The Creative Writing Emphasis is available on the thesis option only.
Required:
ENGLISH 6100
ENGLISH 4715/5715
or ENGLISH 4725/5725
Introduction to Graduate
Study in English
Craft of Poetry
3 hrs.
*
3-6
Craft of Fiction
ENGLISH 4740/5740
or ENGLISH 4750/5750
and/or
ENGLISH 6720
Poetry Workshop *
Fiction Workshop
ENGLISH 6299
Research
6-12
Graduate Creative
Writing Workshop
6
Electives (planned with English Graduate Coordinator):
•
•
English Literature electives must include 6 hours
of 200/6000-level courses
12-15
Elective in literature, writing, or culture from a
department other than English or a non-literature
course from English
Total hours
0-3
36
* A total of at least 12 hours is required from ENGLISH 4715/5715 (620:108g),
ENGLISH 4725/5725 (620:109g), ENGLISH 4740/5740 (620:174g),
ENGLISH 4750/5750 (620:175g), and ENGLISH 6720 (620:270).
The required thesis shall consist of a collection of short stories, a novel
or novel excerpt, a collection of poems, a book-length poem, or a
combination of fiction and poetry. Critical apparatuses - such as
prologue, introduction, epilogue, notes, bibliography - are not required
within the thesis. A formal oral defense of the thesis is required, and a
public reading of selected portions of the thesis is recommended.