Master of Fine Arts Program Details: Courses

All students in the program are required to complete 48 academic credits.

Courses (48 Credits Total)

Our MFA courses offer a writing-focused, multi-genre exploration designed to widen and deepen student awareness and knowledge of the literary world. Read full course descriptions.

Core Seminar (4 credits)

Two of the following (8 credits) 

• Groundings in the Craft: Fiction (4 credits)
• Groundings in the Craft: Poetry (4 credits)
• Groundings in the Craft: Creative Nonfiction (4 credits) 
  

Three workshops: two in the genre student is specializing in, and one outside the genre student is specializing in  (12 credits)

• Workshop in Fiction
• Workshop in Poetry
• Workshop in Creative Nonfiction
• Multi-Genre Workshops
  

One pre-professional course (4 credits) 

• Theory & Pedagogy of Teaching Composition
• Literary Publishing: Water~Stone Review
  

Three elective courses (12 credits)

• Elective credits can include any of the writing courses listed above, as well as non-writing courses like Composition Theory and Pedagogy, The Creative Process, and more. 
  

Thesis (8 credits)
 

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