Creative Writing - Georgia State University

Creative Writing from Georgia State University is a Campus Master Writing degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. It is an implicit assumption of the M.F.A. degree in creative writing that an education in and understanding of the tradition of the genre in which the student writes is a necessary component in the eventual success of that student's creative endeavor. Toward this end, the M.F.A. student in creative writing will be required to take an approximately equal number of literature and creative writing courses as well as to pass a written examination over the traditional and contemporary areas of study in the student's chosen genre. The requirements for completion of the M.F.A. in Creative Writing are more demanding than for the M.A. in English, Concentration in Creative Writing . The Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing is a terminal degree that prepares students to write and to teach. It is also the degree that provides students an excellent foundation if they choose to continue their graduate work at the doctoral level. Upon attaining the M.F.A. degree, students will have acquired a productive specific knowledge of their chosen genre/area of specialization (either poetry or fiction). The M.F.A. student must complete satisfactorily at least 48 hours of graduate coursework. Any student who receives more than one C during his or her program will be dropped from the M.F.A. program. The coursework must include the following: 15 to 21 hours of English 8020 (Poetry Writing) or 8030 (Fiction Writing); 15 to 21 hours of English and American literature and/or folklore; 3 hours of English 8160 (Form and Theory of Literary Craft) in the student's chosen genre; 3 hours of English 8201 (Contemporary Poetry) or English 8202 (Contemporary Fiction Craft); and 6 hours of 8999 (Thesis Research). View more details on Georgia State University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Writing courses.