2017-2018 Graduate and Professional Studies Programs 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2017-2018 Graduate and Professional Studies Programs [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Creative Writing, Poetry Track, MFA


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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

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