MFA Program in Creative Writing

University of Arkansas at Monticello School of Arts & Humanities

Location

United States of America (USA)

Study Format

On Campus

Course language

English

Study Fields

Humanities, Creative Writing, Arts

Degree

Master of Arts (MA)

Tuition Fee

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Program Description

The UAM Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, non-residency, provides an opportunity to talented and highly self-disciplined individuals to earn an MFA tailored to fit their lifestyles, interests, and goals at an affordable price relative to other MFA programs and to develop their creative-writing, critical-thinking, and literary analysis skills to an exemplary level through study under successful and dedicated writer-teachers from a range of backgrounds and aesthetic perspectives.

About the School

Many Arts and Humanities courses serve the entire campus as General Education requirements or as requirements for disciplines outside the School of Arts and Humanities.

Art allows students to choose from four areas of concentration: Art History, Ceramics, General Art, and Painting and Drawing.

Communication offers Emphasis Areas in Applied Communication, Media Studies, Performance, Professional Writing, and Speech.

English offers concentrations in Creative Writing, Film Studies, and Literature.

Modern Languages allows students to do a Spanish or French emphasis or to study both languages equally.

Music majors select concentrations in instrumental or vocal music or Jazz Studies.

The MFA in Creative Writing offers talented writers and students of literature an opportunity to study with faculty who are successful authors and teachers.