Course Descriptions and Schedule
Popular Fiction Writing Certificate Requirements
• Three Units of MCW Popular Fiction Writing Workshops
(one may include an MCW 413 Fiction Writing Workshop)
• One graduate-level elective course
May include independent study (not to exceed one unit of independent study), a cross-genre course (not to exceed one unit of cross-genre), MCW 570 Seminar on Teaching Creative Writing, MCW 575 The Publishing Industry: Literary Presses and Journals, MCW 579 Practicum in Teaching Creative Writing, MCW 580 Practicum in Publishing, any Publishing and Professional Development course, any graduate-level literature course, or any MCW 490 elective course.
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| Program | Course ID | Course Title / Description | Fall 2024 | Winter 2025 | Spring 2025 | Summer 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writing COAGS: Popular Fiction | IPLS 492-DL | Queer Film and Retrospectatorship | Online | |||
| Writing COAGS: Popular Fiction | LIT 410-DL | Intro to Grad Research and Cultural Analysis | Online | |||
| Writing COAGS: Popular Fiction | LIT 480-DL | Postmodernist Fiction in the U.S. and the World | Online | |||
| Writing COAGS: Popular Fiction | LIT 480-DL | (Re)Reading A Thousand and One Nights Today | Online | |||
| Writing COAGS: Popular Fiction | LIT 480-DL | Literature of Climate Change | Online | |||
| Writing COAGS: Popular Fiction | LIT 492-DL | Cinephilia and Creative Critical Writing | Online | |||
| Writing COAGS: Popular Fiction | LIT 492-DL | Early Modern Horror | Online | |||
| Writing COAGS: Popular Fiction | MCW 413-0 | Fiction Workshop | Evanston Campus | Evanston Campus | Evanston Campus | |
| Writing COAGS: Popular Fiction | MCW 461-DL | Nonfiction Workshop | Online | Online | ||
| Writing COAGS: Popular Fiction | MCW 479-DL | Poetry for Prose Writers | Online | |||
| Writing COAGS: Popular Fiction | MCW 490-0 | Writing About Migration | Evanston Campus |