Creative Writing, MA

All students must complete 33 hours of course work as follows:

Form and theory, 3 hours

Choose one in genre of the student’s focus:

ENGL 5140 - Form and Theory: Poetry
or
ENGL 5145 - Form and Theory: Prose

Workshops, 12 hours

Choose three courses in the genre of focus, one course outside of the genre of focus.

Electives (excluding workshops), 12 hours

Note: a maximum of 3 hours may be taken from ENGL 5900 , ENGL 5910 , ENGL 6900 or ENGL 6910 .

Thesis, 6 hours

ENGL 5950 - Master’s Thesis

Thesis requirement

The candidate for the MA with a major in creative writing must write a thesis. No student will be allowed to register for thesis hours until the foreign language requirement has been met.