Creative Writing, M.F.A., Poetry Concentration

Coursework

1. Fifteen to 21 hours of ENGL 8020 - Poetry Writing  (must be completed while enrolled in degree program) *
2. Twelve to 18 hours of English and American and World literature, and/or Rhetoric and Composition, and/or folklore. Three hours of these 12 to 18 hours may be a Creative Writing workshop in a secondary genre.*
3. ENGL 8203 - Twentieth-Century American and British Poetry Craft I  (3)
4. ENGL 8160 - Form and Theory of Literary Craft  in poetry (3)
5. ENGL 8201 - Contemporary Poetry  (3)
6. At least 6 hours of ENGL 8999 - Thesis Research  
7. Graduate assistants are required to enroll for a minimum of 12 credit hours each for the fall/spring semesters and 9 credit hours for the summer semester. These credit hours will consist of courses required for the prescribed program of study, as well as additional hours of thesis research and non-thesis individual research.

* 33 hours are required for Areas 1 and 2 combined.

Students with an M.A. in English or Creative Writing

Students who enter the M.F.A. program with an M.A. in English or creative writing must satisfy a different set of course requirements totaling 36 hours:

1. Fifteen hours of ENGL 8020 - Poetry Writing  (must be completed while enrolled in degree program);
2. Six hours of English and American and World literature, and/or Rhetoric and Composition, and/or folklore. Three hours of these 6 hours may be a Creative Writing workshop in a secondary genre. 
3. ENGL 8160 - Form and Theory of Literary Craft  in Poetry (3)
4. ENGL 8201 - Contemporary Poetry  (3)
5. ENGL 8203 - Twentieth-Century American and British Poetry Craft I  (3)
6. At least 6 hours of ENGL 8999 - Thesis Research  
7. Graduate assistants are required to enroll for a minimum of 12 credit hours each for the fall/spring semesters and 9 credit hours for the summer semester. These credit hours will consist of courses required for the prescribed program of study, as well as additional hours of thesis research and non-thesis individual research.