| Course List | ||
| Title | Credits | |
| Required Coursework 1 | ||
| MFA workshop in the major genre (poetry, fiction) | 12 | |
| FDMA 570 - MFA Workshop (subtitles will vary) | ||
| At least one will need to be a workshop in a second genre | 3 | |
| FDMA 550 - MFA Form & Technique (major genre) | 6 | |
| FDMA 592 - MFA Theory, Practice and Profession | 2-4 | |
| FDMA 594 - MFA Thesis Workshop | 6 | |
| FDMA 599 - MFA Thesis Hours | 4 | |
| Graduate Elective courses* | 21 | |
| Total Credits | 54-56 | |
*Students will take 21 credits (7 classes) in various areas of study of interest. A student might take a mix of graduate level classes in other genres within the Creative Media Institute (Writing for Television, Playwriting, etc.) to develop a solid subspecialty, scholarly classes in the English Department, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program or the Borderlands and Ethnic Studies Program. Others have taken graduate History classes, Geography classes, and Art classes. Internships are available with small presses (Zephyr Press), literary nonprofits (Zoeglossia, an organization for disabled writers) and Film and Digital Media projects on campus when available. These electives can be used to build creative writing training that will be unique to your own interests and a coherent program of study should be developed with your advisor.
