Chandler-Gilbert Community College Course Catalog and Student Handbook for the 2017-2018 year.
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Course Descriptions | CGCC Catalog & Student Handbook 2019-2020 2 9 9 Courses available at CGCC are listed in the Course Descriptions section of this document. General Education Requirements are also listed. For the most current information regarding degree requirements, log on to www.maricopa.edu/academic/ccta. CRW200 / 1 CREDIT / 1 PERIOD Readings for Writers Close analysis and interpretation of selected literary texts designed to strengthen the students' own writing by extending their familiarity with the genre in which they write and their knowledge of selected literary elements. One-on-one meetings between student and instructor. Prerequisites: CRW150, or permission of Instructor. Course Notes: CRW200 may be repeated for a total of six (6) credits. CRW201 / 1 CREDIT / 1 PERIOD Portfolio Close analysis of the creative writing portfolio culminating in selection, revision, editing, and compiling of the student's own literary work in a portfolio. Students meet individually with instructor to choose, prepare, and compile their work. Prerequisites: (Acceptance into Creative Writing Certificate Program and completion of at least nine (9) credit hours in creative writing (CRW)), or permission of Program Director. Course Notes: CRW201 may be repeated for a total of two (2) credit hours. CRW270 / 3 CREDITS / 3 PERIODS Intermediate Fiction Writing Writing original short stories; analysis of works of fiction; concentration on revising students' fiction through intensive workshopping. Prerequisites: CRW170. CRW272 / 3 CREDITS / 3 PERIODS Planning and Structuring the Novel Focus on planning, structuring, and beginning a novel; prewriting, writing, analysis, evaluation, and revision of novel plans and excerpts. Prerequisites: CRW150 or permission of instructor. CRW273 / 3 CREDITS / 3 PERIODS Writing the Novel Provides the beginning novelist with structure, support, and guidance vital to sustained writing; focus on establishing goals and using critique sessions with instructor and peers to draft a novel; open- and topic- Includes analysis, evaluation, interpretation, and synthesis through at least two substantial writing and/or speaking tasks. Prerequisites: (A grade of "C" or better in ENG101 or ENG107) and (appropriate reading placement test score or a grade of "C" or better in RDG091 or RDG095 or RDG100 or RDG111 or RDG112 or RDG113 or permission of Instructor). Also see Reading (RDG). CRW – Creative Writing CRW 150 / 3 CREDITS / 3 PERIODS Introduction to Creative Writing Introduces the student to elements and techniques of creative writing in a variety of genres; teaches terminology and concepts needed for successful participation in writing workshops; facilitates writing practice and evaluation; offers individual guidance on the student's development as a writer. Prerequisites: None. CRW 160 / 3 CREDITS / 3 PERIODS Introduction to Writing Poetry Prewriting (invention and discovery); writing; analyzing and evaluating (in workshop); and revising to practice manipulating various elements of poetry, critique one's own and the poetry of others, and produce a portfolio of finished, marketable poems. Prerequisites: None. CRW150 recommended but not required. CRW 170 / 3 CREDITS / 3 PERIODS Introduction to Writing Fiction Practice in writing fiction through a process of prewriting (invention and discovery), writing, analysis and evaluation (in workshop), and revision; practice in manipulating various elements and forms of fiction. Prerequisites: None. CRW150 recommended but not required. CRW 190 / 3 CREDITS / 3 PERIODS Introduction to Screenwriting Overview of screenwriting elements; introduction to screenwriting techniques. Prerequisites: None. CRW150 recommended but not required.