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University of Central Oklahoma Graduate Catalog, 2012 - 2013 Graduate Course Descriptions CSDY 5333 - Novel Writing II The second course in an integrated, three-course sequence, Novel Writing II provides practical workshop instruction for students who are continuing work on the original novel that they began writing in Novel Writing I. Students will continue to improve their understanding of the basic components of the novel by studying published novels, critiquing their colleagues’ drafts, and working on the middle section of their own drafts. Students may not take Novel Writing II until they have completed Novel Writing I and earned a grade of B or higher in that course, unless they have received written permission from the office of the Director of Creative Writing. Prerequisite(s): CSDY 5323 with a minimum grade of “B” and graduate standing. CSDY 5343 - Novel Writing III The final course in an integrated, three-course sequence, Novel Writing III provides practical workshop instruction for students who are completing work on the original novel that they began writing in Novel Writing I and continued developing in Novel Writing II. Students will continue to improve their understanding of the components of the novel by studying published novels, critiquing their colleagues’ drafts, and working on the final section of their own drafts. Students may not take Novel Writing III until they have completed Novel Writing I and Novel Writing II and earned a grade of B or higher in both courses, unless they have received written permission from the office of the Director of Creative Writing. Prerequisite(s): CSDY 5323, 5333 with a minimum grade of “B” and graduate standing. CSDY 5353 - Creating The Poem Students will learn to analyze poetry in terms of tone, persona, literal and figurative imagery, arrangement, symbolism, allusion, myth and archetype, sound and devices used to achieve the desired effect, poetic forms, and various styles. Students will write poetry in many different forms and styles. CSDY 5413 - Writing For Children Writing for children allows students to try writing for various age groups from infants through young adults. The course looks at the history of writing for children and the psychology of learning to read. Award winning books and authors will be studied, and the habits of successful writing will be explored. CSDY 5443 - Writing The Contemporary Novel The student will read popular and bestselling novels and write the first chapter of a novel. The student will read and prepare a report analyzing a contemporary novel. The graduate student will read and prepare two reports analyzing two contemporary novels. Prerequisite(s): CSDY 3573. CSDY 5453 - Creative Nonfiction I The first course in an integrated, three-course sequence, Creative Nonfiction I will introduce the student through practical exercises in a workshop setting to the broad range of creative nonfiction writing. Students will read a diversity of published works of creative nonfiction field and will complete writing assignments that will guide them on the path to competence in this important genre. The categories and forms of creative nonfiction to be studied will include: The memoir, the ideologically charged advocacy piece, such as ecological, political, and polemical writing; the travel piece; the sociological sketch; and satiric or comic response to cultural icons. Students will produce at least forty typed pages, which will include drafts in at least five of these genres. Students will attend three approved local events and will write reports on them, to be submitted to local publications. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing. CSDY 5463 - Creative Nonfiction II The second course in an integrated, three-course sequence, Creative Nonfiction II will assist students in consolidating their mastery of several genres and types of creative nonfiction and, in a workshop setting, will help students to master a particular genre of creative nonfiction—such as the interview, the travel piece, the science piece, the sports piece, the performance review, the humorous piece, or the transformed autobiographical piece—by requiring them to write an original work of creative nonfiction of at least 45 pages in length. Students will also present ten-minute oral reports to the class based on approved representative pieces of contemporary creative nonfiction. Students may not take Creative Nonfiction II until they have completed Creative Nonfiction I and earned a grade of B or higher in that course, unless they have received written permission from the office of the Director of Creative Writing. Prerequisite(s): CSDY 5453 with a minimum grade of “B” and graduate standing. CSDY 5473 - Creative Nonfiction III The final course in an integrated, three-course sequence, Creative Nonfiction III will offer the student practical help in publishing his or her original creative nonfiction. Students will continue to produce professional-quality nonfiction for workshop discussion and eventual publication. Students will study current best-selling nonfiction works, such as books by Linda Ziff, George Plimpton, Annie Dillard, and Bailey White, and will write two-page analyses of two of these works. Students will complete a total of 65 pages of original, publishable nonfiction and will send out at least 30 of these pages for publication by the end of the semester. Students may not take Creative Nonfiction III until they have completed Creative Nonfiction I and Creative Nonfiction II and earned a grade of B or higher in both courses, unless they have received written permission from the office of the Director of Creative Writing. Prerequisite(s): CSDY 5453, 5463 with a minimum grade of “B” and graduate standing. CSDY 5513 - Playwriting The student will read popular play scripts, view live play productions, and write creatively in the dramatic genre. The graduate student will view additional live play productions and produce 50% more creative manuscript pages. Prerequisite(s): CSDY 3573. CSDY 5523 - Screenwriting The student will read contemporary screenplays, view popular movies, and write creatively in the screenplay genre. The graduate student will view and analyze additional movies and produce 50% more creative manuscript pages. Prerequisite(s): CSDY 3573. CSDY 5533 - Writing For Television The student will read popular television scripts, view and analyze television shows, and write creatively in the television genre. The graduate student will view and analyze additional television shows, and produce 50% more creative manuscript pages. Prerequisite(s): CSDY 3573. CSDY 5543 - Poetry Writing I The first course in an integrated, three-course sequence, Poetry Writing I will help students learn to write, edit, and submit their poems for publication. Through reading published poems, books on the art of crafting poetry, and their colleagues’ drafts, students will explore the basic components of the poem, including voice, tone, progression, diction, transitions, and closing. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing. 206
University of Central Oklahoma Graduate Catalog, 2012 - 2013 Graduate Course Descriptions CSDY 5553 - Poetry Writing II The second course in an integrated, three course sequence, Poetry Writing II provides practical workshop instruction for students who are continuing the work that they began as poets in Poetry Writing I. Students will continue to improve their understanding of the basic components of the poem by studying both contemporary published poetry and the published work of previous generations of poets, by critiquing their colleagues’ drafts, and by working to refine and adjust their own poetic skills by writing new poems and revising their existing collections of poems. Students may not take Poetry Writing II until they have completed Poetry Writing I and earned a grade of B or higher in that class, unless they have received written permission from the office of the Director of Creative Writing. Prerequisite(s): CSDY 5543 with a minimum grade of “B” and graduate standing. CSDY 5563 - Poetry Writing III The final course in an integrated, three-course sequence, Poetry Writing III provides practical workshop instruction for students who are continuing the work as poets that they began in Poetry Writing I and II. Students entering this class are expected to have a portfolio of about twenty-five poems, several of which, it is hoped, will already have been published. Students will continue to improve their understanding of the basic components of the poem by studying both contemporary published poetry and the published work of previous generations of poets, by critiquing their colleagues’ drafts, and by working to refine and adjust their own poetic skills by writing new poems and revising their collections of previously written poems. Students in this course will be expected to introduce the writing of a chosen poet of note to the class and to demonstrate their ability to edit someone else’s work thoroughly and to suggest publications to which that work could be submitted. Students may not take Poetry Writing III until they have completed Poetry Writing I and Poetry Writing II and earned a grade of B or higher in both classes, unless they have received written permission from the office of the Director of Creative Writing. Prerequisite(s): CSDY 5543, 5553 with a minimum grade of “B” and graduate standing. CSDY 5613 - Playwriting I The first course in an integrated, three-course sequence, Playwriting I will help students to begin learning the basic components of writing a one-act and a three-act play. This course will present basic elements of writing drama, including generating a plot, setting up conflict, elaborating a theme, using a subplot, creating the set speech and dramatic monologue, moving towards a climax, and shaping a resolution. By writing short scenes and by learning to workshop scenes and to critique the work of others, students will gain mastery of the basic elements of the playwright’s craft. During the semester students will define a project—writing either multiple one-act plays or one three- or five-act play—to carry them through Playwriting II and Playwriting III. Some examples of plays from the tradition of drama will be studied in class; students will also be required to attend at least two locally produced dramatic performances and to write reviews of them. A minimum of 40 pages of original dramatic writing will be required. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing. CSDY 5623 - Playwriting II The second course in an integrated, three-course sequence, Playwriting II will help students to develop their mastery of the basic components of writing a play. Continuing to improve their playwriting skills in a workshop environment, students will work on the project begun in Playwriting I (either three one-act plays or a single three- or five-act play), bringing the total number of original pages produced to approximately 80. Evaluating the scripts of their peers, studying seminal theoretical texts, and producing their own plays for class reading and evaluation will allow students to review such basic elements of drama as generating a plot, setting up conflict, elaborating a theme, developing a subplot, creating the set speech and the dramatic monologue, moving towards a climax, and shaping a resolution. In addition to studying successful plays from a range of historic and cultural environments, students will attend at least three locally produced dramatic productions and write reviews of them. Students may not take Playwriting II until they have completed Playwriting I and earned a grade of B or higher in that course, unless they have received written permission from the office of the Director of Creative Writing. Prerequisite(s): CSDY 5613 with a minimum grade of “B” and graduate standing. CSDY 5633 - Playwriting III The third course in an integrated, three-course sequence, Playwriting III provides practical workshop instruction as well as some theoretical perspectives for students who are completing projects begun and developed in Playwriting I and II and who are beginning to submit their dramatic work both to local theaters and to national contests. Working on either the one-act plays or the three- or five-act plays developed in Playwriting I and II, students will bring the number of original pages of manuscript they have produced to at least 120. Students may not take Playwriting III until they have completed Playwriting I and Playwriting II and earned a grade of B or higher in both courses, unless they have received written permission from the office of the Director of Creative Writing. Prerequisite(s): CSDY 5613, 5623 with a minimum grade of “B” and graduate standing. CSDY 5643 - Screenwriting I The first course in an integrated, three-course sequence, Screenwriting I will help students to begin to master the components of writing a screenplay, including crafting the scene, writing dialogue, narrating through visual images, managing subplots, devising character, and setting up climax and closure. By studying published screenplays and viewing contemporary and traditional films, students will gain a sense of structure as well as an appreciation of the history and the art of film. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing. CSDY 5653 - Screenwriting II The second course in an integrated, three-course sequence, Screenwriting II provides practical workshop instruction for students who are continuing work on the original screenplay that they began writing in Screenwriting I. Students will continue to improve their understanding of the basic components of the screenplay by studying published screenplays, critiquing their colleagues’ drafts, and working on the drafts of their original, full-length scripts. Students may not take Screenwriting II until they have completed Screenwriting I and earned a grade of B or higher in that class, unless they have received written permission from the office of the Director of Creative Writing. Prerequisite(s): CSDY 5643 with a minimum grade of “B” and graduate standing. 207
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