Creative Writing, Dual-focus 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 Dual-focus Track:

(80 credits)

• 10 credits in  EN 5111 - Creative Writing Workshop (2 Credits)
• 10 credits in  EN 5011 - Creative Writing Seminar (2 Credits)
• 24 credits in  EN 5311 - Mentorship Study: Creative Writing (2 Credits)

• (16 credits in the primary genre and 8 credits in Social Practice)

• 8 credits in  EN 6151 - Creative and Critical Process (1 Credit)
• 6 credits in  EN 5151 - Craft, Theory, and Practice (2 Credits)
• 10 credits in  EN 6131 - Form and Theory (2 Credits)
• 8 credits in  EN 7051 - Thesis (2 Credits)
• 2 credits in  EN 6511 - Advanced Theory and Practice (1 Credit)
• EN 7050 - Professional Practice (2 Credits)
• ED 7130 - Final Residency: Lecture, Public Reading, Thesis Defense (0 credits)
• Submission of Creative Thesis*

* Note: Dual-focus degree candidates must successfully complete thesis projects in both areas of study. This will include full-length manuscript in the student’s primary writing genre, and a completed substantive project in Social practice (e.g., a student whose primary concentration is Poetry would complete a full length poetry manuscript for fulfillment of the primary genre requirement and for the Social Practice thesis requirement, might complete a community-based literary arts practicum or submit a project that uses writing to effect social change).