2024-2025 Course List

The successful completion of an approved dissertation that contributes to the field of Counselor Education and Supervision. Must be repeated for a minimum of 12 semester hours (we require 12 credits for dissertation). Students may register for dissertation credits over several semesters. As per the requirement of the Graduate College, students must register for at least one credit during the semester they intend to graduate.

Prerequisites:

Doctoral candidacy. Successful completion of core counseling courses, core research courses, successful completion of comprehensive exam and approval of doctoral advisor.

An introduction to writing poetry and short prose. This course does not assume previous creative writing experience on the part of the student.

Goal Areas:

GE-11

This course analyzes the history of story-focused games from board games through computer and mobile games.

Study and explain the relationship between form and content in prose genres. Create own works applying the craft elements studied.

Study and explain the relationship between form and content in poetry. Create own works applying the craft elements studied.

Writing personal essays and literary journalism with an emphasis on workshop and revision.

Introduction to writing short stories with an emphasis on the workshop.

Introduction to writing poems, with an emphasis on the workshop.

Extensive reading in an area for which the student has had basic preparation.

Advanced workshop in creative nonfiction, including personal essays and literary journalism.

Prerequisites:

CW 340

An advanced course in writing short stories.

An advanced course in writing poems.

Introduction to developing and writing fiction projects for film and television. May be repeated with new content.

Revise and polish creative work into a professional portfolio with publication and presentation in mind.

Analyze contemporary works of poetry and prose with a special focus on craft and the works' cultural and literary significance.

A variable-title course that explores special topics relating to the technical study of one or more creative genres or the achievement of one or more practitioners. May be repeated with different topics, some of which could fulfill either a major author or a workshop requirement.

Independent study in writing.

Specialized workshop focusing on a specific genre, such as flash fiction, true crime, hybrid writing, or auto-fiction.

On-site field experience in creative writing, the nature of which is determined by the specific needs of the student's program option.

Extensive reading and writing in an area for which the student has had basic preparation. May be repeated with change in topic.

Advanced workshop in creative nonfiction, including personal essays and literary journalism.

Developing and writing fiction projects for film and television. May be repeated with new content.

Topics in Creative Writing Form and Technique is a variable-title course that explores special topics relating to the writing of one or more creative genres, or the technical achievement of one or more practitioners. May be repeated with different topics.

Specialized workshop focusing on a specific genre, such as flash fiction, true crime, hybrid writing, or auto-fiction.

In this course, students develop skills in editing, close reading, process implementation, and community building meant to sustain their writing careers after leaving the MFA program. To be taken in students' third year.