MFA in Prose and Poetry Course Schedule, Northwestern University School of Professional Studies - Northwestern School of Professional Studies

Program Courses

Please note that course schedules may be amended due to low enrollment, faculty availability, and/or other factors.

MCW online workshops (411-DL, 413-DL, and 461-DL) and all online literature classes consist of ten synchronous zoom sessions held remotely at the time noted in the schedule. Attendance at these sessions is required.

MCW 461-DL : Nonfiction Workshop

Description

Creative nonfiction workshops may focus on essays, memoirs, cultural criticism, literary journalism, nature or travel writing or related forms. Discussions center on student work along with analysis of a wide variety of selected readings. The class examines modes of creative nonfiction, authorial distance, structure, aspects of style and other elements of craft. Students will submit their work for review and revision (generally two 10-20 pp submissions). (See syllabus for the focus of each particular workshop.)

This course requires attendance at weekly remote sessions.