Creative Writing, MFA 学习课程

写作研讨会

The core of the Program is the writing workshop, which provides an opportunity for student writers to work with established writers to develop their own voice, 材料, 和风格. Workshop leaders—permanent faculty alternating with 访问ing 写rs —are dedicated to fostering an atmosphere of mutual respect and professionalism. First- and second-year students work together in the workshop so that over two years students develop a close 社区 and also encounter a variety of worldviews and literary aesthetics. Each workshop is paired with a writing tutorial, during which the students meet one-on-one with workshop facilitators to discuss works in progress and receive individually-tailored craft lessons and reading assignments. 

工艺研讨会

Each student is required to take two craft seminars in their chosen genre. Taught by the MFA in Creative Writing faculty, the craft seminars cover a range of aesthetic and thematic issues that inform contemporary work in the genre.

Contemporary Literature Courses

These graduate-level courses in the contemporary literature of each genre allow students to gain further knowledge of the form in which they work as well as familiarity with current artists in the field. MFA students are expected to demonstrate the ability to use library resources, information technology, and research strategies. 为此目的, all Contemporary Literature courses will have a research component designed to build student's deep reading and critical thinking skills. 

世界上的作家

Over the course of the year, students will attend a year-long series of readings, craft talks and master classes led by writers, 编辑和代理. In addition to sharing their own work and scholarship, the speakers will address topics relevant to the three genres of the MFA Program, as well as discuss what it means to be a “writer in the world”—one who balances a creative writing life with the demands of the profession. Sample topics include applying to residencies, 出版, 书的建议, 诗歌的出版, 宣传, 社区, professional options after the MFA, and other topics determined in collaboration with the students.

MFA Degree Requirements

The Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program requires 42 units to graduate, but students may take up to 48 units during their two years in the Program.

必修课程

• 写r in the World (Fall and Spring of Year 1)
• 4个写作工作坊 
• 4工作坊教程
• Contemporary Nonfiction/ or Fiction/ or Poetry*
• 2 工艺研讨会 in Creative Nonfiction/ or Fiction/ or Poetry
• 2选修课
• Thesis (Spring of Year 2)