CRW-5100: Residency & Project Period I

During the 10-day Residency Period, the student attends seminars or lectures on topics related to creative writing, literary issues, and the pedagogy of creative writing; takes required courses in Arts, Culture, and Society I and/or Arts, Culture, and Society II; participates in required writing workshops (fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, young people), and attends readings by faculty and guests. In the first or second residency, the student attends a required orientation to the Field Study. All students are required to attend a minimum of seven learning activities and two community activities in each residency period. During each Project Period, the student conducts independent study based on a learning plan designed with a faculty mentor. The learning plan includes a bibliography of readings and an identified number of written works in the student’s genre (e.g. chapters of a novel, a specific number of poems, a number of essays). Students also complete 10 craft annotations. In one of the first two Project Periods, the student completes a required Field Study. In addition, the student must fulfill required submission dates as well as communicate online with the mentor and/or participate in online activities such as group book discussions.
Min. Credits: 12.0
Credit Basis: Semester credit
Location(s): Antioch Univ Los Angeles
Method(s): Online (asynchronous)
Faculty Consent Required: N
Program Approval Required: N
Course Type Creative Writing and Communication