Creative Writing, Poetry Track, MFA

Requirements

The Master of Fine Arts is a terminal degree in the field of Creative Writing, and it requires at least two years (four semesters/five campus residencies) of intensive full‐time study and the completion of at least 64 credits for a single‐genre degree or two and a half years (five semesters/six campus residencies) of intensive full time study and the completion of at least 80 credits for a dual‐track degree.

MFA Creative Writing: Poetry Track

(64 credits)

• Poetry Workshop I‐IV (8 credits)
• Poetry Seminar I‐IV (8 credits)
• Mentorship Study: Poetry I‐VIII (16 credits)
• Creative and Critical Process (6 credits)
• Craft, Theory, and Practice I and II (4 credits)
• Form and Theory of Poetry I‐V (10 credits)
• Thesis I‐IV (8 credits)
• Advanced Theory and Practice of Poetry I and II (2 credits)
• Professional Practice (2 credits)
• Submission and Acceptance of Creative Thesis
• Final Residency: Lecture, Public Reading, Thesis Defense