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ENG 709

Poetry Writing Workshop

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelGraduate
Average gradeA
StandardRepeatable up to 20 credits

Overview

Description

Conducted as a writer’s workshop, specializing in poetry. Required for MFA students in English; elective for other English graduate students.

Requirements

Prerequisites

  • Admission to graduate standing in the Department of English.
Original catalog text

Prerequisites

Prerequisite(s): Admission to graduate standing in the Department of English.

Units

Lecture3

Catalog Details

Offering

Offered: Every Fall and Spring

Terms

fall, spring

Restrictions

Admission to graduate standing in the Department of English.

Attributes

StandardRepeatable up to 20 credits

Learning Outcomes

  • analyze the traditional forms, line/enjambment, imagery and metaphor, meter, and rhyme and free verse using elements of poetic craft and technique.
  • analyze various debates concerning the contemporary poetry publishing landscape and articulate their own opinions.
  • analyze and describe their creative work within the context of historical trends/movements and genres in poetry.
  • constructively criticize poetry written by peers, both in writing and discussion.
  • apply literary editing methods to compile and revise a portfolio of their own creative work.