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 18 credit hours each 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.