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Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Program Length
48 Credit Hours
Description
The Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, Publishing, and Editing is designed to assist students in their development as writers of fiction, poetry, and/or creative nonfiction; to provide practical, hands-on experience in the field of editing and publishing; to deepen a student’s critical engagement with language and literature; and to prepare those students for careers as published authors, as well as teachers of creative writing in community colleges and universities.
Enrollment Semester
Fall, Spring
Program Offered
Face-to-Face
Tuition and Cost
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Application Requirements
- Graduate Admissions Application
- Application Fee
- Official transcript from the baccalaureate degree granting institution
- At least twelve hours of upper-division English courses with a 3.0 GPA or better
- Official GRE scores
- Three recommendation letters with waiver forms from professional or academic sources
- Creative writing sample of either 20 pages of prose or a collection of 8-10 poems
Note: Applicants may submit a critical writing sample to supplement but not substitute their creative work(s).
Program Director
Dr. Scott Kaukonen
(936) 294-1407
cwmfa@shsu.edu
