First Residency

ENG 501R. THE PROFESSIONAL WRITER
THREE CREDITS | Residency Course
An introduction to the Writer's life, tools, craft, and the basic elements of the five genres. Students begin with pre-residency readings and exercises. Course is completed in residency. Available only at January and June residency. Capped at 25 students per cohort group.

First Project Semester
You will select any two of the following foundation courses. Each of these courses will be delivered online by faculty from each genre in the Project semesters.

ENG 502. WRITING FICTION
THREE CREDITS
This is an intermediate course in writing fiction. You will study, explore, and practice the process, form, and discipline of writing fiction. You will write a variety of short fiction samples that demonstrate your understanding of basic fiction elements, point of view, and narrative style.

ENG 503. WRITING POETRY
THREE CREDITS
This is an intermediate course in writing poetry. You will study, explore, and practice the process, form, and discipline of writing poetry. You will write a variety of poems that demonstrate your understanding of basic poetic elements, diverse forms, and poetic style.

ENG 504. WRITING SCREENPLAYS
THREE CREDITS
This is an intermediate course in writing screenplays. You will study, explore, and practice the process, form, and discipline of writing screenplays. You will write a variety of scenes that demonstrate your understanding of basic film design, diverse forms, and cinematic styles.

ENG 505. WRITING PLAYS
THREE CREDITS
An intermediate level course in writing plays. You will explore, study, and practice the process, forms, and discipline of writing all forms of stageplays. You will write a variety of scenes and short plays that demonstrate your understanding of basic stage elements, theatrical conventions, and dramatic forms.

ENG 506. WRITING CREATIVE NONFICTION
THREE CREDITS
This is an intermediate level course in writing creative nonfiction. You will explore, study, and practice the process, forms, and discipline of writing all forms of creative nonfiction. You will write a variety of short pieces that demonstrate your understanding of basic narrative elements, point of view, factual research, and narrative prose styles. Second Residency

ENG 510R PLANNING THE WRITING LIFE
THREE CREDITS | Residency Course
You create project outlines and writing proposals for drafting new work in your major field of study area. Course is team-taught in residency by a team of faculty members from all disciplines in a series of modules including: research, fair use, copyright introduction, arts delivery methods, intro to oral interpretation for writers. You will attend lectures and required readings throughout the week.

Second Project Semester
ENG 512. GENRE AND CONTEXT
THREE CREDITS
You will read, analyze, critique, and discuss in-depth your agreed upon reading list with a genre specialist mentor writer and cohort groups. Individually you will keep a dialectical notebook and write your own annotated bibliography of your own reading list that has been approved by the writer mentor. Working in small groups, you will build an anthology and write its introduction to that work that will demonstrate your competency level of analysis in one genre area as well as your mastery of the elements and craft in their major genre area. Final analysis and anthology introductions will be presented at following residency.

ENG 514. WRITING PROJECTS
THREE CREDITS
An upper-level drafting semester where you will begin drafting your thesis project and demonstrate your competency and understanding of the form and discipline of that genre. The work and your plan for completing your thesis will be presented in the following residency course. Taken in conjunction with the ENG 512 Genre and Context course.


Third Residency
ENG 516R. FINAL PROJECT/THESIS PLAN
THREE CREDITS | Residency Course
An upper-level course in critique, analysis, and self-evaluation. During this intense residency week, you will stand and deliver your own analysis of your reading list, an analysis and critique of your own work, and present your work plan for the thesis project semester that must be approved by mentoring faculty. Students will attend multiple faculty and student presentations within each of their genres addressing topics such as; writing a proposal for their writing semester, continued work in the business of writing, and oral and written presentation of work. You will meet one-on-one with your faculty mentors and with the program director to gain full approval of your writing proposal by week's end.

Third Project Semester
ENG 520. FINAL PROJECT
SIX CREDITS | Thesis
The M.A. thesis project semester is an intense immersion in the writing, revision, and completion of a full-length manuscript, required supporting documents, and a plan for a genre-specific public presentation during the capstone residency. You will work closely one-on-one with a mentoring faculty member through e-mail and hardcopy draft exchanges.

Final Residency: Master of Arts in Creative Writing 
ENG 525R MASTERS CAPSTONE
THREE CREDITS | Residency Course
The final presentation and public reading of each M.A. students' completed writing project. Each work will receive a written critique and final reading by an agent, editor, producer, or director. This residency week will include several seminars and workshops aimed at moving the individual project towards its appropriate public venue. You will work with a mentoring faculty team throughout the week.

Optional
ENG 530. CONTINUOUS REGISTRATION
ONE - THREE CREDITS
This course allows you to continually register where needed for further revision in preparation of your final project. You must continually register until revisions are complete or you complete the required capstone.

MASTER OF FINE ARTS COURSE SEQUENCE