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This beginning creative nonfiction writing course introduces students to the fundamentals of memoir writing, literary nonfiction, and personal essay, while cultivating creative and critical thinking skills through the examination of diverse authors, and preparing students for intermediate creative nonfiction writing, especially those students considering a major or minor in creative writing.

Examine the relationship between video games and selected literary texts based on shared themes, social issues, historical periods, and ethnic/cultural experience. Compare literary genres, tropes, context, and styles, and explore the way video games engage, complicate, and repurpose these literary elements.

A survey of important British, American, and global Anglophone literature written in English, from the end of the 19th century through the present.

A survey of important literature written in English, from the Restoration through Neo-Classicism and Romanticism to the Early Victorian period.

A survey of significant literature written in English, from the Anglo-Saxon era through the late Renaissance

This seminar explores effective revision and editing processes, providing students with ways to "re-think" their writing and incorporate concrete strategies for improvement.

This seminar teaches students how to create effective thesis statements and topic sentences, including considerations of language, style, and structure.

This seminar provides students models of the elements of an academic essay and how to create their own academic essays, including considerations of language, style, audience, and structure.