- Workshops
- Students are admitted into the program in one genre of concentration. Four contiguous workshops must be taken in this declared genre.
- Take at least 12 credits from the following:
- CW522 – Poetry Writing Workshop (3)
- CW523 – Fiction Writing Workshop (3)
- Form and Theory
- Students must take at least two Form and Theory courses in their concentration. The class may be repeated and counted as an elective.
- Take at least 6 credits from the following:
- CW532 – Form and Theory of Poetry (3)
- CW533 – Form and Theory of Fiction (3)
- Teaching Seminar
- Students take this course once during their first Fall semester.
- Take the following:
- CW505 – Teaching Seminar (3)
- Electives
- Students may choose graduate-level courses from any department with approval of the Director of the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program. Students may also take additional sections of Graduate Workshop and Form and Theory courses in either genre to satisfy elective requirements.
- Take at least 18 credits from the following:
- CW508 – Literary Journal Editing and Publishing (3)
- CW507 – Small Press Production (3)
- CW524 – Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop (3)
- CW525 – Graduate Translation Workshop (3)
- CW532 – Form and Theory of Poetry (3)
- CW533 – Form and Theory of Fiction (3)
- Culminating Activity
- Take between 6 and 9 credits from the following:
Grand Total Credits: 45 – 48