Creative Writing at PCC

The Creative Writing program at Pasadena City College offers students an opportunity to harness their creativity, develop their unique writing voices, 和 explore their craft 和 processes of creative composing with practicing writers 和 artists. PCC offers an array of courses 和 supplemental activities 和 events that provide students with an appreciation of literature, an awareness of themselves as readers 和 writers in a global world, 和 an underst和ing of the relationship between language, intellect, identity, 和 scholarship.

The Creative Writing program at PCC exposes students to:

  • the history of creative writing
  • traditional genres 和 hybrid genres
  • a community of writers
  • the cultural impact that writers have on the world
  • opportunities in editing 和 publishing

Program highlights include the Visiting Writers series, the fall Writer-in-Residence program, the spring Poetry Day celebration, 和 the literary journal PCCINSCAPE, which has been in continuous publication since 1949.

Students leave the Creative Writing program with a deep appreciation for the power of creativity 和 an underst和ing of the writer’s role in society 和 of literature’s impact on today’s world. Students can apply this knowledge to careers as diverse as law, marketing, medicine, industrial design, business, 和 of course, publishing, teaching, 和 entertainment.

Program alumni have gone on to pursue BA, MA 和 MFA degrees in 英语 和 Creative Writing at UC Berkeley, UCLA, the University of New Orleans, UC Santa Cruz, CSULA 和更多的. Our alumni have served as editors for university literary journals like 河口杂志, 和 have volunteered with California Poets in the Schools 和 写的女孩, 和 many have gone on to publish their own creative work with first rate literary journals 和 small presses.

Visit the PCC内在的特性 website to learn more! http://www.pccinscape.com If you're a CW Alumnus, we want to hear from you! Email the Creative Writing committee 椅子上,博士. Ogden, at keogden@cepstart.com

Creative Writing Courses

英语 5A: Creative Writing

Creative literary expression; short story, poetry 和 essay. Individual experimentation with various forms; students evaluate their work 和 work of classmates in light of contemporary writings.

先决条件: Eligibility for Engl 1B

转移 Credit: CSU; UC

英语 5B: Creative Writing

Creative literary expression; short story, poetry, dramatic form 和 essay. 关注的焦点 is on in-depth criticism of student work 和 professional writers.

先决条件: 英语 5A, 6, 7 or 8

转移 Credit: CSU; UC

英语 6: Short Story Writing

Theory 和 practice in writing the short story. 最大的信用 9 units, 3 units each 学期.

先决条件: Eligibility for Engl 1B

转移 Credit: CSU; UC

英语 7: Inscape Magazine Publication

Critical review 和 selection of creative material; design 和 layout of a literary 杂志. 最大的信用 6 units, 3 each 学期. 

先决条件: 英格兰1

转移 Credit: CSU; UC

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英语 8: Writing Poetry

Writing of Poetry in all forms. Reading of traditional 和 current work. 最大的信用 6 units, 3 each 学期.

先决条件: Eligibility for 英格兰1

转移 Credit: CSU; UC

英语 9: Creative Nonfiction

Writing 和 analysis of creative nonfiction such as memoirs, reviews, profiles, 和 自然写作. 最大的信用 6 units, 3 each 学期.

先决条件: 英格兰1

转移 Credit: CSU; UC