Creative and Professional Writing, MFA

Required Writing Course

Required Credits: 3

• ENG 6160 Creative Writing Credits: 3.0

Writing Elective Requirement

Required Credits: 15

• ENG 5990 Selected Topics in Writing Credits: 3.0
• ENG 6150 Advanced Critical Writing Credits: 3.0
• ENG 6190 Writing Magazine Market Credits: 3.0
• ENG 6210 Fiction Writing Seminar I Credits: 3.0
• ENG 6230 Poetry Writing Seminar Credits: 3.0
• ENG 6240 Contemporary Poetry Writing Seminar Credits: 3.0
• ENG 6260 Creative Writing II Credits: 3.0
• ENG 6270 Writing Scripts Credits: 3.0
• ENG 6280 Short Story Writing Credits: 3.0
• ENG 6290 Playwriting Credits: 3.0
• ENG 6300 Book/Magazine Editing Credits: 3.0
• ENG 6310 Creative Non Fiction Credits: 3.0
• ENG 6780 Modern Literary Biography Credits: 3.0
• ENG 6870 Travel Writing Seminar Credits: 3.0
• PCOM 6000 Survey Professional Writing Credits: 3.0
• PCOM 6100 Writing for Digital Media Credits: 3.0

• Other courses may fulfill this requirement with graduate director’s approval.

Required Literature After 1900 Elective

Required Credits: 3

• ENG 5110 Studies in Twentieth Century American Literature Credits: 3.0
• ENG 5120 Studies in African American Literature Credits: 3.0
• ENG 5130 Studies in Latino Literature Credits: 3.0
• ENG 5140 Studies in Asian American Literature Credits: 3.0
• ENG 5560 Studies in 20th Century British Literature Credits: 3.0
• ENG 6880 Studies in Global Literature Credits: 3.0
• ENG 6890 Studies in Contemporary Literature Credits: 3.0

Other courses may fulfill this requirement with graduate director’s approval.

Additional Literature Elective Requirement

Required Credits: 6

• ENG 5000 Studies in American Renaissance Credits: 3.0
• ENG 5100 Studies in American Realism and Naturalism Credits: 3.0
• ENG 5110 Studies in Twentieth Century American Literature Credits: 3.0

• ENG 5120 Studies in African American Literature Credits: 3.0

• ENG 5130 Studies in Latino Literature Credits: 3.0

• ENG 5140 Studies in Asian American Literature Credits: 3.0

• ENG 5500 Studies in Medieval Literature Credits: 3.0
• ENG 5510 Studies in Renaissance Literature Credits: 3.0
• ENG 5520 Studies in 17th Century Literature Credits: 3.0
• ENG 5530 Studies in British Lit 18th Century Credits: 3.0
• ENG 5540 Studies in British Romantic Literature Credits: 3.0
• ENG 5550 Studies in Victorian Literature Credits: 3.0
• ENG 5560 Studies in 20th Century British Literature Credits: 3.0
• ENG 6510 Women Writers: Credits: 3.0
• ENG 6650 Studies in Irish Literature Credits: 3.0
• ENG 6660 Studies in the European Novel Credits: 3.0
• ENG 6730 Fiction and Film Credits: 3.0
• ENG 6770 Ethnic American Literature Credits: 3.0
• ENG 6780 Modern Literary Biography Credits: 3.0
• ENG 6830 Post-Colonial Literature Credits: 3.0
• ENG 6840 Gay, Lesbian or Queer Literature Credits: 3.0
• ENG 6880 Studies in Global Literature Credits: 3.0

• ENG 6890 Studies in Contemporary Literature Credits: 3.0

• ENG 6930 Studies Literature of Adolescence Credits: 3.0
• ENG 6940 History of Rhetoric Credits: 3.0
• ENG 7000 Independent Study Credits: 1.0 - 6.0

English Elective Requirement

Required Credits: 3

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Teaching or Internship Requirement

Required Credits: 3

• ENG 5900 Graduate Internship Credits: 3.0
• ENG 6170 Modern Techniques of Composition Credits: 3.0
• ENG 6200 Teaching Writing as Process I Credits: 3.0
• ENG 6250 Teaching Writing as Process II Credits: 3.0
• ENG 6275 Pedagogy of Creative Writing Credits: 3.0

MFA Thesis Requirement

Required Credits: 8

• ENG 7900 MFA Thesis Seminar Credits: 4.0
• ENG 7950 MFA Thesis Project Credits: 4.0