M.F.A. STUDENT OUTCOMES

The MFA Program in Creative Writing is designed to graduate MFA students in fiction-writing and poetry who will:

• have the experience to become publishing writers
• have the experience to become university instructors of creative and expository writing
• have a comprehensive foundation in intensive literary study, literary analysis, literary theory, and  critical writing
• be versatile critical thinkers and perceptive, able communicators, prepared for the post-graduate job market, in positions such as freelance writers, editors, grant writers, teachers, technical writers, proofreaders, copyeditors, publicists, media and marketing associates, freelance reporters, and administrators in arts organizations