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Program Description
The master of arts degree in Creative Writing utilizes the skills of Northwestern University writing faculty and other published writers of recognized achievement to provide an academically rigorous program focusing on professional development as well as creative writing for the part-time student. The program offers a balance of workshops, literature studies, and professional education, including internship opportunities, for students whose professional goals include teaching creative writing, becoming published writers, or other careers in publishing and editing.
Designed for completion in two years, the program consists of ten courses in one of three areas of concentration: fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. The concentrations offer students the opportunity to develop writing skills in one genre through three topic-focused writing workshops. Students also must take one cross-genre workshop. In addition, all students take a course either in the pedagogy of teaching creative writing or in publishing in addition to four elective courses, internships, or independent studies. No more than two of the electives may be independent studies, and no more than one may be an internship. Students must also complete an independent master's project under the guidance of a faculty member.
Administered by the School of Continuing Studies in conjunction with The Graduate School, the Master of Arts in Creative Writing degree is conferred by The Graduate School of Northwestern University. The program may be completed in two years of continuous part-time study.
Faculty
| Professors: |
Reginald Gibbons, S.L Wisenberg |
| Participating Faculty: |
Brian Bouldrey, Paul Breslin, Reginald Gibbons, John Keene, Mary Kinzie, and others drawn from Northwestern University faculty, Northwestern University Writers in Residence, and professionals in the fields of writing and publishing |
Last updated: Apr 14 2008 4:13PM
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