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CRWT30100

Academic Year 2026/2027

Advanced Poetry Workshop (CRWT30100)

Subject:
Creative Writing
College:
Arts & Humanities
School:
English, Drama & Film
Level:
3 (Degree)
Credits:
10
Module Coordinator:
Dr Kelly Michels
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
Online
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This course will expose students to contemporary poetry/ies in context through reading, writing, practice-led work (exercises), and discussion.

Work in this class will include exercises, field trips, annotations, experiments, reflections, and notebook-keeping. This work is designed to support you as you develop an ongoing, sustainable, curious, and self-aware writing practice, and to prepare you to write a portfolio of poems and a critical-reflective essay by the end of the semester. This class aims to help you deepen your understanding of the relationship between writing, reading, and being in the world as a writer.

You will practice careful and close reading (of both poems and contextualizing essays) in order to come to a greater understanding of the possibilities of contemporary poetry. You will write in response to in- and out-of-class exercises that stretch your capacities to make poems in new ways, as well as practice writing reflectively and critically about your own and others' work. You will begin to be able to see and articulate the place your writing takes in the context of a broader history of poetry.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of the module, you will be able to:
 demonstrate knowledge of the works of a range of poets
 examine and experiment with a number of techniques used by these poets
 demonstrate the ability to engage in a process of revising your own poems
 comment analytically and critically upon the texts assigned
 show understanding of a range of theoretical and aesthetic concerns related to
the craft of poetry

Indicative Module Content:

The United Nations identified seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as core to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and UCD contributes in general to SDG 4 Quality Education. Further SDGs explored within this module if relevant are listed below. A scale of 1 - 5 indicates the extent to which the SDG is covered.


 

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities

76
Autonomous Student Learning

100
Lectures

0
Seminar (or Webinar)

24
Total

200

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Active/task-based learning
Experiential learning
Discussion-based learning
Self-reflective learning

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Assignment(Including Essay): Critical-reflective essay, as detailed in syllabus or discussed in class. Week 14 Graded Yes
30
 Yes
Portfolio: Portfolio of 8-10 poems, as detailed in syllabus or discussed in class. Week 14 Graded Yes
70
 Yes

As part of UCD's student support, under the Additional Consideration policy, extensions may be available for the following assessments in the module: Assignment (including essay/poster), Portfolio, Reflective Assignment, Report(s), and Individual Project.


Carry forward of passed components
No
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Peer review activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Spring Seminar Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Tues 14:00 - 15:50
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