CRWR 491 — CREATIVE WRITING SENIOR THESIS (must have senior status or have completed all 200–400 level requirements)
Learning Objectives & Matches
SLO: Creative Thinking: Creates a novel or unique idea, question, format, or product.
Develop concepts or creative ideas for craft objects.
Review or evaluate competitive products, film, music, television, and other art forms to generate new game design ideas.
Work with creative directors to develop design solutions.
Create gameplay prototypes for presentation to creative and technical staff and management.
Present new game design concepts to management and technical colleagues, including artists, animators, and programmers.
Interpret the artistic creations of clients to assess their functioning, needs, or progress.
Design cognitive aids, such as procedural storyboards or decision support systems.
Devise missions, challenges, or puzzles to be encountered in game play.
Design complex graphics and animation, using independent judgment, creativity, and computer equipment.
Read publications, attend showings, and study competing products and design styles and motifs to obtain perspective and generate design concepts.
SLO: Written Communication: Make choices concerning style, tone, and degree of complexity that are appropriate to the audience.
Read incoming correspondence to ascertain nature of writers' concerns and to determine disposition of correspondence.
Teach writing or communication classes.
Prepare written opinions and decisions.
Revise written material to meet personal standards and to satisfy needs of clients, publishers, directors, or producers.
Write or supervise the writing of game text and dialogue.
Organize material and complete writing assignment according to set standards regarding order, clarity, conciseness, style, and terminology.
Develop story lines for broadcasts.
Determine a published or broadcasted story's emphasis, length, and format, organizing material accordingly.
Deliver speeches, write articles, or present information at meetings or conventions to promote services, exchange ideas, or accomplish objectives.
Review written, audio, or video copy, and correct errors in content, grammar, or punctuation, following prescribed editorial style and formatting guidelines.