Fall 2026

Creative Writing: Nonfiction Workshop

A nonfiction workshop exploring various prose forms including personal essay, memoir, and journalism through theory, technique, and student writing.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Beth Nguyen

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.88 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.93 GPA, 92.9% A/AB (n=14 letter grades).

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Prerequisites

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ENGL 207, 307, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, or graduate/professional standing. Students may not be concurrently enrolled withENGL 307, 408, 409, 410, 469, 508, 509, or 695

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Professors

Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.71 GPA, 92.9% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.93 GPA, 92.9% A/AB (n=14 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

BETH NGUYEN is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Fall 2026

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LEC 001Classroom Instruction13 / 151

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.88 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.93 GPA, 92.9% A/AB (n=14 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Nonfiction prose forms (personal essay, memoir, travel writing, opinion, investigative journalism, public science, natural history)
  • Reading established writers and short writing exercises

Skills

  • Theory and technique of nonfiction prose
  • Student writing development through workshops and conferences

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Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Fall 2026.

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ENGL 407 · Fall 2026

Creative Writing: Nonfiction Workshop

Recorded 2026-09-07
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