Master of Arts in Creative Writing at Nelson Mandela University

Entry requirements

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS An Honours degree in one of the languages of the course (Afrikaans or English or isiXhosa). Candidates without such a degree may, at the discretion of the Department of Language and Literature, be admitted to the MA on the basis of their extensive publishing history. A further selection criterion will be a portfolio of writing comprising at least fifty pages (1.5 spacing) of prose, poetry or a play manuscript, in Afrikaans or English or isiXhosa. The portfolio must also contain a covering letter and details of academic qualifications and/or publishing history. The covering letter should describe the proposed creative project that the candidate wishes to undertake for the MA (this is not a detailed proposal, but a succinct description of the proposed project). Candidates without the required honours degree may, at the discretion of the Department of Language and Literature, be admitted to the MA on the basis of submitting examples of their publications as well as providing a detailed publishing record. In order to widen student access to postgraduate education, students who do not possess the required Honours degree but wish to be admitted to the programme on the basis of recognition of prior learning may be given recognition in terms of the NMU RPL policy.