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SCS Home  >  Graduate Programs  >  Master of Arts in Creative Writing  >  Professional Graduate Series

Professional Graduate Series

The Professional Graduate Series in Creative Writing attracts established writers, teachers, professionals, and students who have some undergraduate writing experience or strong academic records in the humanities. This series of workshops provides a supportive setting where students can hone their craft, explore new genres, or gain experience in teaching. Faculty members are established, published writers, and their goal is to foster an environment in which students provide thoughtful critiques of others' work and push the limits of their own creative boundaries. The series can also be a means of preparing for the MCW program and additional postgraduate study.

Students take three workshops in a concentration - fiction, creative nonfiction, or poetry - and one cross-genre writing seminar. The professional graduate series usually can be completed in a year by taking one or two courses per quarter. It must be completed within two years of the date of acceptance.

Certificate of Completion

Prior to completion of their fourth course, students must submit the "Application for Professional Graduate Series Certificate" (PDF Format) to be awarded the certificate.

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