Master of Arts
in English and Creative Writing

Admission Requirements

The following are required for admission to the Master of Arts in English and Creative Writing Program:

• Successful completion of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited university with an overall grade point average of at least 3.0
• Grade B or better in 15 credits of upper-division English Literature courses
• A portfolio of approximately 30 pages of recent creative work to be evaluated by the creative writing faculty.
• A personal statement explaining the student's rationale for pursuing graduate study in English and Creative Writing.

Applicants who do not meet these standards may still apply, but they may be asked to complete additional undergraduate course work in English. They may also be asked to submit:

a) satisfactory scores on the GRE,
b) a recent writing sample demonstrating a clear ability to analyze a literary text.