Overview

The Creative Writing and Literature for Educators MA degree from the Fairleigh Dickinson University , expressly designed for high school teachers – as well as aspiring teachers and professors – this advanced degree nurtures your writing while giving you practical tools for using creative writing in the classroom and for teaching literature from a writer’s point of view.

During this year’s online residency, you’ll meet our faculty and fellow students from near and far, and spend time with a distinguished Visiting Writer. Our residency is a program highlight. It’s where students make lasting, supportive relationships with one another and their professors.

Welcome to our community of writers and teachers at Fairleigh Dickinson University!

Key facts:

We’ll take your creative writing abilities to the next level, whatever your level. (We admit students from relative beginners to published authors with multiple books to their credit.) Our writing faculty are National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalists; no matter how much experience you have, they’ll be able to help you develop your writing, and market it professionally if you so choose. A basic assumption we make is that being a writer makes you a more effective reader and teacher of literature: you’ll combine your “writerly” insight into process with “readerly” critical approaches to form and content.We’ll train you to be a confident, constructive, and versatile teacher of creative writing. We want you to be comfortable teaching all the four main genres of creative writing — fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and drama — and responding helpfully to student work. This program is the perfect preparation if you want to start to teach creative writing, and is the natural next step in professional development if you already do.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Fiction
Poetry
Creative Non-Fiction
Dramatic / Cinematic Writing

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2024-05-20 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-04-15 00:00:00
Starting 2024-06-10 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-05-30 00:00:00
Starting 2024-08-26 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-08-01 00:00:00
Starting 2025-01-22 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-12-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Creative Writing Literature View 463 other Masters in Literature in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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General requirements

A Personal Statement. In at least a couple of paragraphs, and at most a page or two, tell us about your professional background and why you think the program will be a good fit for you. Give us a sense of who you are, and what your goals are, as a teacher and a writer.
A Writing Sample. We also want a sense of how you write. One short story, one chapter of a novel, a few poems, one act of a play, or one article or course paper is a good length – but use a piece you have edited, not a first draft.
Your Transcript verifies your BA or BS degree.
Fill out a FAFSA online ASAP if you are interested in financial aid.
GRE and other test scores are NOT required.
Letters of recommendation (personal, professional, or academic) are welcome but are NOT required.

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Tuition Fee

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International

19410 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 647 USD per credit during 12 months.
National

19410 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 647 USD per credit during 12 months.
In-State

19410 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 647 USD per credit during 12 months.

Living costs for Madison

1793 - 4414 USD /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

Studyportals Student Grant Deadline: 30 June 2020

Apply and be among one of the 20 students to win €1000.

Studyportals Student Grant Deadline: 30 June 2020

Apply and be among one of the 20 students to win €1000.

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Programme Structure

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Credits

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Academic requirements

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General requirements

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Tuition Fee

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Living costs for Madison

Funding

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