Admission & Degree Requirements

Degree

MFA (poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, drama)

Type of Program

Studio / Research

Required Course of Study

• Thesis: 15hrs
• Writing workshops: 12hrs
• Other courses: 9hrs
• Literature courses: 12hrs
• Total: 48hrs

Foreign-language proficiency, defense of thesis.

MFA candidates will present appropriate, original work in fiction, poetry, drama, literary nonfiction, or some combination of these, as a thesis.

Application Deadlines

• December 31 for fellowship and GTA consideration.
• March 1 for admission to the program with no departmental financial aid consideration.

For application information please see English Graduate Application.

Graduate Teaching Assistantships and Internships with Cottonwood, a nationally regarded and distributed literary review, and/or the English Alternative Theater, an award-winning theatre company, are available. A number of annual prizes and awards recognize outstanding achievements in teaching and creative writing. If you are applying for a teaching assistantship, please have your letter writers indicate your qualifications and/or potential for teaching.

For more information regarding admission or program requirements, please contact:
Associate Chair of the English Department, Tom Lorenz or call him at 785.864.2516.

For more information regarding Graduate Teaching Assistantships, please contact:
Director of the Freshman Sophomore English Program, Michael L. Johnson call him at or 785.864.2507.