MFA Course Electives MFA courses are identified according to the consortium campus at which they originate. Units earned through consortium campuses operating on a quarter system, Hayward, and San Luis Obispo, are converted to equivalent semester units at the standard of one quarter unit to two-thirds semester units. 15 units workshop CSUC ENGL 220D Page to Stage 3 CSUC ENGL 320 Writers Workshop 3 CSUN ENGL 608 Seminar in Narrative Writing 3 CSUN ENGL 609 Seminar in Poetry Writing 3 CSUH ENGL 6070 Graduate Workshop in Fiction 4/2.67 SU SLO ENGL 527 Seminar in Advanced Fiction 4/2.67 SU SLO ENGL 528 Seminar in Advanced Poetry 4/2.67 SU 12 units Literature CSUC ENGL 310A British Medieval Literature 3 CSUC ENGL 310B Renaissance British Literature 3 CSUC ENGL 310C 17th-Century British Literature 3 CSUC ENGL 310D Restoration and 18th-Century British Literature 3 CSUC ENGL 310E British Romantic Literature 3 CSUC ENGL 310F British Victorian Literature 3 CSUC ENGL 310G 20th-Century British and Continental Literature 3 CSUC ENGL 310I American Literature: Beginnings to 1865 3 CSUC ENGL 310J American Literature: 1865-1920 3 CSUC ENGL 310K American Literature: 1920 to Present 3 CSUC ENGL 397A Seminar in American Literature 3    Equivalent SLO ENGL 511 Seminar in American Literary Periods 4/2.67 SU CSUC ENGL 397B Seminar in British Literature 3     Equivalent SLO ENGL 512 Seminar in British Literary Periods 4/2.67SU CSUN ENGL685 Seminar in Contemporary World Literature 3 CSUN ENGL 617 Studies in Shakespeare 3 CSUN ENGL 630A-M Seminar in Literary Periods 3 CSUH ENGL 6350 Seminar in Restoration and 18th-Century British Literature 4/2.67 SU CSUH ENGL 6405 Seminar in 19th-Century British Literature 4/2.67 SU CSUH ENGL 6600 Seminar in American Literature to 1900 4/2.67 SU CSUH ENGL 6650 Seminar in Women's Literature 4/2.67 SU CSUH ENGL 6660 Seminar in 20th Century British Literature 4/2.67 SU CSUH ENGL 6665 Seminar in 20th Century American Literature 4/2.67 SU CSUH ENGL 6690 Seminar in African-American Literature 4/2.67 SU SLO ENGL 510 Seminar in Authors 4/2.67 SU 9 Units Form/Creative Process CSUC ENGL 321 Form and Creative Process 3 CSUC ENGL 375 Contemporary Theory 3 CSUC ENGL 397C Themes, Genres, or Problems in Literature 3 CSUC ENGL 397D Comparative Literature 3 CSUC ENGL 398 Independent Study 1/2/3    Equivalents CSUN ENGL 699. Independent Study 1- 6 (formerly 599)    CSUH ENGL 6900 Independent Study 1- 4/.67 -2.67SU CSUN ENGL 620A-Z Seminar in Individual Authors 3 (formerly 520A-Z) CSUN ENGL 622 Seminar on Aspects of Poetry 3 CSUN ENGL 623 Seminar in Studies in Prose Fiction 3 CSUN ENGL 624 Studies in Dramatic Literature 3 CSUN ENGL 652 Creative Writing Studies 3 CSUN ENGL 655 Styles and Forms of Professional Writing 3 6 units Special Topics CSUC ENGL 392 Special Topics in English 3     Equivalents CSUN ENGL 696 Directed Graduate Research 1 - 3     CSUN ENGL 697 Directed Comprehensive Studies 1 - 3     SLO ENGL 590 Directed Study 2 - 4/1.33 -2.67 SU CSUC ENGL 372 Seminar in Literary Criticism 3 CSUN ENGL 638 Seminar in Critical Approaches to Literature 3 CSUN ENGL 595CW Life Writing SLO ENGL 502 Seminar in Critical Analysis 4/2.67 SU SLO ENGL 513 Seminar in Special Topics 4/2.67 SU plus electives recommended in related areas such as art, music, drama, film, video. 3 units interdisciplinary studies (Performance, composition, editing and publishing, technology, translation) CSUC ENGL 296 Literary Editing 4 CSUC ENGL 275 Editing Manuscripts for Publication 3 CSUC CDES 381 Practicum/Multimedia Project Mgmt 3 CSUC MUSIC 301A Composition with Electronic Media 3 SLO ENGL 518 Technical Communication Theory 4/2.67 SU CSUN ENG 604 Studies in The English Language 3 CSUH ENGL 6090 Electronic Journal Workshop 4/2.67 SU CSUH ENGL 4080 Art of Translation 4/2.67 SU 2 units literary arts in the community ENGL 389A-D 1 - 4 units Internship in Literary Arts ($220 a unit, please register through CSU, Chico) English 389 Internship in the Literary Arts (2 units) Project Proposal 3 units creative project ENGL 399A-F 1-6 units Masters Project ($220 a unit, please register through CSU, Chico) Consult the Guide to Graduate Studies: Policies, Procedures, & Format http://www.csuchico.edu/gs/gguide/GradGuide.toc.html for creative project/thesis requirments for the MFA. The creative project consists of a publishable book-length creative work. For questions regarding formating please contact CSU, Chico, Graduate School Chris LaVerne at 530-898-6880.

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