Chandler-Gilbert Community College Course Catalog and Student Handbook for the 2017-2018 year.
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Course Descriptions COURSE DESCRIPTIONS Chandler-Gilbert Community College Catalog & Student Handbook 2018-2019 For the most current information regarding course descriptions, log on to www.maricopa.edu/academic/ccta. 263 CRW190 / 3 CREDITS / 3 PERIODS INTRODUCTION TO SCREENWRITING Overview of screenwriting elements; introduction to screenwriting techniques. Prerequisites: None. CRW150 recommended but not required. 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- focused in-class forums, novel writing, peer and instructor critiques. Prerequisites: CRW272 or permission of Instructor. CRW274 / 3 CREDITS / 3 PERIODS REVISING THE NOVEL Studio course workshop format. Requires a complete novel finished, in manuscript, ready for revision and polishing. Prerequisites: CRW273 or permission of Instructor.