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553267 - Creative Writing (MFA)

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English Masters MFA

Application Deadline

Fall: January 15

Contact Information

4138 JFSB

801-422-4939

gradenglish@byu.edu

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ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Admission Requirements

Requirements

  • Undergraduate English major or its equivalent

  • Academic writing sample

  • Creative sample

  • Advanced (upper-division) course in literary criticism

  • Statement of Intent

  • Letters of recommendation

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PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

Requirements for Degree - MFA in Creative Writing

Core: 14 hours

  • Introductory course (course): 2 hours

  • Theory course (course, to be taken in first year): 3 hours

  • Three writing workshops (course, course, or course): 9 hours


Electives: 12 hours

  • Two 600-level literature seminars: 6 hours

  • Two additional graduate-level courses from the following:

    • 600-level literature seminars

    • 600-level writing workshops

    • course: Composition Pedagogy (for students who desire to teach Writing 150): 3 hours

    • course: Studies in Teaching Advanced Composition (taken from a creative writing faculty member for students who desire to teach ENGL 218R: Introduction to Creative Writing, or from a composition faculty member for teaching any of the undergraduate advanced writing courses): 3 hours

    • course: Graduate Internship (by application only) (variable)

Thesis & Oral Exam: 6 hours

  • course (should be taken during the second year): 6 hours

  • Oral examination of thesis, coursework, and reading list

Note: In special circumstances, up to three credit hours may be taken outside of the English department with advisor approval. Additionally, one 300- or 400-level undergraduate course may count toward the degree with approvals from the graduate advisor and the teacher of the course. Graduate students in such courses will be graded by graduate standards and normally will complete an additional paper or other work beyond the usual course requirements. Courses below the 300-level and correspondence courses cannot count toward a graduate degree.

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Title

Effective Presentation and Publication

Learning Outcome

Creative Writing MFA graduates produce work suitable for public presentation, publication, and other forms of creative expression that fit their post-graduate plans.

Title

Thesis Production and Defense

Learning Outcome

Creative Writing MFA graduates produce and defend a thesis-length creative document that is characterized by its originality and excellence of expression and informed by its critical introduction and/or afterword.

Title

Discrete Area Mastery

Learning Outcome

Creative Writing MFA graduates will persuasively defend, in the oral examination, the coherence of their plan of study and their mastery of a discrete area of the discipline.

Title

Pedagogy and Teaching

Learning Outcome

Creative Writing M.F.A. graduates who teach composition or assist faculty in teaching courses in the English major will exemplify pedagogical understanding and practice that qualifies them to teach similar courses at other colleges and universities.