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EN 140 - Creative Writing I


Credit Hours: 3

Through a wide variety of poetry and fiction, students will have the opportunity to develop their creative writing skills in both genres and produce a project in each. 

Fulfills SUNY General Education – The Arts.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  • recognize and utilize the major elements of a short story: style, character, setting, point of view, plot, structure, and theme;
  • demonstrate, in oral discussion and in writing, an awareness of various poetic structures including stanzaic structures, types of rhyme, types of meter, and grammatical structures employed in poetry;
  • utilize poetic forms effectively;
  • demonstrate, orally and in writing, critical skills and appreciation for superior creative writing; and
  • demonstrate, through journal writing, readings, and discussion, the development of a beginning under-standing of aesthetics.


Prerequisites: EN 110 or permission of the instructor.
Cycles (C, N, S)