MFA Creative Writing at North Carolina State University

Programme overview

The Department of English offers a two-year studio/academic program in fiction or poetry leading to the Master of Fine Arts degree. The program provides an opportunity for students of superior and demonstrated ability in imaginative writing to develop their skills and critical judgment through the practice of writing and the study of literature.

Faculty: College of Humanities and Social Sciences | Department: Creative Writing | Study mode: full-time | Intake: Fall | Location: Raleigh, NC, United States

What you will study

The degree requires 36 credit hours. Courses listed in the plan include: ENG 588 Fiction Writing Workshop; ENG 589 Poetry Writing Workshop; ENG 509 Old English Literature; ENG 510 Middle English Literature; ENG 529 16th-Century Non-Dramatic English Literature.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Overall GPA of 3.0 or higher; one official transcript of all undergraduate and graduate work; two letters of recommendation; and two writing samples, one creative, one critical. Creative sample: for fiction, two short stories, or for a novel, three chapters (or one chapter and a short story) totaling 25-40 pages; for poetry, 12 complete poems. Critical sample: no more than 15 pages of writing demonstrating your ability to succeed in graduate-level literature classes, a required part of the MFA curriculum. Application deadlines: Fall: February 1

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Entry terms: Fall, Spring, Summer 1 and Summer 2, subject to individual programme availability.

Graduate School priority deadlines: US citizens Fall June 25, Spring November 25, Summer 1 March 25, Summer 2 May 10; international applicants Fall March 1, Spring July 15, Summer 1 and Summer 2 December 15. Programme deadlines may be earlier and apply if so. Application fees are non-refundable.

Apply through the official page: https://applygrad.ncsu.edu/apply

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