Hone professional writing skills in an environment that encourages trust, risk-taking, and innovative approaches to writing. Focus on writing publishable books Read and analyze significant works of literary nonfiction. The program offers the intensive, practical study that poets and fiction writers have traditionally found in graduate school, but that has not been widely available for nonfiction writers. The literary nonfiction track offers an innovative graduate curriculum for students with previous professional writing experience. Students electing this option must earn at least 46 graduate credits and have a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher.
Students typically take six terms to complete the program.
At least two Writing About. . . 3-credit workshops taught by visiting instructors. One 600-level course selected from a short list. The student and faculty adviser will select from a list of appropriate courses such as Communication Ethics or Philosophy of Communication. Students work with their adviser to identify relevant courses in other units of the University.