From the minute you join the Creative & 专业写作 program at Converse, 你将开始准备一个任务:计划和实施你自己的独立创意万博下载ios，称为博鳌亚洲论坛论文. 你的学生作品的最终表达将帮助你清楚地表达你是一个作家，以及作为一个投资组合, 手稿, possibly even graduate school writing sample. But you won’t be doing this alone.
Faculty who are themselves professional writers, 同学作家, 受人尊敬的客座作家将通过研讨会帮助你最大限度地发挥你的潜力, 研讨会, 指导和网络, all in a highly individualized 和 supportive environment.
More reasons to choose Converse:
- Be part of an award-winning tradition. Low student-faculty ratio of 11-1, often 8-1 in upper-division classes, means your work will always get quality attention 和 constructive feedback
- 你将有机会与来访的专业作家分享你的作品，包括国家图书评论圈奖的获奖者, 国家图书奖, state 和 national Poet Laureates, 和古根海姆研究员.
- 我们的许多学生在完成本科课程的同时在国家和地区的期刊和杂志上发表文章.
- 被选中的学生将被送往AWP(作家和写作计划协会)会议，以获得现实世界的专业网络.
- 几乎所有行业的雇主都认为“强大的书面沟通能力”是“必不可少的”——尤其是在高层和管理职位上. So whether your dream is to be an author, 一个记者, or CEO of a Fortune 500 company…studying writing can help get you there.
Converse has a long history of developing award-winning writers 和 scholars. Our 专业 have earned such awards as:
- The Hub City Prize for Creative Non-Fiction, Fiction, Poetry
- Recipient of a Fulbright scholarship
- 北州研究研讨会人文学科最佳学生论文奖和最佳学生演讲奖
- 由作家和写作计划协会颁发的著名的AWP介绍奖
- Finalist for the Stony Brook Short Fiction Prize
Our faculty has received the following teaching awards:
- O’Herron Award for Faculty Excellence
- Kathryn Amelia Brown Teaching Award
- Curriculum Innovation Award
- 南卡罗来纳州独立学院和大学(SCICU)卓越教学奖
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