MFA Poetry Workshop

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

Research Methodology

• To recognize and apply the research methodology needed for the critical study of the literatures, rhetoric, or language of English.

Analysis

• To identify and discriminate among literary, rhetorical, or linguistic theories and history to inform the critical study of English.

Content Knowledge

• To recognize and summarize the multiple fields of English and the current issues within them.

Develop artistic abilities

• Develop artistic abilities and ultimately produce a body of work by focusing intensively, under faculty guidance and through peer solidarity, on poetry.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Workshop	50%
Reading Responses	20%
Presentation	20%
Final Portfolio	10%

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
93.0% and above	A
90.0% – 92.9%	A-
87.0% – 89.9%	B+
83.0% – 86.9%	B
80.0% – 82.9%	B-
77.0% – 79.9%	C+
73.0% – 76.9%	C
70.0% – 72.9%	C-
67.0% – 69.9%	D+
63.0% – 66.9%	D
60.0% – 62.9%	D-
Below 60.0%	F

Attendance/Participation:

In this course, participation is mandatory. Students will come to class prepared, having completed all readings and feedback to their peers.

Students may miss up to two classes, ensuring that they turn in all related assignments and feedback for their peers within a week of that absence.

Arriving to class more than ten minutes late is considered an absence.

In emergency circumstances, students will communicate with the professor to the best of their ability and will plan with the professor to make up late work.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

• Claudia Rankine, Triage
• Jake Skeets, Horses
• Claire Hong, UPEND