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"Tuma, Keith W." <[log in to unmask]>
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Never mind--I see that this still has the same three workshop structure in

either poetry or fiction--it's just that 320 is the intermediate fiction

workshop, yes? So they choose among marketplace, non-fiction, or

screenwriting.



On 12/10/12 10:09 PM, "Tuma, Keith W." <[log in to unmask]> wrote:



>Just a note to say that the plan for cw described below would also require

>rewriting the writing in the major scaffolded curriculum. For what that's

>worth....

>

>On 12/10/12 9:45 PM, "Cheek, Christopher F. Dr." <[log in to unmask]>

>wrote:

>

>>Hi everyone,

>>

>>i'm cutting and pasting Andrew Hebard's proposal to revise the Lit major.

>>It's one of several on the Lit major revising wiki. It represents a fair

>>summary of the thinking in Lit though. All of the six proposals posted

>>are written to 36 Credit hours. They all specify 298 and the majority

>>split at the 1800 time frame.

>>

>>

>>36 Credit hours

>>1)    Eng 298

>>

>>2)    At least 2 Pre-1800 courses.

>>

>>3)    At least 2 Post-1800 courses.

>>

>>4)    At least 2 400 level courses.

>>

>>5)    Capstone

>>

>>6)    Students are allowed to count 3 courses from Creative Writing or

>>Professional Writing towards the major.

>>

>>7)    No more than 2 100 level course can count toward the major

>>

>>

>>________________________________________________

>>

>>

>>CW could be rewritten along such lines:

>>

>>36 Credit Hours

>>

>>Eng 226 (3 credit hours)

>>

>>CONTEMPORARY WRITING

>>One of these:

>>

>>Eng 123

>>Eng 124

>>

>>One of these:

>>

>>	€ ENG 311 Contemporary Fiction (3)

>>	€ ENG 312 Contemporary Poetry (3)

>>

>>ENGLISH CAPSTONE

>>

>>One of these:

>>

>>	€ ENG 460 Issues in Creative Writing (3)

>>	€ ENG 495 Capstone in Literature (3)

>>

>>NINE ADDITIONAL HOURS OF CREATIVE WRITING AT 300- AND 400-LEVELS

>>From these courses:

>>

>>	€ ENG 320 Creative Writing: Short Story (3)

>>	€ ENG 321 Creative Writing: Literary Marketplace (3)

>>	€ ENG 323 Creative Non-Fiction (3)

>>	€ ENG 330 Creative Writing: Poetry (3)

>>	€ ENG 420 Advanced Undergraduate Fiction Workshop (3)

>>	€ ENG 422 Creative Writing: Screenwriting (3)

>>	€ ENG 430 Advanced Undergraduate Poetry Workshop (3)

>>Note: (1) ENG 320 is the prerequisite for ENG 420; ENG 330 is the

>>prerequisite for ENG 430. Students must take an intermediate and advanced

>>course in the same genre, poetry or fiction. (2) Courses may be taken a

>>second time. Repeat credits WILL NOT count toward the major requirement

>>of nine (9) hours of creative writing courses, but will count toward the

>>128 hours required for a degree.

>>

>>

>>Eng 298

>>

>>At least 2 Pre-1800 Literature Classes

>>

>>At least 2 Post-1800 courses.




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