Division: Communications, Humanities, and the Arts

Division: Communications, Humanities, and the Arts Department: English Subject Code: ENGL Course #: 107 Course Title: Creative Writing I

HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

FORM 335

Course Form 335 must be updated at least every five years per AP 765 to include, at a minimum, the following elements. [§335.2]

1. Digital Description (Insert new/revised digital description below):

Credit hours: 3.0 Lecture hours: 3.0 Lab hours: 0.0 BL: [ ]⅓ [ ]½ [ ]⅔ [ ] Other (Indicate fraction or percent)

2. Catalog Description (Insert new/revised description below): A workshop in the writing of works of fiction and non-fiction in shorter forms.

Minimum Grade Required 3. Prerequisites: ENGL 101

Corequisites:

Other: Or, permission of the Instructor.

4. Learning Outcomes [These outcomes are necessary to enable students to attain the essential knowledge and skills embodied in the program’s educational objectives.]

Creative writing is a workshop course, which requires students to be in the constant process of writing and revising their creative works. Students are writing in a variety of genre with the goal of creating a course manuscript or portfolio. These are used to evaluate student progress and as a self-evaluation tool as students consider their growth in writing.

Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

. Apply terminology and techniques of creative writing (such as symbolism, irony, metaphor, archetype, myth, etc.) . Utilize experimentation and innovation in the writing process . Identify writing problems the creative artist often encounters . Identify that discovering individual voice is a developing process . Apply the knowledge of how to seek publication of their work and submit work for possible publication in the College’s literary journals and other journals

12/1/04 1 Form Template Reviewed & Updated: 10/26/07; 1/11/08; 1/16/09; 7/14/09; 7/31/12 Division: Communications, Humanities, and the Arts Department: English Subject Code: ENGL Course #: 107 Course Title: Creative Writing I

5. Planned Sequence of Instruction [These must be designed to help students achieve the learning outcomes.]

1. Reality of the Writing Life (1 week) 2. Practical Suggestions (1 week) 3. Necessary Background (reading, terminology) (1 week) 4. Values and Vision Required ( 1 week) 5. Presentation and Analysis of Models (2-4 weeks) 6. Publication: The Basics (1 week) 7. Workshopping (6-8 weeks)

6. Assessment of Student Learning [Methods of assessment should be appropriate for Learning Outcomes listed above.]

Assessment of student learning outcomes for the course, as required by AP 765, is part of regular curriculum maintenance and/or improvement. The specific plan has been determined by the pertinent faculty involved and is kept on file in the division office.

7. List of Texts, References, Selected Library Resources or other Learning Materials (code each item based on instructional use): C-Lecture/Laboratory, A-Lecture, B-Laboratory, LC-Lecture/Clinical, CLN-Clinical, I-Online, BL-Blended, D-Independent Study, P-Private Lessons, E-Internship, F-Cooperative Work-Study, FE-Field Experience. [These resources must be easily accessible to students.]

Full-time Faculty Textbook Anstanding and Killough. An Anthology for Creative Writers: A Garden of Forking Paths. (latest edition). Upper Saddle River, NJ. Pearson Prentice Hall. Auster, Paul. Leviathan, Penguin Group, NY, 1992. Burrowa, Janet. Writing Fiction: a Guide to Narrative Craft. (latest edition). New York, NY. Longman. Burroway, Janet. Imaginative Writing. (latest edition). New York, NY. Longman. Goldberg, Natalie. Writing Down the Bone: Freeing the Writer Within. (latest edition). Boston: Shambhala Publications.. Gutkind, Lee. In Fact: The Best of Creative Nonfiction. (latest edition). New York: Norton. Jason, Philip and Allan B. Lefcowitz. Creative Writer's Handbook. (latest edition). Upper Saddle River, NJ. Pearson Prentice Hall. King, Stephen. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. (latest edition). New York: Scribner. Moffett and McElheny. Points of View: An Anthology of Short Stories. (latest edition). New York: Penguin/Mentor. 12/1/04 2 Form Template Reviewed & Updated: 10/26/07; 1/11/08; 1/16/09; 7/14/09; 7/31/12 Division: Communications, Humanities, and the Arts Department: English Subject Code: ENGL Course #: 107 Course Title: Creative Writing I

Oliver, Mary. A Poetry Handbook. New York, NY. Harcourt. (latest edition). Poulin, A., Jr. and Michael Waters. Contemporary American Poetry. (latest edition). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Adjunct Faculty Textbook Burrowa, Janet. Writing Fiction: a Guide to Narrative Craft. (latest edition). New York, NY. Longman. Burroway, Janet. Imaginative Writing. (latest edition). New York, NY. Longman. Oliver, Mary. A Poetry Handbook. New York, NY. Harcourt. (latest edition).

8. Prepared by Faculty Member: Valerie Gray Date: 3/6/13

9. Approved by Department Chairperson: Valerie Gray Date: 3/6/13

10. Approved by Academic Division Dean: Date: 3/12/13

This course meets all reimbursement requirements of Chapter 335, subchapters A / B.

This course was developed, approved, and offered in accordance with the policies, standards, guidelines, and practices established by the College. It is consistent with the college mission.

If the course described here is a transfer course, it is comparable to similar courses generally accepted for transfer to accredited four-year colleges and universities.

11. Director, Curriculum Compliance: Erika Steenland Date: 3/12/13

12. Provost & VP, Academic Affairs: James E. Baxter, P.G. Date: 3/13/13

13. Original Date of course approval by the college: 197530

14. Date(s) of subsequent reviews [Indicate change: Learning Outcomes; textbook(s)]: 1998, 2000 Updated textbooks: April 2002 Textbooks updated: none April 2003 Project Review: 12/2004: Revisions: Textbooks. sy Revisions: Reviewed March 2006. Revisions made: Learning Outcomes, Textbooks. sy Chair and Discipline Approved Revisions: Textbooks – 3/2008 sy Form 335 Update: Textbook additions 10/2009 -- ko Revisions: Textbook additions – 12/2010 – ko Revisions: Textbook additions – March 6, 2013 ck

12/1/04 3 Form Template Reviewed & Updated: 10/26/07; 1/11/08; 1/16/09; 7/14/09; 7/31/12