Develop and hone skills in generating, revising, and editing creative works, which include synthesizing challenges, advice, and critiques from faculty mentors and fellow graduate students, culminating in a major project (creative writing thesis) suitable for publication, exhibition, and/or performance.
Articulate students’ aesthetic inclinations as well as the literary models and cultural sources of those aesthetic inclinations. Students articulate these connections in brief critical papers or analyses for their faculty mentor’s commentary, in a polished longer critical essay on methods / materials / forms / process suitable for publication, and the oral defense of their creative writing thesis.
Integrate and apply the use of revelatory language with other artistic materials and art mediums that advocate for social change. This application can be exhibited in the longer critical essay on methods / materials / forms / process, the creative writing thesis, the creative writing thesis presentation, and/or a social practice project suitable for public engagement.
Demonstrate an active engagement in a community of writers and readers with the intentions of cultivating generosity and respect for a variety of making processes through readings, performance, written feedback to others, projects, internships, and self-evaluation.
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