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This course is designed to introduce poets to questions of poetic form, the prime physical and emotional constituent of poetic meaning. We will build on our knowledge of basic elements of writing and reading poetry and enhance our understanding of poetry by studying forms in all its contexts. Students will engage in close readings of poems as well as critical analysis about poetics.

Advanced poetry writing and reading of related works. May be repeated for additional WRI credit with a change of instructor and with portfolio by permission of instructor.

Advanced study of one or more specialized writing genres and/or techniques. Topics may vary but may include new journalism, memoir and biography, advanced editorial practice, and other creative and professional writing topics.

Advanced techniques for writing imaginative fiction. May be repeated for additional WRI credit with a change of instructor and with portfolio by permission of instructor.

A workshop/seminar for advanced creative writing students involving prose, poetry, and experimental forms; reading work aloud; and publication of work. May be repeated for additional WRI credit if content varies and with permission of instructor.

A studio writing course introducing students to a variety of recognized structural elements used in literary narrative, from classic and historical to contemporary. Readings include fiction, critical background, and commentary on the uses of forms for practical purposes. Students write an array of assignments in selected forms.

In this upper-level workshop students study and practice telling compelling true stories. (Writing about others is emphasized, rather than memoir.) Elements of this craft include reporting and research, as well as narrative techniques: creating scenes, rendering dimensional characters, writing with voice and vivid description, and choosing the right story structure. Readings, contemporary and classic, vary in length from magazine articles to books. Shorter writing assignments build to the final project: a substantial (25- to 30-page) nonfiction narrative.

In this class, students will design, lay out, and copyedit a publication for the University of Tampa Press.

The purpose of this course is to introduce the principles of comprehensive editing and basic copy editing. The comprehensive editing level involves higher-order issues, such as reasoning and evidence, organization, visual design, style and use of illustrations. Basic copy editing is the final editing level, covering consistency, grammar and usage, and punctuation, for example.

This course introduces students to a variety of approaches for designing print and digital texts through the application of rhetorical and design principles. This course consists of lessons in design philosophies and techniques, tutorials in using design software, and hands-on application while developing texts for public audiences. The course may include opportunities to develop creative projects for professional clients.