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English M.A. Program
Creative Writing Concentration

Course Requirements: 45 credits

  • English 501: Literary Theories and Practices (5 credits)
  • 20 credits in writing courses, to be taken from the following:

English 500: Directed Independent Study
English 502: Seminar in the Writing of Fiction (repeatable)
English 504: Seminar in the Writing of Poetry (repeatable)
English 505: Seminar in the Writing of Nonfiction (repeatable)
Students interested in playwriting may sign up for Directed Independent Study.

  • English 690: Thesis Writing (5 credits)
  • 15 credits in literature, composition and rhetoric, or theory

English 513 (Teaching Composition) for Graduate Teaching Assistants

Note: A student may, with permission, take up to 10 credits in 400-level courses.

Additional requirements:

  1. Reading knowledge of a foreign language or an additional 5 credits of graduate work in literature, composition and rhetoric, or theory.
  2. An examination designed by a faculty committee on selected works appropriate to a student's emphasis.

Applicants interested in the Creative Writing track should send a representative selection of their writing at the same time they apply for admission to Western: 10-15 pages of poetry or 20-30 pages of prose.

   
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