Academic Calendar 2023-24 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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CRWR 150 - Introduction to Speculative Fiction
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 60
Do you have a lively imagination? In this course, students will develop their skills in writing various types of speculative fiction, such as fantasy, magical realism, Indigenous futurisms, science fiction, horror, and weird fiction. Students will read and discuss representative samples from several subgenres; explore techniques for creating story concepts; practice world-building; develop their own original stories; and offer peer feedback.
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CRWR 152 - Introduction to Creative Nonfiction
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 60
This course offers students an opportunity to develop their skills in writing major creative nonfiction forms, such as features, memoir, travel, personal essay, history, and social analysis. Students will write creative nonfiction in a style that is as accurate and informative as reportage, yet as provocative and dramatic as fiction.
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CRWR 154 - Introduction to Fiction
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 60
In this course, students develop their skills in writing prose fiction, especially short stories. Students examine elements such as characterization, plot, dialogue, setting, point of view, openings and endings, and theme in the development of original stories. Students will prepare to share their work with an audience.
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CRWR 155 - Introduction to Personal Narrative
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 60
Find your voice as a writer and learn to tell meaningful, compelling stories based on your experience and the experiences of those in your community. You will learn to focus on sensory details and memories so they can be shaped into a story, personal essay, memoir, poem or monologue. You will participate in an inclusive writing community of Canadian, Indigenous and international voices and perspectives and investigate how stories are shaped by the social and cultural context of the times.
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CRWR 156 - Introduction to Poetry
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 60
In this course, students develop their skills in the composition of poetry. Students will study and practice elements such as traditional and experimental forms, figurative language, and the creation of voice. Students will prepare to share their work with an audience.
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CRWR 157 - Fiction for Children and Youth
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 60
In this creative writing course, students will develop skills in writing fiction for children and youth. The elements of plot, characterization, dialogue, setting, point of view, and theme will be studied. Students will prepare a story line, plot treatment and character sketches for a chapter book or young adult novel.
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CRWR 158 - Introduction to Scriptwriting
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 60
In this course, students will develop skills in writing scripts for various media (e.g., dramatic production, comics, and film). Students will examine elements such as effective dialogue, characterization, sub-text, plot structure, and staging.
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CRWR 159 - Editing and Publishing
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 60
In this course, students gain theoretical and practical skills and experience related to the editing and publishing of creative works (such as their fiction, nonfiction, poetry, scriptwriting or graphic novels). Topics include structural and copy editing, manuscript preparation, and publishing demands in a variety of media including online, print, and on-demand formats. This course is suitable for creative writers and for students wishing to improve their skills in editing, making a pitch, self-publishing, public readings, and building an author platform through social media.
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CRWR 254 - Advanced Fiction
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 60
In this course, students further develop their skills in writing prose fiction. Students will strengthen their ability to structure scenes, build narratives, create characters, experiment with point of view, develop style and voice, and prepare stories for publication.
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