NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF LITERARY ARTS
WHIDBEY WRITERS WORKSHOP
CATALOG, 2009-2011

POST-GRADUATE COURSES

Audit:

Only Northwest Institute of Literary Arts post-graduate enrollees may audit a course on a non-credit basis. Audited courses require normal tuition. The student is entitled to participate in all course activities but may not submit written coursework.

Residency-only:

Any graduate of the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts MFA program may enroll in any residency during the normal residency application period, space allowing, for either the five-day or nine-day period. A letter of intention and applicable residency-only fee are required, but no manuscript need be submitted as part of the application.

Residency and online semester:

Any graduate of the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts MFA program may enroll in any residency and online semester course other than thesis during the normal registration period for that residency and semester, space allowing. Normal residency fee and tuition will be required. The course may be taken for credit on an S/U basis, or as a non-credit Audit with no written work required. Grades other than S/U are not given for post-graduate work.

Teaching Internship:

Any graduate of the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts MFA program may apply to serve as a teaching intern in any course which that student has completed during his/her time in the program. Selection and supervision of an intern are the province of the course instructor with the approval of the program director. Faculty are not required to use interns. Specific duties of the intern will be determined by the instructor and may include participation in class activities (especially valuable in small classes), preparation of some class materials (for example, writing exercises in workshops or craft courses), providing responses to some non-graded course activities, assisting the instructor by posting course elements on Catalyst and such other duties as are specified by the instructor. Instructors will continue to respond to and grade all graded course materials. The intern’s residency fee, but not room and board, is waived. The intern may also be asked to assist the program director during the residency with such specific tasks as transporting visiting faculty.

S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) Grading:

In post-graduate courses, no grades other than S/U will be given.

Transcripts:

All post-graduate courses enrolled in will be posted on the graduate’s transcript, whether taken for credit on an S/U basis or as a non-credit audit, to provide a record of the graduate’s continuing education efforts. “S” or “U” will be posted as the course grade if taken for credit; “Audit” will be posted as the course grade if audited on a non-credit basis.

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