Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing

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Communication and Media StudiesMain Subject Area

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Communication and Media Studies

Study Level

Masters

The Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing is offered as part of the NorthEast Ohio Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, a four-university consortium incorporating the faculty and resources of Cleveland State University, Kent State University, Youngstown State University, and the University of Akron. The degree program offers five different concentrations: fiction, creative nonfiction, playwriting, poetry, and literary translation. Curriculum focuses on the techniques of professional writing and the analysis of literary works from the point of view of the practitioner while electives enable the study of whatever subject area will further the student's writing interests. A required internship offers practical workplace experience from a wide range of fields, including teaching, editing, grant writing, arts marketing, and arts administration. The program is designed to meet the needs of both part-time and full-time students. Workshops and craft and theory courses are routinely offered in the evenings. Students can register freely across institutional boundaries for graduate courses offered at any of the participating universities and taught either by regular faculty or by visiting resident writers. A NEOMFA Executive Committee, made up of representatives from each Consortium university, governs the Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing, oversees the subcommittee on the admission of students, appoints NEOMFA graduate assistants, and makes policy decisions for the Master of Fine Arts program. It also hears student petitions that specifically address NEOMFA arrangements or policy. CAREER INFORMATION Students interested in a career teaching creative writing at the college or university level should apply to the MFA program (as opposed to the English MA concentration) in Creative Writing. An MFA will by no means ensure a college level teaching job. Substantial publication is increasingly the qualifying factor, but under the professional guidelines which govern such programs, the MFA has become a minimal degree requirement. Program students should select workshops and arrange their studies to help them write as productively as possible. An MFA program is designed to provide focus and to support creative work in ways the rest of the world does not. The quantity and quality of the writing itself, rather than the formal degree, is the proper measure of a writer's success. Therefore, time in the program should be as productive as the student can make it. It is also important for students to plan for a writing life which offers no guarantees of financial reward or of teaching positions. When selecting an internship, it will be useful to keep this writing-life conundrum in mind: few jobs make space for the demands of creative writing, but many jobs demand people with writing skills.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Communication and Media Studies

Study Level

Masters

Admission Requirements

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Student should have 4 yr Bachelor's degree or the equivalent. Other English language Requirements: TOEFL paper-based exam: 525; Successful completion of CSU's IELP (Intensive English Language Program) Advanced Level, with a grade of 80% or better and passing COMPASS ESL scores. Completion of English language studies (Level 112) from any of the ELS Language Centers. Achieve a score of C (Pass) or better on the Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English (CAE).

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Jan-2000

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