In order to successfully earn a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, a student’s record must indicate the following:
Full participation in five residency sessions
Successful completion of four semester projects, with a minimum accumulation of 60 graduate hours
Work with at least four different faculty supervisors
Broad reading in literature and contemporary letters, as demonstrated by a comprehensive bibliography of usually at least 50-60 entries
The ability to write clear prose, and to articulate cogent response to work by other writers, as demonstrated every semester in brief bibliographical annotations or their approved equivalent
A substantial analytical essay (30-50 pp.) of intelligence and insight
A Thesis Manuscript of poetry (30-50 pp.) or fiction (70-100 pp.) of high quality
An objective assessment of that manuscript by faculty and peers in a one-hour Thesis Interview
A one-hour graduate class taught to peers during a residency period
