Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.78 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.89 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades).
Fall 2026
Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction and Poetry Workshop
An introduction to creative writing focusing on fiction and poetry workshops with model readings.
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Historical reviews of Aeron Parks, Kathryn Harlan, Phoebe Kranefuss: Grading emphasizes effort and improvement over strict difficulty, with ratings ranging from easy to moderate. Weekly critiques and discussion-based participation are central to the workload, requiring active engagement in a small class setting.
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Course mapFirst Year, freshman or sophomore standing only
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- First Year, freshman or sophomore standing only
Professors
Fall 2026Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.82 GPA, 94.9% A/AB (n=78 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.87 GPA, 96.4% A/AB (n=84 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.68 GPA, 71.4% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.79 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=12 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2020: 3.90 GPA, 93.3% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
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Historical instructors & teaching patterns
No reviews exist for current instructors. Historical reviews for Kathryn Harlan praise her storytelling and creative feedback, while Phoebe Kranefuss is noted for personable instruction and small discussion formats. Aeron Parks is described as extremely easy and chill.
AERON PARKS is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Spring 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
AUDREY GRADZEWICZ is recorded teaching in Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
ERIKA MEITNER is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
GABRIELLA BALZA is recorded teaching in Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
KATHRYN HARLAN is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2021. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
PHOEBE KRANEFUSS is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Spring 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
PORTER SHREVE is recorded teaching in Spring 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Calendar & sections
Fall 2026Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 15 / 15 | 0 |
| LEC 002 | Classroom Instruction | 14 / 15 | 0 |
| LEC 003 | Classroom Instruction | 13 / 15 | 0 |
| LEC 004 | Classroom Instruction | 15 / 15 | 0 |
| LEC 005 | Classroom Instruction | 15 / 15 | 0 |
| LEC 006 | Classroom Instruction | 15 / 15 | 0 |
| LEC 007 | Classroom Instruction | 15 / 15 | 0 |
| LEC 008 | Classroom Instruction | 15 / 15 | 0 |
| LEC 009 | Classroom Instruction | 15 / 15 | 0 |
| LEC 010 | Classroom Instruction | 13 / 15 | 0 |
| LEC 011 | Classroom Instruction | 15 / 15 | 0 |
| LEC 012 | Classroom Instruction | 15 / 15 | 0 |
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Student experience
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Reviewers consistently praise historical instructors for creating enjoyable, supportive creative writing environments with high quality ratings. Students highlight the fun atmosphere and strong instructor-student connections across different teaching terms.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.80 GPA, 92.2% A/AB (n=102 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.93 GPA, 96.4% A/AB (n=137 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.86 GPA, 93.8% A/AB (n=130 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Aeron Parks, Kathryn Harlan, Phoebe Kranefuss: Grading emphasizes effort and improvement over strict difficulty, with ratings ranging from easy to moderate. Weekly critiques and discussion-based participation are central to the workload, requiring active engagement in a small class setting.
Historical reviews of Aeron Parks, Kathryn Harlan, Phoebe Kranefuss: Students value the small class format that facilitates frequent discussion and sharing of writing. Instructors are noted for being personable, helpful with feedback, and effective at building connections, though one review notes a professor can be scatterbrained.
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Fall 2026 · Projected
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The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.
The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.
8 earlier forecasts · 0.09 GPA average error.
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Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction and Poetry Workshop
Recorded 2026-09-07Raw records
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