ENG 206 - Creative Writing 2

Credits: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3
Description: Students will create different forms and genres of creative literature and writing. Focus will be on the evaluation and critique of literary concepts and professional writing. Activities will include critical evaluation of student work in individual conferences and writing workshops. Individual writing projects may be used to meet course requirements.

Prerequisites: ENG 101 with a minimum grade of 2.0 or minimum score of 22 ACT-English, 29 SAT-Writing and Language, 108 CPT-Sentence Skills or 276 NGA-Writing.
Corequisites: None.
Recommended: ENG 102 and college-level reading.

Course Category: Liberal Arts | Humanities
This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

This Course is Typically Offered: Summer Only
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Course Competencies
1. Create different forms and genres of creative literature, including prose and poetry.

2. Evaluate the process and techniques of creative writing.

3. Critique various models of professional writing in various genres.

4. Critique student-generated writing in a writer’s workshop.

5. Formulate the process and procedures of revising prose and poetry.

6. Reconstruct the concepts of plot, character, theme, narrative voice and point of view in poetry, prose and other genres.

7. Create a varied selection of literary texts.

8. Evaluate revision strategies.

9. Appraise the major creative writing forms, techniques and strategies.