Sep 01, 2024

2017-2018 Catalog

2017-2018 Catalog [PAST CATALOG]

Creative Writing - Arts and Sciences Transfer (A.A.)

Title of Major: Arts and Sciences - Creative Writing, A.A.

Award: Associate of Arts degree, A.A.

Code: AA.ARTS-SCI.CREAT-W

Total Credit Hours: 60

Purpose: Designed to provide students with an opportunity to develop as readers and writers. Prepares students for advanced study in creative writing. Students completing this degree will have developed a portfolio of original work (fiction, poetry or creative non-fiction) for submission to baccalaureate level (BA and/or BFA) writing programs as well as reputable journals. The comprehensive core of general education courses and specialized courses in creative writing will also prepare students for transfer to programs in related disciplines.

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General Education Requirements: 31-36 credits

An approved list of general education courses can be found in the General Education Requirements and degree program required courses section of the catalog. Choose general education courses from the following topics:

English: 3-6 credits

ENG 111 - Composition and Introduction to Literature 1 3 credit hours AND
ENG 112 - Composition and Introduction to Literature 2 3 credit hours
OR
ENG 115 - Composition and Introduction to Literature 1 for Non-Native Speakers 3 credit hours AND
ENG 116 - Composition and Introduction to Literature 2 for Non-Native Speakers 3 credit hours
OR
ENG 121 - Composition and Literature 3 credit hours
Successful completion of ENG 121 fully satisfies the college English composition general education requirements.

Arts and Humanities: 6 credits

Communications course 3 credit hours
Sophomore Literature course 3 credit hours
These courses simultaneously satisfy the Arts and Humanities general education requirements and two of the Program Requirements for this degree.

Biological and Physical Sciences: 7-8 credits

At least one lab science required. See General Education Biological and Physical Sciences Requirements for a list of approved courses.

Computer Technology, Interdisciplinary Studies or Mathematics: 3-4 credits

Computer Technology course 3-4 credit hours
Either CTA 100 or CTP 103 will simultaneously meet the computer technology and computer competency requirements for this degree.
OR
Interdisciplinary Studies and Emerging Issues course 3 credit hours
OR
Mathematics course 3-4 credit hours

Students must choose one History course from the following:
HIS 111 - Ancient and Medieval Western Civilizations 3 credit hours
HIS 112 - Early Modern and Modern Western Civilizations 3 credit hours
HIS 211 - United States History through the Civil War 3 credit hours
HIS 212 - United States History Since the Civil War 3 credit hours
The History course simultaneously satisfies one of the Social and Behavioral Sciences general education requirements and one of the Program Requirements for this degree.

Program Requirements: 9 credits

The Program Requirements for this degree are simultaneously satisfied by three of General Education Requirements listed above: (1) the Communications Arts and Humanities general education requirement, (2) the Sophomore Literature Arts and Humanities general education requirement, and (3) one of the History Social and Behavioral Sciences general education requirement courses (HIS 111 or HIS 112 or HIS 211 or HIS 212).

Area of Concentration 24-29 credits

Required Courses: 5 credits

ENG 200 - Introduction to Creative Writing 3 credit hours
ENG 205 - Creative Writing: Portfolio Development 2 credit hours

Must take a minimum of 9 credit hours from from the following: 9 credits

Students should check the requirements of their transfer school before selecting the courses listed below.

ENG 201 - Creative Writing: Beginning Fiction Workshop 3 credit hours
ENG 202 - Creative Writing: Beginning Poetry Workshop 3 credit hours
ENG 203 - Creative Writing: Writing for the Stage and Screen Workshop 3 credit hours
ENG 204 - Creative Writing: Beginning Creative Nonfiction Workshop 3 credit hours
ENG 275 - Creative Writing: Literary Publishing Practicum - Working on Amaranth 1 credit hour
ENG 276 - Creative Writing: Literary Publishing Practicum - Working on Amaranth 2 credit hours
ENG 277 - Creative Writing: Literary Publishing Practicum - Working on Amaranth 3 credit hours

Choose two courses from the following: 6 credits

Students should check the requirements of their transfer school before selecting the courses listed below.

ENG 211 - World Literature 1 3 credit hours
ENG 212 - World Literature 2 3 credit hours
ENG 213 - British Literature 1 3 credit hours
ENG 214 - British Literature 2 3 credit hours
ENG 215 - Early American Literature: Colonial to 1865 3 credit hours
ENG 216 - American Literature, 1865-1945: Realism to Modernism 3 credit hours
ENG 217 - Contemporary American Literature: 1945-present 3 credit hours
ENG 220 - The Bible as Literature 3 credit hours
ENG 221 - Introduction to Shakespeare 3 credit hours
ENG 222 - The American Novel 3 credit hours
ENG 223 - The British Novel 3 credit hours
ENG 224 - Modern American Poetry 3 credit hours
ENG 225 - African American Literature 3 credit hours
ENG 226 - Ethnic American Literature 3 credit hours
ENG 227 - Literary Nonfiction 3 credit hours
ENG 228 - Literature in English by Women 3 credit hours
ENG 235 - Modern Drama 3 credit hours
ENG 250 - Literature of the Chesapeake Bay 3 credit hours

Electives: 4-9 credits

Students should check the requirements of their transfer school before selecting elective courses. No more than 3 credits of physical activity courses may be used as electives.

Computer Competency Requirement

All students in associate degree programs must demonstrate competence in computing and information technology (a computer competency requirement ). Students may satisfy the computer competency course requirement simultaneously as they satisfy the computer technology general education course or with an elective.

Diversity Requirement

All students in associate degree programs must satisfy the diversity requirement. In many cases, students may satisfy this requirement simultaneously as they satisfy a general education course requirement or with an elective.

Program Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

Communicate complex ideas and information through writing, speaking, presenting, and using technology.
Locate, organize, and analyze information from multiple sources in order to develop informed, reasoned, and substantiated arguments.
Explain the value of tradition, innovation, and creativity in the writing process.
Apply mathematical skills, critical analysis, and logical thinking to solve problems and interpret quantitative information.
Apply an awareness of social diversity and the ways in which cultural values are historically and socially situated.
Use a wide range of writing techniques and considerations leading to intellectual and personal development appropriately in short narrative and poetic forms.
Synthesize universal and individual experience into narrative and poetic form, which develop social and cultural awareness and an understanding of a wide range of human experience.
Express emotional content in concrete language.
Use and transcend models of narrative and poetic forms in a way that demonstrates imagination and originality.
Apply critical thinking, a conscious process and a disciplined approach to producing creative written work, including research, self-evaluation of one’s own work and habits, and working cooperatively by giving and receiving feedback.
Engage with the landscape of established and contemporary literature through reading and creatively responding to literary forms and participate in the cultural community of creative writing.

This program aligns with the college’s core competencies.

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