ENGL 2099 - Creative Writing: Capstone

Credits: 1
Hours/Week: Lecture 1 Lab 0
Course Description: This capstone course is the culmination of the creative writing student’s academic experience. The capstone focuses on the synthesis and preparation of a student’s creative portfolio, a final community arts project of their own design, and a reflection on their creative journey and career prospects. Coursework includes critical analysis of student and published writing; forming aesthetic judgments about portfolio work; writing and revising; form and technique in portfolio development; and responding to the projects and portfolios of classmates in a writing community. 
MnTC Goals
None

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1020 or ENGL 1021 with a grade of C or higher. Completion of three courses, including ENGL 1027, toward the creative writing certificate AND Instructor consent.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: The capstone course is designed to integrate the students learning experiences across their entire creative writing studies. In order to gain the most from this class it is recommended the student take this class at or near the end of their program of study.

 

Major Content
1. Expectations of and uses for a creative writing portfolio, such as 

a. BFA, BA, or MFA applications

b. writing grants, contests, awards, or residencies

c. publications

2. The writing process from idea generating to planning to drafting, revising, and editing

3. Strategies for reviewing and critiquing creative work in a writing community

4. Showcasing the final Capstone Portfolio Project in various contexts, such as

a. Public reading performances

b. conference presentations or panels

c. multi-media demonstrations: websites, social media platforms, audio recordings, film productions, etc.

d. multi-genre and/or multi-media collaborations

e. other innovative forms to publicly display of art

 
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, students will be able to…

1. engage in the creative process through writing and revising a capstone portfolio project.

2. apply principles of contemporary aesthetics to a capstone portfolio project 

3. evaluate published works and/or performances as models for their own writing.

4. exchange constructive feedback about original written work within a writing community.
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC): Goals and Competencies None
Competency Goals (MnTC Goals 1-6)
none

 
Theme Goals (MnTC Goals 7-10)
none

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