THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE
                         FACULTY SENATE 

                                                             
Senate Document Number   1996S
Date of Senate Approval  1/18/96

Statement of Faculty Senate Action:

       APC 17: Catalog changes in Literature and Language

EFFECTIVE DATE: August, 1996

ADD:  p 145, following Lang 365 Playwriting Workshop, the
following:

     LANG 366  Creative Non-Fiction Workshop
               A workshop in the writing of creative non-fiction
               essays.  Through the use of immersion reporting,
               students will learn to accurately portray a subject
               through narrative development, scenic construction,
               point of view, symbolic representation, voice,
               dialogue, and descriptive detail.  Does not fulfill
               general ARTS lab requirement.  Course offered on
               demand.


IMPACT STATEMENT:  The addition of this course will not require new
faculty.  Creative non-fiction is already being taught as a unit in
many sections of LANG 260, Introduction to Creative Writing.  Our
entire creative writing faculty--many of whom publish original
works of creative non-fiction, and all of whom teach 260--is
qualified and prepared to teach a course devoted to the genre.


RATIONALE:  Over the last five to ten years, creative non-fiction
has emerged as one of the most popular genres of serious writing. 
Consequently, creative writing programs around the U.S. have begun
offering degrees with a concentration in the genre.  Besides the
fact that many students who have completed LANG 260 have requested
workshops in creative non-fiction, we believe that to prepare our
students properly for lives as writers (which for many includes
pursuit of advanced degrees in creative writing) we must offer them
instruction in this important genre.