M.F.A. Curriculum
- Core (3 units)
- 201C Materials and Methods of Literary Production (Must be taken within two semesters of admission to the program; co-requisite with writing workshops.) (3)
- Writing Workshops (18 units) (All courses repeatable for credit. You must take 12
units in your primary genre; 6 units in your secondary genre. If 200-level courses
are not available, you can take up to nine units of 100-level courses as equivalent.)
- 240 Seminar in Poetry Writing (3)
- (Or English 131: Poetry Writing)
- 241 Seminar in Fiction Writing (3)
- (Or English 130: Fiction Writing)
- 242 Seminar in Nonfiction Writing* (3)
- (Or English 135: Nonfiction Writing)
- Literary Research (15 units)
- 202 Craft and Theory of Poetry (formerly Engl 200) (3)
- 203 Craft and Theory of Narrative (3)
- 208 Seminar in Comparative Literature (3)
- 211 Seminar in Twentieth-Century Poetry (3)
- 215 Seminar in Myth and Symbolism (3)
- 216 Seminar in Medieval English Literature (3)
- 217 Seminar in the English Renaissance (3)
- 225 Seminar in Shakespeare (3)
- 226 Seminar in Tragedy (3)
- 229 Seminar in Seventeenth-Century Literature (3)
- 230 Seminar in Eighteenth Century British Literature(3)
- 232 Seminar in Romanticism (3)
- 233 Seminar in the Victorian Period (3)
- 253 Periods of American Literature (3)
- 254 Genre Studies in American Literature (3)
- 255 Thematic Studies in American Literature (3)
- 256 Seminar in Twentieth-Century British Literature (3)
- 298 Special Study: Literature (3)
- 139 Montalvo Seminar (3)
- (139 also satisfies Literary Research requirement: with the Director's and instructor's permission)
- Professional Training (6 units)
- MFA Thesis/Capstone experience (6 units)
- 299 MFA Thesis (6) (Creative Project in Candidate's Emphasis Area)
- TOTAL: (48 units)
