Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Writing

The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Writing program provides students who have an undergraduate degree with an opportunity to further develop their work in a large, professional fine arts school environment. The program is open to writers of fiction, poetry, essays, scripts, and creative nonfiction, as well as to artists who have worked with both image and text and now want to focus on text. The two-semester program helps students develop a portfolio of work that will be competitive for the purpose of graduate admissions.

Applicants to the program may be:

• recent graduates of BFA, BS, or BA degree programs who would like to increase both the depth and breadth of their instruc- tion in writing
• artists who wish to pursue a strong emphasis on text in their work
• persons who have come to writing after work in a different or unrelated field; or
• international students requiring a year of intensive focus on their writing before beginning an MFA program.

The program curriculum combines tutorial aspects of graduate school with advanced seminars and workshops in literary craft. Students admitted to the program register for tutorials, workshops, and seminars with the faculty of the MFA in Writing program; they have the option to take one elective course per semester in any area of the School. Admission to the program is limited to students who show clear promise for advanced study in the literary arts. The program is designed as a full-time, two-semester program; students who wish to pursue the certificate on another basis must be approved by the post-baccalaureate program chair and the director of the writing program. Completion of the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Writing does not guarantee admission to the Master of Fine Arts in Writing program. Credits taken while a post-baccalaureate student cannot count toward an MFA degree should the student later be accepted into our program.

Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Writing Curriculum Requirements

Area	Credit Hours
Post-Baccalaureate Writing Seminar (1st semester)	3
Post-Baccalaureate Writing Seminar (2nd semester)	3
Graduate Writing Workshop	6
Post-Baccalaureate Independent Projects	12
Electives (from any department including wiriting)	6
Total Credit Hours	30

1. Post-Baccalaureate writing students are remainded that the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Writing program is designed to be a full-time, two-semester program. Any exception to this requirement must be approved by the program chair and the Director of the Writing program.

2. Full-Time Status Minimum Requirement: 12 credit hours.