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Honors program - creative writing.
Applications to the Honors Program are due Thursday, FEBRUARY 1 st at NOON
Admission to the Honors Program in Creative Writing is selective. In order to apply, you will need to have taken at least one 100 level workshop in Creative Writing, or you must be planning to take one in Winter Quarter. Students admitted to the Honors Program will need to take 100FA or 100PA in the Spring of this year. Other students can apply to, and take, 100FA and 100PA – we encourage all interested students to apply for these courses.
THE APPLICATION
Your application to the Honors Program will consist of a statement of purpose and a writing sample in your chosen genre. We will admit you to the program based on these materials. Please submit a well-written, interesting statement of purpose that tells us who you are as a writer and what you wish to do with your thesis. Submit your best work, in the genre you wish to practice, in your writing sample. statement of purpose should be 1-2 pages long. The writing sample should be 10 pages.
Students admitted to the program are required to take two courses to complete Honors in Creative Writing. This academic year, you’ll complete English 100FA or 100PA. Next academic year, your graduation year, you’ll take English 195H, an independent study, during one quarter . English 195H. English 100FA and 100PA are scheduled courses with instructors. These courses should give you the time and space to explore your writing practice in anticipation of your thesis project. English 195H is a tutorial style course, which matches you with a Senate Faculty member. Sometimes you meet one on one; sometimes you meet in a group with that advisor.
FINDING AN ADVISOR
In Spring 2024, you should find an advisor. This faculty member will be your official instructor for English 195H, and the mentor for your thesis project. To register for ENL 195H, you need to email [email protected] to get the CRN at the time of registration for the quarter in which you wish to take the class.
The Honors Thesis is a creative work that reflects each student's development as a writer. The completed thesis should be at least 35 pages in length, and might include a critical or reflective introduction. As a course, English 195H has no scheduled class meetings; instead each student is required to schedule regular meetings with his or her faculty advisor during the term that the thesis is completed. Students should plan to meet at least six times the course of a ten week quarter, and should plan to treat 195H like a class, with at least the same time commitment as an upper-division course in English. Most of this time will be spent independently, writing your project. The thesis should be completed to the faculty advisor's satisfaction at the conclusion of the quarter in which 195H is taken. Students receive four units of credit for working on their creative thesis projects under the direction of the faculty advisor.
SUBMITTING FOR PRIZES
A prize is awarded at the end of Spring Quarter for the Best Honors Creative Writing Honors Project. The deadline date for submission of the thesis is normally prior to the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Students are encouraged, but not required, to complete their thesis in Fall or Winter quarters, however, this is also at the discretion of your faculty advisor.
WHO TO TALK TO
CW Honors Director Lucy Corin: [email protected]
Undergraduate Advisor: [email protected]
Eligibility: To be eligible to participate in the Honors Program in English (Creative), students must have earned, by the end of Fall quarter 2023 a GPA of 3.5 in English courses. Students must also have taken at least one upper division creative writing workshop course at UCD (or enrolled in one Winter quarter 2024). Advanced-standing juniors who expect to graduate in mid-year may also apply for admission.
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CRWT40220 Creative Reading
Academic year 2023/2024.
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By the end of the course you will: 1. Understand the ways a writer works to produce texts. 2. Be able to respond critically to the work of specific authors and develop skills in framing an argument. 3. Respond creatively through the production of your own writing.
Reading lists to be finalised over the summer preceding Semester 1 and the winter break preceding Semester 2. Students will receive plenty of advance notice of the content of these reading lists. Students can expect a mix of novels and short-story collections, and both recently published texts and canonical texts.
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• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment • Peer review activities
This module is comprised of two-week clusters. In the first week of any cluster, a set text is discussed in class, and all students are expected to participate. For the second week, students bring to class a piece of creative writing that clones the qualities of the text discussed the preceding week. Feedback will be given, by peers and by the tutor, on these samples of creative writing.
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