English (Creative Writing Specialization)

The Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree is a professional degree that establishes emphases, in its curriculum, on both students' writing and graduate-level scholarship in English. The degree offers a three-year course of study, incorporating coursework in literary history, critical theory, and literary craft, as well as requiring a core series of rigorous workshops centered on the development of the students' creative work. Students  will have the opportunity not only to develop a significant body of publishable creative work, but will also be able to do so with an understanding of, and the ability to communicate effectively, the work's historical/literary context.

The MFA will initially offer courses of study in the major specializations of fiction and poetry. The program in particular welcomes fiction writers wishing to work with high quality genre fiction (i.e., science fiction, fantasy, mystery, horror, etc.), as well as those wishing to focus on contemporary literary fiction. Students are required to take at least one course in a specialization other than that of their primary course of study. In addition to classes taught by creative writing faculty, students are required to take credits in courses already offered by English department faculty in all emphases, as well as from interdepartmental elective courses chosen to fit students' individual interests.

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School code for TOEFL and GRE: 4844