mfa-creative-writing-and-publishing-arts

Requirements and Learning Outcomes

Earn your master's degree in Creative Writing & Publishing Arts.

 

Degree Requirements

  • These requirements apply to students entering this program in fall 2024 and thereafter. Students who enrolled earlier should consult the catalog in effect at the time they enrolled.
  • Read the course descriptions.

This 48-credit MFA program requires the following

  • CWPA 620 Creativity: Ways of Seeing 

Choose two workshops from the same genre:

  • CWPA 622 Fiction Workshop 
  • CWPA 623 Poetry Workshop 
  • CWPA 626 Literary Nonfiction Workshop 
  • CWPA 627 Memoir Workshop 
  • CWPA 720 Advanced Writing Workshop 
  • CWPA 651 Type & Design for Creative Writers

Choose two of the following:

  • CWPA 780 Book Arts 
  • CWPA 781 Electronic Publishing 
  • CWPA 782 Creating the Journal 
  • CWPA 783 Print Publishing 

Choose two of the following:

  • CWPA 786 Experimental Forms 
  • CWPA 787 Seminar in Literature & Writing 
  • CWPA 788 International Writing

 

  • CWPA 796 Thesis I 
  • CWPA 797 Thesis II: Writing 
  • CWPA 798 Thesis III: Design 

 

Choose four electives from among many in writing, design, literature, publishing, multimedia and technology.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

ASSURANCE OF LEARNING: MFA IN CREATIVE WRITING & PUBLISHING ARTS

Mission Statement

The MFA in Creative Writing & Publishing Arts is recognized nationally for its distinctive integration of creative writing and publishing arts, as well as for the unique way it focuses on both creativity and craft. The curriculum is designed to foster creativity, to help students develop work of publishable quality, to enable them to become proficient in graphic design and bookmaking, and to provide opportunities to gain experience in publishing, teaching, and the arts. The program culminates with a seminar in which each student writes, edits, designs and publishes a book of poems, short stories, or nonfiction. The program aims to prepare students for careers as creative writers, editors, publishers, book designers, and teachers.

 

Program-Level Student Learning Outcomes

Upon graduating from the MFA in Creative Writing & Publishing Arts program, students will be able to:

  • write a manuscript of original poetry, fiction, or nonfiction of publishable quality
  • design and produce a print and/or electronic publication that enhances and supports the writing
  • critique examples of creative writing, with respect to matters of style and structure
  • develop a plan of action for publication of their own work that includes a researching and evaluating literary agents and presses, writing inquiries, and submitting a manuscript
  • give a public reading of their work
  • analyze a piece of literature, with an emphasis on the ways in which it reflects or departs from a particular literary tradition.

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