Creative Writing and Revision – Evaluate how craft, style, and technique in creative
writing influence the writing process and strategies for revision.
Language and Voice – Create an approach to crafting poetry, fiction, nonfiction with
a distinct voice, style, faith and/or worldview, and with effective use of grammar,
syntax, and mechanics.
Essay Writing and Research – Incorporate research from scholars in the appropriate
literary and theoretical fields into well-organized and revised essays.
Reading and Interpretation – Develop textually grounded interpretations of the content,
form, aesthetics, genre, historical significance, themes, and relevant topics in literary
texts.
Writers’ Community (the classroom, the campus, the world) – Evaluate peer work and
communication, constructive feedback writers give and receive, public readings of
creative writing, and submissions to literary journals for publication.
