ENGL 4801

Advanced Narrative Writing

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

This course is intended for narrative writing students who have completed ENGL 3820 and wish to refine their writing. It may include significant reading and discussion, explorations of form and technique, completion of writing assignments and prompts, and workshop peer review of student work. In addition to the instructor's assigned writing requirements, students may work on longer-form narrative writing projects.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Recommended prerequisite: ENGL 3820.

Permission Note Permission of instructor based on submission of a manuscript (bring manuscript to first day of class, or submit via email, depending upon instructor's preference).

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2024FA, 2024SP, 2023FA

Distribution Category (ALC-AS) (CA-AG, LA-AG)

When Offered Fall, Spring.

Satisfies Requirement ENGL 4801 counts toward the English major, and may be used to satisfy the 4000-level creative writing requirement for the Creative Writing minor.

Comments Students may take ENGL 4801 more than once. Pre-enrollment does not guarantee a place in the class. Students should not take ENGL 3820, ENGL 3840, or ENGL 4800 in the same semester as ENGL 4801.

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