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ENG 761

Advanced WCYA

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelGraduate
Standard

Overview

Description

Students produce original work in the Children and Young Adults (WCYA) field of publishable quality. Students engage in an active dialogue concerning areas of their work that need further attention and development. This course also emphasizes further reading in the genre and a variety of in-depth critical responses to that reading.

Requirements

Prerequisites

  • formerly Sierra Nevada University Creative Writing MFA student
ENG 755RENG 760
Original catalog text

Prerequisites

Prerequisite(s): ENG 755R ; ENG 760 ; formerly Sierra Nevada University Creative Writing MFA student.

Units

Lecture2
Laboratory Studio1

Catalog Details

Offering

Offered: Every Fall and Spring

Terms

fall, spring

Related Courses

Formerly Known As SNU: ENGL 629

Restrictions

formerly Sierra Nevada University Creative Writing MFA student

Attributes

Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • recognize and use terminology regarding advanced elements of WCYA craft.
  • identify advanced forms of WCYA in published work and analyze their use.
  • articulate an understanding of, and opinions about, contemporary arguments in the use of WCYA craft/form, as well as their historical groundings.
  • manipulate elements of creative WCYA and/or WCYA forms via the compilation and revision of a portfolio of creative work.