Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
The department offers a graduate program in a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing.
Students participate in writing workshops in fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry.
Additionally, students undertake coursework in African American literature and non-African
American literature. MFA candidates also present an MFA thesis (minimum 30 poems or
5 short stories [at least 100 pages] or 150 pages of a novel or creative non-fiction),
successfully complete a comprehensive examination in African American literature,
and a public literary reading/performance of their original work (manuscript). Essentially,
the thesis constitutes a volume of poetry, a short story collection or a novel which
students may publish after graduation. Students will show competency in the genre
of their choice, choosing from the following categories: fiction, creative non-fiction,