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ENG 403A

Advanced Creative Writing: Fiction I

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelUpper Division
Average gradeA
Standard

Overview

Description

Continuation of ENG 305-306.

Requirements

Prerequisites

  • Junior or Senior standing
ENG 303
Original catalog text

Prerequisites

Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303.

Units

Lecture3

Catalog Details

Offering

Offered: Every Fall and Spring

Terms

fall, spring

Restrictions

Junior or Senior standing

Attributes

Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • practice manipulating the elements of fictional craft/technique—forms (the novel, novella, and short story); generic tropes; narrative structure; point of view; tone; and voice—through the composition of original works of fiction.
  • analyze and describe their own and others’ fiction, via written and oral discussion, within the context of historical trends/movements and genres in fiction.
  • constructively criticize fiction written by peers, both in writing and in class discussion.
  • apply literary editing methods to compile and revise their own portfolio of work.