ENGL 206 - Beginning Workshop in Poetry

Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C1
Introduction to poetry writing of various types with emphasis on basic techniques. May be repeated once for credit for a maximum of 8 units.

Equivalent Quarter Course: ENGL 2075.
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 8 units.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, or Hybrid.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-C1 - Lower Division Arts
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Demonstrate in their writing of original poems a basic understanding of a range of styles and approaches in verse writing;
Read professional poems critically and as models for their own writing;
Have provided useful, craft-based feedback to their workshop peers.

C1. Arts Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate an appreciation of the arts using their intellect, imagination, sensibility, and sensitivity;
respond to aesthetic experiences in the arts and develop an understanding of the integrity of both emotional and intellectual responses; and
in their intellectual and subjective considerations, demonstrate an understanding of the relationship among the self, the creative arts, and culture.