SRJC Course Outlines

4/25/2024 4:18:07 AMENGL 4C Course Outline as of Spring 2000

Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION

Discipline and Nbr:  ENGL 4CTitle:  AD CREAT WRIT WKSHP  
Full Title:  Advanced Creative Writing Workshop
Last Reviewed:2/6/2023

UnitsCourse Hours per Week Nbr of WeeksCourse Hours Total
Maximum3.00Lecture Scheduled3.0017.5 max.Lecture Scheduled52.50
Minimum3.00Lab Scheduled06 min.Lab Scheduled0
 Contact DHR0 Contact DHR0
 Contact Total3.00 Contact Total52.50
 
 Non-contact DHR0 Non-contact DHR Total0

 Total Out of Class Hours:  105.00Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50 

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly: 

Catalog Description:
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Continuation of English 4B, work on the writing of fiction, poetry, drama, and/or non-fiction prose.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Engl 4B with a grade of "C" or better.


Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
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Continuation of Engl 4B, work in the writing of fiction, poetry, drama, and/or non-fiction prose.
(Grade or P/NP)

Prerequisites:Engl 4B with a grade of "C" or better.
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:Effective:Inactive:
 Area:
 
CSU GE:Transfer Area Effective:Inactive:
 
IGETC:Transfer Area Effective:Inactive:
 
CSU Transfer:TransferableEffective:Fall 1981Inactive:
 
UC Transfer:TransferableEffective:Fall 1981Inactive:
 
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Not Certificate/Major Applicable



COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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READING: English 4C is a creative writing workshop and thus focuses
on the students' writing as texts to be evaluated in classroom
discussions, apropos the class' being a workshop. From reading student
work in the genres of fiction, poetry, drama, and/or non-fiction prose,
students will learn to:
1.  Recognize and articulate the craft features of a literary text.
2.  Recognize and articulate the relationship between craft and meaning
   in a literary text.
3.  Identify and articulate alternative craft behaviors available to
   the writer of a piece.
WRITING:
1.  The students will write each week in the genres of fiction, poetry,
   drama, and/or non-fiction prose.

Topics and Scope
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Note: The following represents general criteria and typical content.
Particular themes and emphasis are published each semester in the English
Department bulletin, A HUNDRED DOORS.
READING:
1.  Students read examples of work in the genres of fiction, poetry,
   drama, and/or non-fiction proseby their classmates.
2.  Readings are followed by discussion and instruction, so students
   might learn the craft of the genres.
WRITING:
1.  Students write weekly in the genres of fiction, poetry, drama, and/
   or non-fiction pose.
2.  Revision skills are taught, using writer's workshop methods or
   individual conferences/tutorials.

Assignments:
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Students in English 4C must write each week; however, they are not
commonly given specific assignments or exercises as a group. The
instructor makes suggestions according to the individual student's
work. For instance, a student whose poems are regularly short-lined
and without stanza breaks might be encouraged to try a longer line,
the poem shaped in quatrains.

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.Writing
80 - 90%
Written homework
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.Problem Solving
0 - 0%
None
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.Skill Demonstrations
0 - 10%
Class performances
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.Exams
0 - 0%
None
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.Other Category
0 - 0%
None


Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Behn, Robin and Chase Twichell, eds. THE PRACTICE OF POETRY. New
    York: Harper, 1992.
Bernays, Anne and Pamela Painter. WHAT IF?: WRITING EXERCISES FOR
    FICTION WRITERS. New York: Harper, 1995.
Burke, Carol and Molly Best Tinsley. THE CREATIVE PROCESS. New York:
    St. Martin's, 1993.
DeMaria, Robert. THE COLLEGE HANDBOOK OF CREATIVE WRITING. 3rd ed.
    Ft. Worth: Harcourt, 1998.
Gardner, John. THE ART OF FICTION. New York: Vintage, 1991.
LeGuin, Ursula K. STEERING THE CRAFT. Portland, OR: Eighth Mountain
    Press, 1998.
Lopate, Phillip, ed. THE ART OF THE PERSONAL ESSAY. New York: Anchor/
    Doubleday, 1995.
Minot, Stephen. THREE GENRES: THE WRITING OF POETRY, FICTION, AND
    DRAMA. 6th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice, 1998.
Ueland, Brenda. IF YOU WANT TO WRITE. 2nd ed. St. Paul: Graywolf, 1987.

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