Clustered Courses

Fiction Writing Department offers "clusters" which allow students to take a number of courses in particular areas of our course offerings. (Be sure to check the course prerequisites before enrolling.)

NOTE: Courses listed in the clusters are not necessarily offered every semester.

Cluster 1 — The Novel

Critical Reading and Writing: The Novel in Stories
Critical Reading and Writing: Novelists
Critical Reading and Writing: First Novels
Novel Writing

Cluster 2 — Playwriting and Theater

Playwriting I
Playwriting II
Playwriting: Advanced (to be taken concurrently with New Plays Workshop)
New Plays Workshop (offered through the Theater Department and part of BA/BFA Playwriting degrees)
Critical Reading and Writing: Drama and Story
Story to Stage
Games for Writers
Critical Reading and Writing: Experimental Theater

Cluster 3 — Teaching of Writing

Practice Teaching: Tutor Training
Practice Teaching: Classroom
Dialects and Fiction Writing
Survey Research and Methods of Teaching Writing (Grad only)

NOTE: Practice Teaching: Tutor Training and Practice Teaching: Classroom require a recommendation from your Core Fiction Writing class instructor. No exceptions. If you enroll without teacher recommendation you may be asked to drop the class.

Cluster 4 — Film

Story and Script
Story in Fiction and Film (Fulfills HA requirement)
Story in Fiction and Film: International (Fulfills HA requirement)
Semester in LA courses

Cluster 5 — Publishing Industry

Fiction Writers and Publishing
Small Press Publishing
Freelance Applications of Fiction Writing Training

Cluster 6 — Creative Nonfiction

Prose Forms
Advanced Prose Forms
Creative Nonfiction
Bibliography and Research
Critical Reading and Writing: Fiction Writers as Creative Nonfiction Writers

Cluster 7 — Genre Writing Courses

Science Fiction Writing
Advanced Science Fiction Writing
Fantasy Fiction Writing
Suspense Thriller Fiction
Writing Popular Fiction
Young Adult Fiction
Advanced Young Adult Fiction
Writing For Children
Writing Historical Fiction