May 22, 2025  
Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog

CWL 300 - Forms of Creative Nonfiction


Study of the genre through readings, discussion and regular submission of original work. Course explores methods for expressing the human condition made available through creative nonfiction, with examples from the tradition and exploration of the nature of fact, memory, subjectivity and perspective. Areas of study include Personal Essay, Memoir, Blogs and Alternate Forms, the Journal, Historical Inquiry and Social Commentary.

3 credits

Prerequisite(s): CWL 202  

DEC: G

SBC: HFA+, WRTD

Repeatable: Course may be repeated as the topic changes.