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MFA Writing at University of Victoria

University of Victoria, Canada

Programme overview

MFA Writing offered by the Department of Writing in the Faculty of Graduate Studies.

Faculty: Faculty of Graduate Studies  |  Department: Department of Writing  |  Location: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

What you will study

Students will be required to complete 9 units of classes and a 9-unit major writing project in a two-year period. The Writing Portfolio will be a significant body of publishable material, the basis of a manuscript of poetry or short stories, a novel, a collection of essays or a memoir, biography, travel book. It may also be a stage play or a screenplay ready for production.

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Application information

Entry requirements

The MFA program focuses on five genres: fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, playwriting and screenwriting. An undergraduate degree in any discipline and from any accredited college or university in BC as well as from accredited post-secondary institutions from outside the province. Applicants must have an undergraduate degree and a cumulative GPA of B. There will be only one admission point: September of each year. We will accept only those prepared to make a commitment to full-time studies in the fall and spring semesters of their first year.

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

Many graduate programs have three entry points: September, January and May; entry points and deadlines are listed on each program overview page.

The application fee is $145.25 if all documents originate within Canada and $187.00 if any originate outside Canada, payable online by credit card.

Apply through the official page: https://www.uvic.ca/graduate/

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