Creative Writing, MFA

Creative Writing, MFA is a Masters program taught at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, USA. Intake: fall semester. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time options.

The Creative Writing MFA is a studio/academic program in creative writing. Students enroll in writing workshops, forms courses, and literature classes. The program provides exposure to writing models and encourages experimentation with strategies and forms, with guided development of each writer’s talents.

The program culminates in a final project called the thesis, typically a book-length manuscript. Students complete writing workshops and forms courses, literature, criticism, rhetoric, or linguistics coursework, electives, and thesis preparation through EN 599 Thesis Research. Candidates must complete 48 hours of graduate-level credit and spend a minimum of two semesters in residence.

Modules

• EN 601 Fiction Workshop
• EN 603 Poetry Workshop
• EN 605 Workshop Special Topics
• EN 608 Forms Special Topics
• Writers at Work: Form Theory Practice
• EN 609 Form Theory Practice
• EN 599 Thesis Research

The minimum requirements for admission in Creative Writing, MFA at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by University of Pittsburgh Medical Center as pre-requiste for admission in Creative Writing, MFA.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

• Applicants must select “Prose” or “Poetry” in the Specialty Area field of the online application and upload a writing sample as appropriate.
• A writing sample consists of 20-30 pages of Prose (fiction, creative nonfiction, or a combination of the two), or 10-20 pages of Poetry.
• The GRE general test is accepted but not required.

Please check detail of study units at https://catalog.ua.edu/graduate/arts-sciences/english/creative-writing-mfa/

80 fully funded scholarships are listed for USA. See USA scholarships.