysis.
This is a residency with a daily schedule that consists of peer-critique, faculty-led master workshop, and career development modules. As the capstone residency, this course will allow students to present their thesis work to peers and mentors and to develop professional and aesthetic (craft) strategies for post-graduation success. The residency will also teach students to situate themselves within a creative tradition and to develop networks for post-graduation creative and professional support.
In order to get somewhere, you need to know where you are going. In "Novel Writing Intensive" we will build a novel, writing 4,500 words a week to get the full scope of the project down to set you on a path for a solid first draft and revision process. As it is difficult to revise Chapter 1 without knowing the last chapter, this class aims to prepare students with a complete working draft to start their thesis journey. The class readings will explore the first chapters of classic and contemporary novels to assess the choices made by writers when building these worlds and characters. Reflective practice is built in to cultivate the habits of purposeful writing and making choices to support your novel's development. A faculty student one-on-one will offer personalized guidance on the novel and its growth.
This is an Intensive Course Abroad in Creative Writing. The location and availability of the course will change according to faculty availability and other programmatic details. The Drexel MFA encourages travel experiences as a formative part of a writer’s education. The program consists of touring, community engagement, craft exercises, workshop and study of work by local authors and screenwriters. Prior to the course, students complete reading assignments and submit 20-30 page double-spaced works-in-progress for faculty-led workshop that will take place abroad.
This is a pedagogy course whose purpose is to familiarize students with effective teaching modalities for undergraduate composition or fiction writing courses. The course will run in different versions, with an emphasis on creative writing or compositional pedagogy depending upon the cohort. Subjects covered include syllabus creation, grading, Drexel core principals, university resources, teaching strategies and subject-specific materials. Weekly assigned readings will inform discussions and be used for assignment materials. Students will receive focused instruction on common qualities of impactful writing, and on experiential techniques designed to elicit effective writing from students.
This is an advanced fiction-writing workshop whose purpose is to introduce core principals, and give Drexel MFA students a common language with which to create, analyze and discuss fiction within a workshop environment. Subjects covered can include: specificity, sensory language, symbolic language, character development, vivid scene crafting, and plot structure. The format of the class is a weekly peer-workshop meeting. Students post and share their own fiction in a rotating schedule and are required each week to engage in conversation while offering their own constructive criticism of all submitted work. Students will receive instruction on common qualities of impactful writing and on techniques designed to encourage the development of an author’s unique style and voice.
This is a course whose purpose is to enable students to begin thesis planning and execution. The quarter will begin with an in-depth conversation between instructor and student in which they will discuss the scope of the thesis project and student’s particular interests as related to the creation and development of a publishable piece of work. Student will then propose two separate thesis topics. Instructor will review student efforts and make suggestions and give advice on best creative and professional course forward.
Subject
CW
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit
Type
course
Repeatable
Can be repeated 2 times for 9 credits Prerequisites: CW 556 [Min Grade: B]
This is a course whose purpose is to enable students to commence and ultimately complete their capstone thesis project which is the culminating experience of the Drexel MFA. The quarter will begin with an in-depth conversation between instructor and student in which they will discuss the scope of the thesis project and student’s plan for producing an ambitious publishable piece of work. Instructor will review student efforts and make suggestions and give advice on best creative and professional course forward.
Subject
CW
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit
Type
course
Repeatable
Can be repeated 2 times for 9 credits Prerequisites: CW 690 [Min Grade: B] or CW 690 [Min Grade: CR]
This is a course whose purpose is to enable students to complete their capstone thesis project, which is the culminating experience of the Drexel MFA. The quarter will begin with an in-depth conversation between instructor and student in which they will discuss the scope of the thesis project and student’s plan for producing an ambitious publishable piece of work. Instructor will review student efforts and make suggestions and give advice on best creative and professional course forward.
Subject
CW
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit
Type
course
Repeatable
Can be repeated 2 times for 9 credits Prerequisites: CW 691 [Min Grade: B] or CW 691 [Min Grade: CR]
