Creative Writing, MFA 学习课程
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我们的课程
The SMC MFA curriculum combines studio writing workshops with literary analysis. Students take five courses per year with the option of one course during 1项. Four writing workshops (which include, 每学期, intensive one-on-one tutorial sessions) are required for graduation. The writing workshop is composed of first- and second-year students in the genre and is the focus of their writing work. Students also take 世界上的作家, one contemporary literature course in their genre, at two craft seminars, 还有两门选修课. During the spring of the second year, MFA students finish a thesis under the guidance of their thesis director and a second faculty reader.
学习课程
写作研讨会
The core of the Program is the writing workshop, which provides an opportunity for student writers to work with established writers to develop their own voice, 材料, 和风格. Workshop leaders—permanent faculty alternating with 访问ing 写rs —are dedicated to fostering an atmosphere of mutual respect and professionalism. First- and second-year students work together in the workshop so that over two years students develop a close 社区 and also encounter a variety of worldviews and literary aesthetics. Each workshop is paired with a writing tutorial, during which the students meet one-on-one with workshop facilitators to discuss works in progress and receive individually-tailored craft lessons and reading assignments.
工艺研讨会
Each student is required to take two craft seminars in their chosen genre. Taught by the MFA in Creative Writing faculty, the craft seminars cover a range of aesthetic and thematic issues that inform contemporary work in the genre.
Contemporary Literature Courses
These graduate-level courses in the contemporary literature of each genre allow students to gain further knowledge of the form in which they work as well as familiarity with current artists in the field. MFA students are expected to demonstrate the ability to use library resources, information technology, and research strategies. 为此目的, all Contemporary Literature courses will have a research component designed to build student's deep reading and critical thinking skills.
世界上的作家
Over the course of the year, students will attend a year-long series of readings, craft talks and master classes led by writers, 编辑和代理. In addition to sharing their own work and scholarship, the speakers will address topics relevant to the three genres of the MFA Program, as well as discuss what it means to be a “writer in the world”—one who balances a creative writing life with the demands of the profession. Sample topics include applying to residencies, 出版, 书的建议, 诗歌的出版, 宣传, 社区, professional options after the MFA, and other topics determined in collaboration with the students.
MFA Degree Requirements
The Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program requires 42 units to graduate, but students may take up to 48 units during their two years in the Program.
必修课程
- 写r in the World (Fall and Spring of Year 1)
- 4个写作工作坊
- 4工作坊教程
- Contemporary Nonfiction/ or Fiction/ or Poetry*
- 2 工艺研讨会 in Creative Nonfiction/ or Fiction/ or Poetry
- 2选修课
- Thesis (Spring of Year 2)
Sample 学习课程
秋天
- 写作研讨会 (5单元)
- Workshop Tutorial (1 unit)
- 写r in the World (1.5单元)
- Craft Seminar (3 units) OR Contemporary Creative Nonfiction/Fiction/Poetry* (3 units)
1项
- Elective (optional, 3 units)
春天
- 写作研讨会 (5单元)
- Workshop Tutorial (1 unit)
- 写r in the World (1.5单元)
- Craft Seminar (optional, 3 units)
- Elective (optional, 3 units)
秋天
- 写作研讨会 (5单元)
- Workshop Tutorial (1 unit)
- Contemporary Creative Nonfiction/Fiction/Poetry* (3 units) OR
Craft Seminar (3 units) - Elective (optional, 3 units)
1项
- Elective (optional, 3 units)
春天
- 写作研讨会 (5单元)
- Workshop Tutorial (1 unit)
- Craft Seminar (optional, 3 units)
- Elective (optional, 3 units)
- 论文(0学分)
School and Department Information
Chris Feliciano Arnold
Director, MFA in Creative Writing
cfa1@richon-led.com
925-631-8556
科林Skeen
Assistant Director of 招生 and Recruitment
cas38@richon-led.com
925-631-4190