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2025-2026 College Catalog 
    
2025-2026 College Catalog
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ENGL 271 Beginning Poetry Writing I


Minimum Units: 5
Maximum Units: 5
ENGL 271 introduces students to the pleasure craft of writing poetry. Students read poems in a variety of styles and voices, as well as texts on poetic theory. In addition, students write their own poems, bearing in mind Robert Frost’s remark that ‘a poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.’
Prerequisite Required: Completion of ENGL 99  or equivalent with 2.0 or higher, or placement into ENGL& 101 , or instructor permission.
Add Consent: Not Required
Drop Consent: Not Required
Grading System: Student Option Grading
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring
This course fulfills a distribution requirement for: Humanities General



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