Courses

A workshop approach to writing and editing fiction and drama for publication, with special emphasis on structure, theme, and characterization.

A workshop approach to writing and editing fiction and drama for publication, with special emphasis on structure, theme, and characterization. Course may be taken for credit more than once under different instructors with departmental approval.

Continued practice in writing poetry, short stories, and/or plays, along with a more advanced study of the techniques and principles of creative writing in each genre.

Practice in writing poetry, short fiction, or plays for class and instructor evaluation.

Students focus on the theory and craft of creative nonfiction and emphasize memoir, the personal essay, personal cultural criticism, and literary journalism.

Students focus on the techniques of writing poetry and read related outside

A workshop approach to writing and editing poetry and creative nonfiction for publication, with emphasis on structure, theme, and craft.

A workshop approach to writing and editing poetry and creative nonfiction for publication with emphasis on structure, theme, and craft. Course may be taken for credit more than once under different instructors with department approval.

This course will build upon those techniques and procedures learned in Crime Scene Processing (FI 350/CJ 463) as they relate to crime scene reconstruction. An in-depth study of specialized techniques such as bloodstain pattern analysis, bullet trajectory analysis, and fire scene reconstruction. Students will then apply this knowledge during practical exercises which will emphasize current techniques and procedures.

This course will develop and apply analytical skills surrounding a wide range of theoretical concepts, assumptions, propositions, and variables aimed at explaining crime-related outcomes. In the process, students will learn how social scientists empirically (i.e., quantitatively and qualitatively) access theory and how theory influences public policy.