37 courses with the subject CRWT, 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.
CRWT 10002Zine Writing Workshop0.5
18 hours CE level continuing studies course The course aims to develop students’ writing skills, critical thinking abilities, and journalistic instincts while familiarizing them with the dynamics of the contemporary magazine industry. Students will gain insights into the evolving landscape of digital media and the role of magazines in shaping public discourse. They will also examine the ethical responsibilities of journalists and the impact of their work on society.
45.0 hours 100 level undergraduate course Students will explore the fundamentals of poetry. Through close analysis of significant contemporary poetry collections, students will learn to read as writers—with an eye to craft—and practice a range of poetry writing strategies and techniques. Open to Creative Writing majors only. This course is not repeatable for credit.
45.0 hours 100 level undergraduate course Students will explore the fundamentals of the short story. Through close analysis of significant contemporary short story collections, students will learn to read as writers—with an eye to craft—and practice a range of fiction writing strategies and techniques. Open to Creative Writing majors only. This course is not repeatable for credit.
45.0 hours 100 level undergraduate course What does it mean to be a writer? How can you get the most from studying Creative Writing at the University of the Arts? Taking inspiration from diverse readings, students will complete personal writing and critical reflections to investigate who they are as writers and their goals for the years ahead. They’ll consider the role of community in a writer’s education and the distinct opportunities for writers in Philadelphia and an arts setting. The course serves as an introduction to the Creative Writing major and to foundational practices for writing across genres. Open to Creative Writing majors only. This course is not repeatable for credit.
45.0 hours 100 level undergraduate course Students will continue to explore the fundamentals of poetry and to share, critique, and revise original works. Prerequisites CRWT*101 Open to Creative Writing majors only. This course is not repeatable for credit.
45.0 hours 100 level undergraduate course Students will continue to explore the fundamentals of the short story and to share, critique, and revise original works. Prerequisites CRWT*102 Open to Creative Writing majors only. This course is not repeatable for credit.
45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course In a workshop setting, students will be introduced to the fundamentals of poetry writing including image, line, sound, form, and tone. Through writing exercises that emphasize these elements, and discussion of poetry that serves as examples of craft, students will work toward writing and critiquing poetry of their own. Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H Not open to Creative Writing majors. This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course In a workshop setting, students will be introduced to the fundamentals of fiction writing including character, dialogue, detail, setting, perspective, and point of view. Through writing exercises that emphasize these elements, and discussion of stories that serve as examples of craft, students will work toward writing and critiquing complete short stories of their own. Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H Not open to Creative Writing majors. This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course Students will further their work as poets and readers of poetry: identifying their strengths and styles, refining their voices, sharpening their skills as critics, and furthering their understanding of creative writing as a contemporary art. The course culminates in a portfolio of revised pieces. Prerequisites CRWT*151 or CRWT*181 Priority enrollment for all Creative Writing majors and minors. This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course Students will further their work as fiction writers and readers: identifying their strengths and styles, refining their voices, sharpening their skills as critics, and furthering their understanding of creative writing as a contemporary art. The course culminates in a portfolio of revised pieces. Prerequisites CRWT*152 or CRWT*182 Priority enrollment for C.W. majors & minors. Prereq. Override Available This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course Poetry is a response, and it invites a response. How have poets responded to experience during the past decades? How can responding to their work help us as writers and artists? By closely reading significant works and completing creative and critical projects, students will explore poetry’s relevance to history, culture, and contemporary artistic practice. The course focuses on 20th century poets such as Allen Ginsberg, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Sylvia Plath and on diverse recent poetry. Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a discipline history elective, critical studies elective, or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course A short story shows movement or change. Its readers feel that they have been somewhere distinct. What types of places and changes are characteristic of the history and present of the short story? Through creative projects that advance critical inquiry, this course will provide students with a historical framework to help them analyze literary patterns and identify opportunities for their own writing and artistic practice. The course will begin with fairy tales and myths and advance through postmodernism, realism, and a consideration of the future of the short story. Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a discipline history elective, critical studies elective, or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course In what ways can art propel innovation? What does it mean to “make it new”? How do we balance abstraction and realism, materials and ideas? Modernist literature initiated formal and stylistic experiments that resonate in contemporary literature, art, and culture. Students will investigate Modernism’s technical devices and ideological concerns, as well as artists’ and writers’ influence on one another. The course considers fiction and poetry by writers such as Virginia Woolf, Jean Toomer, and James Joyce. Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a discipline history elective, critical studies elective, or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course This seminar introduces students to the tricky, increasingly popular and frequently misunderstood genre of the linked short story collection. Links among grouped stories occur in different ways-through theme, structure, setting, character, shifting points of view. Through critical reading and writing, students will learn different approaches to shaping a linked story collection and make a thoughtful, informed attempt at writing two linked stories of their own. Prerequisites CRWT*152 or CRWT*182 Priority enrollment for Creative Writing majors. This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course Translation and adaptation have been vital to the shaping and reinventing of English and American poetry. They have introduced new forms and conventions, and very often have refreshed a poet’s language just as it was becoming staid and mannered. Poets translate and adapt our love for the original, but also to reassess their own work, calibrate their language, extend their range, and stock up the imagistic arsenal. After all, different languages, different cultures, and different historical periods yield different modes of perception, different sensibilities. Often enough, poets will publish breakthrough collections after engaging with translation. Prerequisites CRWT*151 or CRWT*181 Priority enrollment for all Creative Writing majors and minors. This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course Graphic novels, comics, screenwriting, animation, video games, advertising-conveying a story in images is vital to many fields. It can also help writers and artists experiment with story structure and freshly consider character, setting, and plot. Through activities that combine writing and illustration, students will complete original works in one-panel, four-panel, and multi-page formats. They will also learn about the history of graphic storytelling, read and analyze contemporary works, and build a repertoire of approaches for writing fiction and nonfiction. The course does not require previous experience with illustration. Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H Priority enrollment for all Creative Writing majors. This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course This craft seminar focuses on the forms and techniques particular to writing about the lived experience. In the attempt to build intimacy with the reader–a contract that writers of creative nonfiction must constantly negotiate–we will think less about being expressive and more about being communicative. Through a combination of writing and reading, students will explore a variety of nonfiction genres such as memoir, personal-political essays, profiles, and narratives that intentionally (sometimes dangerously) straddle the worlds of fiction and non. Writers studied may include Mary Karr, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Justin Torres, David Sedaris, Kathryn Schulz, and Ta-Nehisi Coates. Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H Priority enrollment for Creative Writing majors & minors. This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course Literature has been historically filled with ghosts, gods, magic, talking animals, and the walking dead, and some of the most powerful and popular storytelling of our time has examined the nuances of the human condition in our own future, in alternate realities, and on other worlds. In this course, students will read and discuss different kinds of speculative fiction, and use those influences to shape their work. They will learn techniques to help them bust through genre tropes, explore their obsessions, and write their own supernatural or science fiction stories. Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H Priority enrollment for all Creative Writing majors and Creative Writing minors. This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course This craft seminar focuses on the Western literary tradition of the long poem in various forms and contexts. Encompassing traditional epic poetry, documentary poetry, novels in verse, and more, the long poem has a rich, complex history. In this course we’ll explore that history through a series of narrative and non-narrative forms. Students will be exposed to various types of long form poetry, while writing and workshopping their own long poems. Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H Priority enrollment for all Creative Writing majors and minors. This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course What makes historical fiction different from other types of literary fiction? What relationship does historical fiction have to the “true” historical record? How does a writer of historical fiction approach incorporating research? How do writers set stories in time periods they’ve not experienced directly and make them feel meaningful and authentic? In this course, we’ll consider these broad questions, while paying close attention to the technical considerations particular to writing historical fiction. We’ll sample a range of authors who approach this task differently, try our hand at writing stories of our own, and contemplate how fiction set in the past can help illuminate the present. Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H Priority enrollment for Creative Writing majors & minors. This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course One of the most challenging aspects of developing authentic characters is not only capturing the impress of time but reflecting the ways different stages of life dictate how characters feel, think, and behave. This fiction workshop will consider work that reflects those different stages–childhood, adolescence, middle and old age–and consider how different narrative strategies, from flashback and voice to sentence length and word choice, can be used to evoke these shifting points of view. Prerequisites CRWT*152 or CRWT*182 Priority enrollment for Creative Writing majors. This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course What happens when a poem moves from the page to the stage? How have spoken word, slam, and other types of poetic performance connected to culture, politics, and popular media? How have the conventions of poetic performance changed in the past decades and what can they teach writers and artists from all backgrounds? Students will write and perform original poetry, while gaining a deep understanding of artists who exemplify the history, theory, craft, and possible futures of poetry in performance. Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course In this Creative Writing Craft Seminar, students will practice multi-genre forms of writing that connect to Philadelphia by drawing on documentary and archival materials. The course will explore the ways in which writing can respond to social, political, and ecological issues through the creative incorporation of varied sources. It will also consider the ethical and aesthetic implications of using nonfictional evidence in creative work. Students will conduct original, interdisciplinary writing projects, taking inspiration from fields such as urban studies, photography, film, and site-specific performance art. They will ask how documentary and archival work can inform their work in other contexts. Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H Priority enrollment for C.W. majors & minors. This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 300 level undergraduate course In an advanced workshop setting, students will challenge their notions of what poetry can do and be. They will engage with intensive reading, drafting, critiquing, and revising, as well as rigorous reflection about their own work. The course culminates in a portfolio of pieces that demonstrates significant accomplishment in literary craft. Prerequisites CRWT*201 This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 300 level undergraduate course In an advanced workshop setting, students will challenge their notions of what short fiction can do and be. They will engage in intensive reading, drafting, critiquing, and revising, as well as rigorous reflection about their own work. The course culminates in a portfolio of pieces that demonstrate significant accomplishment in literary craft. Prerequisites CRWT*202 This course is not repeatable for credit. This course requires permission by the offering program office. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 300 level undergraduate course Selected Topics courses in Creative Writing supplement the program’s regularly offered craft seminars. Craft seminars are required for Creative Writing majors and minors. They allow students to practice the writing and analysis of literary genres such as travel writing, children’s literature, creative nonfiction, and arts criticism. Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H Priority enrollment for all Creative Writing majors and minors. This course may be repeated for credit. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 300 level undergraduate course This course prepares students for careers and community-based work in the literary arts. Students will develop professional skills, study organizational practices, and advance their understanding of all the places Creative Writing can lead. They’ll learn about the business of being a writer, while exploring the meanings of engaged artistic citizenship. The course will connect to on-campus and community programming. Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H Priority enrollment for C.W. majors & minors. This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 300 level undergraduate course Students from across the university will produce original studio works through collaborative practices. They will explore relevant theory, consider collaborative pieces from across disciplines, and study topics such as group dynamics, creative problem solving, and project management. The course considers the role of writing in collaboration—through writing about collaboration, writing collaboratively, and writing for performance, publication, and exhibition. It encourages students to draw from their backgrounds and to experiment with new methods. Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 300 level undergraduate course This course introduces students to the practices of editing and publishing, with an emphasis on literary magazines. It may consider topics such as the role of the editor in literary production, digital publishing, editorial techniques, relevant professional practices, and how contemporary publishing intersects with communities, culture, and the arts. Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H Priority enrollment for Creative Writing majors. This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 300 level undergraduate course How can you write useful reviews of books, performances, films, exhibitions, and works in other media? How can writing reviews influence us as writers and artists? What aesthetic, ethical, and practical questions should reviewers consider? Students will write original reviews, learn about the process of publishing reviews, and discuss the role of popular criticism in contemporary literature and the arts. The course will include attendance at events hosted by the University of the Arts and in the community. Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 400 level undergraduate course The Senior Seminar asks students to consider who they are as poets and to represent it in original manuscripts of at least forty-eight pages. With direction from the instructor and feedback from peers, supplemented with reading assignments, the seminar guides Creative Writing seniors in clarifying, organizing, and producing material for their thesis projects, which may include both new and significantly revised work. Prerequisites CRWT*301 Open to Creative Writing majors only. This course is not repeatable for credit.
45.0 hours 400 level undergraduate course The Senior Seminar asks students to consider who they are as fiction writers and to represent it in original manuscripts of 15,000-20,000 words. With direction from the instructor and feedback from peers, supplemented with reading assignments, the seminar guides Creative Writing students in clarifying, organizing, and producing material for thesis projects, which may include both new and significantly revised work. Prerequisites CRWT*302 Open to Creative Writing majors only. This course is not repeatable for credit.
45.0 hours 400 level undergraduate course Creative Writing students will continue to write and revise original manuscripts of poetry through reading and writing activities, peer feedback, and consultations with the instructor. The course culminates with the completion of a book-length thesis, an exit interview, and a public reading. Prerequisites CRWT*404 Open to Creative Writing majors only. This course is not repeatable for credit.
45.0 hours 400 level undergraduate course Creative Writing students will continue to write and revise original manuscripts of fiction through reading and writing activities, peer feedback, and consultations with the instructor. The course culminates with the completion of a book-length thesis, an exit interview, and a public reading. Prerequisites CRWT*405 Open to Creative Writing majors only. This course is not repeatable for credit.
undefined hours 400 level undergraduate course Independent Study offers a matriculated student the opportunity to initiate individual research or advanced projects that are beyond the limits of the standard curriculum. This course requires permission by the offering program office. This course may not be audited. This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
undefined hours 400 level undergraduate course Creative Writing Internship supports students’ work in professional settings. Credit allocation and internship details must be completed with the program director or internship advisor. Prerequisites CRWT*201 or CRWT*202 This course requires permission by the offering program office. Pass/fail grading only.
undefined hours 500 level graduate course Graduate Selected Topics courses in Creative Writing support advanced work in poetry, fiction, and related genres. Prerequisites CRWT course or current graduate student status Priority enrollment for Creative Writing majors and minors. This course may be repeated for credit. This course requires permission by the offering program office.
