| DEGREE:
Master of Arts
MAJOR: English
CONCENTRATION:
Creative Writing |
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The English/Creative Writing master’s program
is designed as “An Education for the Working Writer” and will offer the rare
combination of artistic and professional training to provide graduates with a
very real edge with which to meet this market’s consistent demands.
Admission
Students admitted to the Creative Writing
concentration are expected to have at least an undergraduate minor in English.
Consideration will be given to those having the equivalent of 18 hours beyond
the general education level, but such consideration will depend on the courses
taken. More undergraduate preparation may be required at the discretion of the
departmental graduate committee. Applicants must submit a writing sample of not
less than ten (10) and not more than twenty (20) pages in the genre of their
choice. (10 pages of poetry or 15 pages of prose/fiction or non-fiction, 20
pages of drama) Final admission to the concentration is granted based on the
quality and potential of the work submitted as determined by the Creative
Writing Reading Committee.
Culmination
The candidate for the Master of Arts in
English with a concentration in Creative Writing is required to complete a
creative thesis. It is strongly recommended that students in this concentration
wait to register for thesis (English 600) until a minimum of two (2) workshop
course requirements have been met as the student’s thesis will be comprised of
work produced and revised over the course of study. Thesis work should be in the
student’s primary genre and should be of publishable quality. A thesis defense
focusing on elements of craft specifically related to thesis content, genre, and
track will be required.
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS:
THESIS: (6)
English 600 Thesis (6)
PROFESSIONAL: (6) Select two (2) of the following.
English 570 Professional Writing and Editing (3)
English 579 Writing: Theory and Practice for the Middle, Secondary & College
Classroom (3)
English 603 Teaching Creative Writing (3)
English 604 The Business of Creative Writing (3)
WORKSHOP: (12) Select four (4) from the following; at least three (3)
credit hours should be outside the student's primary genre. Please note:
most often, the Creative Writing thesis is composed of work produced in the graduate
workshops; therefore, workshop courses may be repeated for credit.
English 575 Advanced Dramatic Writing (3)
English 576 Advanced Fiction Writing (3)
English 577 Advanced Poetry Writing (3)
English 578 Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing (3)
LITERATURE: (9) Complete:
English 562 Literary Criticism (3)
And select two (2) additional graduate level literature courses one of which
must be at the 600-level.
English 511
The Epic (3)
English 512 Poetry (3)
English 513 The Novel (3)
English 514 Short Story (3)
English 515 Drama (3)
English 516 The Bible as Literature (3)
English 522 Major Figures in Fiction (3)
English 523 Major Figures in Poetry (3)
English 525 Studies in Shakespeare (3)
English 531 Arthurian Literature (3)
English 532 Women and Literature (3)
English 541 Ethnic Literature (3)
English 542 Regional Literature (3)
English 543 Postcolonial Literature (3)
English 544 Literature and Culture (3)
English 545 Studies in Children's Literature (3)
English 562 Literary Criticism (3)
English 595 Special Topics (1-3)
English 611 Studies in British Medieval Literature (3)
English 621 Studies in the English Renaissance (3)
English 631 Studies in British Neoclassicism and the
Eighteenth Century (3)
English 641 Studies in British Romantic and Victorian
Literature (3)
English 651 Studies in Modern and Contemporary British
Literature (3)
English 661 Studies in American Colonial Literature (3)
English 671 Studies in American Romanticism (3)
English 681 Studies in American Realism and Naturalism (3)
English 691 Studies in Modern and Contemporary American
Literature (3)
English 695 Studies in Special Topics (1-3)
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED: 33
For more information,
contact the Program Coordinator, Ms. Mary A. Carroll-Hackett, Grainger Hall, Room
112, 434.395.2113,
carrollhackettma@longwood.edu,
mailing address Longwood University, 201 High Street, Farmville, VA 23909.
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