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ENGL-3714: Creative Writing: Poetry

Description: This course is designed for students who want to focus in some depth on the writing of poetry. Emphasis is on the writing and critiquing of original poetry in a workshop/studio environment, and the analysis of exemplary poems which serve as models. Students analyze various poetic forms and produce a revised body of original poetry. May be repeated for a maximum of 9 credit hours.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: ENGL-2744

Required By: ENGL-4204, ENGL-4714

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: up to 9 credit hours

Sections Taught: 88

Average GPA: 3.61 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 63.82%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.69%

Gyorgyi Voros201767.0%21.3%7.2%0.9%2.1%1.6%3.5111
Robert G Hicok202354.6%35.5%6.4%0.7%2.2%0.7%3.3523
Carmen G Smith2019100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.981
Erika S Meitner202176.7%19.6%2.5%0.6%0.6%0.0%3.688
Soham S Patel202288.8%5.9%3.0%0.0%0.0%2.4%3.892
Jeffrey A Mann202187.9%8.2%1.4%0.0%2.6%0.0%3.764
Katherine T Soniat200794.4%0.0%0.0%5.6%0.0%0.0%3.801
Aileen Murphy202471.7%21.7%3.8%0.9%1.1%0.8%3.6018
Nikki Giovanni201296.0%2.3%1.0%0.0%0.0%0.7%3.9213
Lucinda H Roy201865.7%32.5%1.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.603
Sophia E Terazawa202395.1%2.5%1.2%1.3%0.0%0.0%3.914

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