The Students The Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing brings together students from diverse backgrounds who intend to pursue careers in writing. Many graduates of the program have published critically acclaimed works. An energetic, talented team of students and teachers in the M.F.A. program generates an environment that stimulates creative imagination and aesthetic excellence. Workshops Writing workshops, limited to ten students each, offer sympathetic environment for M.F.A. students to read one another's work and receive support and constructive criticism. Advice from peers is usually forthright and thought-provoking, illuminating the strengths and weaknesses of each piece.
Weekly meetings yield valuable insights and advice from mentors.
Tutorials also help students develop self-discipline by requiring them to produce new material each session. Professors encourage publication while providing the guidance that helps students develop literary technique. The variety of graduate courses offered by the Department of English provides candidates for the M.F.A. in creative writing with an opportunity for advanced study of the works of literary masters. All courses are held in the late afternoon or evening, allowing most students to schedule work and college obligations easily. A wide variety of literary topics, periods, and genres is covered, which helps students to prepare for the general comprehensive examination in literature.