ENGL 332Topics in Creative Writing
- Faculty
- Arts
- Last listed
- Spring 2024
No longer offered. It was in Waterloo’s course catalog since at least Winter 2020 (as far back as Open Data goes) to Spring 2024 and last ran in Spring 2024. It isn’t in the 2024–25 or later calendars.
When it ran
- W20
- F20
- W21
- F21
- W22
- F22
- W23
- F23
- W24
- S24
Ran in 10 terms, Winter 2020 to Spring 2024.
This course will focus on a selected genre, approach, creative method, or other aspect of creative writing. Please see course instructor for details. [Note: This is a repeatable course, subject to different content; it may be completed a total of two times.]
Requirements, as last listed
Prereq: Level at least 2A
Reviewed on UW Flow
75% liked it63% easy81% useful
From 4 ratings and 4 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.
This creative writing course is great for anyone looking to improve their storytelling skills or those looking for the motivation to get back into writing.
Aug 2024 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this
probably the most important course I took in this mostly overrated university.
Jul 2024 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this
Nice and engaging prof most of the time, honestly wish I liked the course more. Not so useful to talk about 1 poem for an hour and a half though, sorry, just not my thing. Wanted to tap into my writing more but there were only like 4 assignments and mostly a bunch of readings about the craft of writing and poems and all that stuff. Hard marker, dropped it after I got a waaay too crap mark after my 1st assignment.
Dec 2023 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this
Such a wonderful course, engaging professor and the assigned readings were entertaining and fun to read,
Jun 2023 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this
Discussed on r/uwaterloo
8 posts and comments in 8 threads mention ENGL 332, May 2019 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.
Winter 2021
Free elective suggestions ?? 3 points, 4 comments
“Does anyone have any recommendations for a free elective? Any interesting course or any that you particularly enjoyed, that doesn’t have many prerequisites. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated :)”
[deleted]: “… ENGL 332 is topics in creative writing, when I took it we did comics. I think this semester they are doing a type of poetry? ENGL 335 is another project-based creative writing course where the whole course is just writing a short story or poetry anthology. …”
Fall 2020
Best professor you have had? 29 points, 62 comments
“Who is your best professor so far and why? My favourite prof is Barbara Moffatt because she didn't make me memorize content but instead made me think.”
[deleted]: “Douglas Stebila (CO 487 - Applied Cryptography) for best overall course design Carrie Snyder (ENGL 332 - Comics) for most interesting course Eric Blais (CS 341 - Algorithms) for most engaging lectures Larry Smith (various talks/workshops) for most inspiring lectures I have Alice …”
Most fun or interesting electives 2 points, 6 comments
“Hi so I need some ideas for some interesting and fun electives for w21. So if you could please tell me some electives you enjoyed. Thank you!”
[deleted]: “… For example, ENGL 332 (comics) and ENGL 335 are fairly similar courses, but I took one in person and it was amazing, and the other online, which was a bit miserable. …”
Is anyone taking ENGL332 this term? 0 points, 2 comments
Spring 2020
What are your top 5 courses at Waterloo? 29 points, 43 comments
[deleted]: “After 3 years of this place, these were my favourite courses that I found (no particular order): CS 341 CS 251 MATH 135 MATH 239 ENGL 332 (Comics) I liked CS 341, MATH 135, and MATH 239 because they had some really interesting and fun problems to solve. …”
Fall 2019
Bird Course Thread (Winter 2020) 34 points, 17 comments
“ECON 101 easy (8) useful (6) GER 272 easy (7) useful (3)”
u/QuoteMaker_: “SPAN 101 \- easy (7) - useful (depends on student) SPAN 102 \- easy (7) - useful (depends on student) SPCOM 223 \- easy (depends on student) - useful (7) SPCOM 227 \- easy (8) - useful (6) ENGL 332 \- easy (8) - useful (5) PSYCH 101 \- easy (9) - useful (5)”
Spring 2019
Recommended ENGL 3xx to take? 3 points, 6 comments
u/QuoteMaker_: “Not sure they next time they are going to offer it, but ENGL 332 is a really cool course with an amazing prof. Not the most useful in terms of what you'll learn, but a great opportunity to have fun and make some friends.”
Now with exams over, what were the best and worst courses you took this semester? 20 points, 25 comments
“Mine were, Best: CS241 (assignments were fun, it was cool how they built upon one another and concluded in making a simple compiler) Worst: STAT231 (still don't know what a p-value is) Honorable …”
u/QuoteMaker_: “… The course had a very slow pace and I felt like I didn't learn anything and wasted my time, though it's an easy 80+ with almost no effort &x200B; Honourable Mention: ENGL 332 It's the first time it was offered and it was the most unique course I've taken so far. …”
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- Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
- UW FlowStudent ratings and reviews
- WClassesPast sections back to 2004, and who taught them
In the scanned calendars
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