ENGL 4800 - Advanced Poetry Writing

(ALC-AS, LA-AS)

Fall, Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

Prerequisite: ENGL 3840 is strongly recommended. Permission of instructor based on submission of a manuscript (bring manuscript to first day of class, or submit via email, depending upon instructor’s preference). Students may take ENGL 4800 more than once. Pre-enrollment does not guarantee a place in the class. Students may not take ENGL 3820, ENGL 3840, or ENGL 4801 in the same semester as ENGL 4800. ENGL 4800 counts toward the English major, and may be used to satisfy the 4000-level creative writing requirement for the Creative Writing minor.

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This course is intended for creative writers who have completed ENGL 3840 or ENGL 3850 and wish to refine their poetry writing. It may include significant reading and discussion, explorations of form and technique, completion of writing assignments and prompts, and workshop peer review of student work. In addition to the instructor’s assigned writing requirements, students may work on longer-form verse writing projects.