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Aug 31, 2024
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2023-2024 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Writing, MFA
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The program is designed to instruct writers in creative techniques, to nurture their individual development and vision, and to help prepare them for entry into the public life of literature.
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Program Learning Outcomes
- Articulate how linguistic, formal, and aesthetic choices create literary effects on the page
- Demonstrate an understanding of the range of literary aesthetics, trends, and sensibilities-nationally and globally, past and present-as well as the political ramifications of craft choices
- Practice critical analysis of their own writing as a process, implementing drafting and revision plans for their creative projects
- Cultivate professional practices that engage in the greater literary community and form a sustained writing life
Minor Requirements (32 units)
All courses are 4 units.
Workshops (12 units)
Workshop courses can be taken more than once.
Seminars (16 units)
Seminar topics change each semester, with courses offered in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and multi-genre approaches. Seminars can be taken more than once.
Thesis (4-8 units)
Thesis I is an elective course strongly recommended for students whose thesis will be a book-length project. Thesis II is required for all students.
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