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ENG 753 - Advanced Nonfiction

(3 units)
Students produce original nonfiction of an advanced caliber. Students engage in an active dialogue concerning areas of their work that need further attention and development. This course also emphasizes further reading in the genre and a variety of in-depth critical responses to that reading. (Formerly SNU: ENGL 627)

Maximum units a student may earn: 3

Prerequisite(s); ENG 747  ; ENG 752  ; formerly Sierra Nevada University Creative Writing MFA student.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 2
Units of Laboratory/Studio: 1
Offered: Every Fall and Spring

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. recognize and use terminology regarding complex elements of creative nonfiction craft.
2. identify common forms of creative nonfiction in published work and analyze their use.
3. articulate an understanding of, and opinions about, contemporary arguments in the use of creative nonfiction craft/form, as well as their historical groundings.
4. manipulate elements of creative nonfiction craft and/or creative nonfiction forms via the compilation and revision of a portfolio of creative work.


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