Hi, all--

I took a stab at a minor that would be quick to start up, with no new courses, if we felt the need to start up quickly. When we design new courses we could add to and delete from the minor.

We could possibly cross-list existing courses from IMS and Theater (like playwrighting, for instance). Of course some of the IMS courses are already ENG courses. (Digital rhetoric, Visual rhetoric, etc)

Some of the ENG courses on the books can be tweaked to our new purposes: Tom Schmidlin is considering proposing a version of ENG 323, Creative Nonfiction, that focuses on the graphic memoir. ENG 226 can be tweaked to be more "creativity" focused and less genre-based. 

I think we should take our time with the design of new courses and our new major; I'm not foot-dragging--I'm really excited about the possibilities.  I just want to be sure we design something flexible, sustainable, and long-lasting (hard to predict, I know). It should be relatively easy to cut courses within the BA, and could be relatively easy to add a minor. If we make the smaller changes first--cutting credit hours from the major, adding a minor--I think we could fill our classrooms. Then we can go about designing our dream major.

Anyway, document attached, with minimal notes. 

--Margaret




Margaret Luongo
Associate Professor, Creative Writing
Department of English
370 Bachelor Hall
Oxford, OH 45056
513-529-3237
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For hanging on in there, with the complications of re-shaping ourselves to greet the oncoming wave of reviews and reforms.

We meet again next wednesday. It does seem to be the case that we can refashion from the insides out, starting with a minor and with BA revision.

IF you have thoughts towards a minor do circulate them in advance.

WHatever shape the minor takes, and i suggested a couple of my early takes, i hear Keith's advocacy for more courses that move us beyond the fixity of genres and or for more courses that ramp up the rhetoric around creativity. I've been developing about creativity for some time and will try to share that with you before we gather next week.


cris