English 499D - HnrsThesisFoundtns&DepartCrFic
Spring
2026
01
4.00
John Hennessy
W 4:00PM 6:30PM
UMass Amherst
77860
South College Room W201
jjhennes@english.umass.edu
This course is a multi-genre, two-semester course in creative writing designed to help students complete a Capstone project within the genre of their choice. Both a class in contemporary literature and a writing workshop, Foundations and Departures will offer students a wide variety of reading assignments and writing exercises from across all three genres. In the second semester, students will finish drafting and revising their Capstone projects. (499-seminar)
Open to Senior and Junior Commonwealth Honors College students only. Pre Req: ENGLISH 499C Sub-Title: Foundations and Departures in Creative Writing: Fiction, Poetry, and Literary Non-Fiction - 2nd Semester.