Degree Requirements
55 credits, a creative manuscript, critical
essay, and one language other than English. The program is usually completed
within six full-time quarters.
- 20 course credits in creative writing, including 3 creative writing workshops (one may be outside the student's genre)
- 15 credits in graduate literature seminars (5 credits of which must be a seminar numbered 506-510, 550, 551, or 581)
- 5 elective credits (5 graded credits of teaching internship [601] can count for degree credit)
- 15 thesis credits, under the direction of a Thesis Committee, including each of the following:
- Creative manuscript
- MFA Critical Essay. 30 pages: an expression of the student's relationship
to his or her reading, a relationship based on the student's own writerly
concerns and studies, using a reading list compiled by the student on
- a specialization or core (substantial representation of an author, approach, or form of particular interest to the student);
- genre or survey (a survey of the genre or contexts);
and
- works of criticism.
- An Oral Presentation of either a reading of creative work from the thesis
or a discussion of the thesis and the essay topic with the Thesis Committee.
- Language requirement: knowledge of one language other than English, demonstrated by
- a 3.0 or higher in a second-year university-level course sequence, taken no more than five years prior to entrance; or
- a passing score on a language exam administered by the University of Washington Educational Assessment Center; or
- 10 credits in Old English language and literature with a grade of 3.0 or better; or
- a 3.0 or higher in one course taken while in residence in the MFA program; or
- approved professional verification of native-speaker ability in another language.
Additional Information
Please visit Creative
Writing for more information. Staff in
the Creative Writing and English Graduate Offices are also
available to answer questions concerning admission and program requirements.
