劲爆体育手机版 www.aging-cosme.com David Hicks, Ph. D., Program Director
Bonnie Culver, Ph.D. and J. Michael Lennon, Ph. D., Program Co-Founders
Master of Arts in Creative Writing (low residency or weekender version)
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (low residency)
Accreditation
In October 2004, the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Middle States Association of Schools and Universities approved the Wilkes proposal for the M.A. program. The University graduated its first class in June 2006. In September 2010, the Pennsylvania Department of Education approved the addition of the Master of Fine Arts to the graduate creative writing degree offerings at Wilkes University.
Admission
Students will be accepted into the Master of Arts in Creative Writing based almost entirely upon the application essay and creative writing sample. Students applying to this program should hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university; however, students without a bachelor's degree may apply. (Such applicants must provide a very strong writing sample and writing history.) No GREs are required. Applicants must submit the following for consideration:
- Completed Application.
- $35 non-refundable application fee.
- Official transcript of all college work, undergraduate and graduate.
- Two letters of recommendation
- Creative writing sample.(a 15-25 page writing sample from any genre or genres of published/unpublished work that best demonstrates your creative ability)
- Essay response...A 3-10 page response to the following questions:
- Where are you with regard to your writing and how did you get here?
- Why Wilkes? What do you hope to accomplish in our program?
- What will you do with your program accomplishments following graduation?
Students may enter the program in either the winter (early January) or summer (late June) residency. Project terms (in the form of 15-week semesters) begin following each residency and continue for at least four months. Students selecting the "Weekender" version of the MA will receive online instruction over two weekends following each residency instead of attending the weeklong residencies in January and June.. Weekender study is allowed in lieu of the winter residency without question, but for the summer residency, in-person attendance is expected.
Students interested in the Master of Fine Arts must first complete the Master of Arts
in Creative Writing. Students in the existing M.A. may apply for admission into the
M.F.A. no earlier than the last term of the M.A.
To be accepted into the M.F.A., students must have a 3.5 in every M.A. course, write
a letter of interest to the Program Director, and be approved by the CW faculty to
continue into the M.F.A. Once in the program, students must maintain the 3.5 GPA and earn a 3.5 or better in every course to remain in the program.
Transfer Credits
Students who have earned credits from another accredited graduate program in creative writing, or who have published extensively in a particular genre, may apply for 3-9 transfer credits into the Wilkes program. In addition, Wilkes M.A. alums can transfer in 12 credits if they wish to earn a second MA in a different genre, leaving them with 18 credits to earn for that second Master's degree. An applicant with a master's degree in Creative Writing at an accredited university and/or book publications/produced work with reputable publishers/producers may petition for a direct admission into our MFA program (requiring 30 total credits).
Degree Requirements
(30 credit hour minimum)
The Master of Arts in Creative Writing is a 30-credit, low-residency program in seven tracks, one of which will appear on the graduate's M.A. diploma: fiction / poetry / screenwriting / playwriting / creative nonfiction / publishing / spoken word.
The Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (49 credit hours minimum = 30 credits MA course + 19 credits MFA courses). There is no Weekender option for the MFA courses.
BA/MA ("4+1")
Undergraduates at partner institutions hoping to attend a graduate program in creative writing after graduation may "double count" 9 credits of undergraduate and graduate instruction as a way of saving one semester's tuition in the Wilkes MA program. Qualified students would take CW 501R, the introductory residency, in person, followed by any two of the following online Foundations courses during their senior year: CW 502: Writing Fiction; CW 503: Writing Poetry; CW 504: Writing Screenplays; CW 505: Writing Plays; CW 506: Writing Nonfiction (3 credits each). Upon completion of these courses the undergraduate may apply for admission into the Wilkes graduate program with one semester's worth of transfer credit. Such students must meet all the same requirements as all other applicants in terms of demonstrated talent, ability, and dedication.Using the BA/MA (4+1) option, students will be able to complete the M.A. in a single year and the MFA (if qualfied) in two years. Contact the program administrators at 570-458-4547 for further information
Term = Weeklong Residency Followed by Semester Study
All graduate creative writing programs include two components, Residencies and Project Semesters — which are outlined below. Specific credit requirements for the degree and certificate follow this discussion.
- Residencies are week-long on-campus courses that include workshops, faculty lectures, readings, performances, class discussions, and panel discussions as well as student readings. This is a time to plan project work and meet with instructors and the program director. The following courses are residencies: CW-501R, CW-510R, CW-516R, and the capstone, CW-525R. Minimum required: 4, including capstone. The M.F.A. requires one additional residency - CW-616R - and one two-day workshop CW-650. Residencies are held the first full week of January and the third week of June each year.
- Weekender option: Students may opt to complete any of the winter MA residencies by receiving online instruction for two weekends immediately following the residency and responding to videorecorded panels and readings from the residency. Weekender students must notify the program administrators at least one month in advance of the residency of their intentions to attend the Weekender sessions in lieu of the residency. Weekender attendance is allowed without explantion every winter residency, but students must appeal to the director for permission to attend Weekender classes as a substitute for the summer residency
- Semesters are four-month periods spent writing and reading, beginning with foundation courses in two genre areas and ending with the thesis semester. The following courses are project courses: CW-502, CW-503, CW-504, CW-505, CW-506, CW-512, CW-514, and [[CW- 520]]. Minimum foundations courses: 2; Minimum project terms: 3. All of these courses are delivered online. The Master of Fine Arts requires the following additional online courses - CW-612, CW-614, and CW-620.
Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Degree Requirements:
Students first complete the 3-semester MA in Creative Writing before continuing on (following a Letter of Interest and acceptance from the program director) to the MFA for two additional semesters.
MFA = 49 Credits (30 credits from the MA in Creative Writing + 19 additional credits)
Students continuing on to the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing will revise their Master of Arts thesis based on the feedback of their outside reader (an agent, editor, director, or producer) to produce a publishable manuscript, or begin a new project in the same genre or a different genre from their MA thesis. Additionally, they will produce and present a literary analysis paper, complete a term-long internship in teaching or publishing, and submit a final portfolio that chronicles their work in the entire program, all of which demonstrate their understanding and utilization of their literary tradition and the best practices of teaching pedagogy or the publishing/writing industry.
First MFA Semester: CW 612: Literary Analysis (6 credits)
MFA Residency: CW 616R (3 credits)
Second MFA Semester: CW 614: Project Revision (3 credits) and CW 620: Intership in Creative Writing (6 credits)
Final MFA Residency: CW 650R (1 credit)
CW 612: Literary Analysis
Acknowledging and understanding the diverse forms, styles, and ongoing tradition of the student's chosen literary genre.
At the completion of this course, students will be able to:
- describe the breadth and depth of knowledge of the historical context and tradition of the range of forms, conventions, and styles within their selected major area.
- demonstrate an understanding of the literary tradition and where their own work lives within that literary spectrum.
- demonstrate mastery of literary analysis by writing a formal MFA level extensive craft paper (25+ pages).
- demonstrate a mastery of an oral presentation that is a cutting of the extensive formal essay (15 minutes).
CW 620: Internship in Creative Writing
Students will either teach creative writing or intern at a publisher or writing organization.
At the completion of this course, students will be able to:
- demonstrate an understanding of how best to teach or work in a variety of artists-in-residency or publishing venues.
- demonstrate competency in the best practices of teaching creative writing or in the business of supporting writers and their work in a publishing or writing organization.
- demonstrate mastery of genre-specific elements at all levels, both to teach and to model those elements.
CW 650: The Professional Writer
An abbreviated (2-day) residency workshop on the Life of a Writer, post-MFA: querying and submitting to agents and editors; marketing your work; networking among readers and writers; literary citizenship; making money as a writer.
The Final MFA Portfolio
At the end of the student's MFA experience they will submit a final portfolio, demonstrating their understanding of the best practices of effective teaching and sustaining creative work,including the ability to critique and facilitate the creative work of others honestly and vigorously while continuing to produce one's own creative work.
Final M.F.A. portfolio will include:
- revised M.A. thesis (or a new project in the same or a different genre);
- 25-50 page craft chapter or essay;
- copies of materials developed and written during the internship;
- final annotated bibliography of readings from the entire program;
- final summary of program work vis-à-vis a self-analysis paper.
At the completion of this program, students will be able to:
- understand the legal and ethical standards and the practical issues of the teaching or publishing profession, and demonstrate that knowledge in the residencies and portfolio work of the program;
- demonstrate competency in the best practices of creative writing pedagogy or the business practices of the publishing industry;
- demonstrate advanced writing competency in their own creative work;
- demonstrate an advanced knowledge of contemporary literature in their area of study in an oral and written presentation of their analysis of assigned texts.
MFA Residency #1 (same as MA Residency #4)
Students will begin the MFA coursework during the final MA residency, known as the Capstone residency (CW 525R), by attending additional modules taught by faculty with advanced degrees. Students will receive a formal reading list from their CW 612 faculty and develop their analysis plan in those meetings.
Project Term #1 -CW 612. Literary Analysis
6 Credits
Reading, analyzing, and preparing an extensive (25-50 page) graduate paper that demonstrates the students' understanding of the history, tradition, various forms, and diverse styles of contemporary literature in one area of study--fiction, creative nonfiction, film, drama, or poetry. Reading list will be provided by the faculty and students' approach to their essays must be approved by faculty mentor and the Program Director. A formal presentation of this essay will take place at the subsequent residency, CW 616R.
CW 614. Revision Term
3 credits
Students will either continue to work with a faculty mentor to revise their MA creative thesis and prepare it for publication/production OR begin a new project, either building upon the strengths of the Master of Arts thesis or in a new genre previously studied in the first (Foundations) MA semester. This course may be taken alongside CW 612 in this term or alongside CW 620 in the final term.
Residency #2 -- CW 616R. Writing in Education/Publishing
3 Credits/Residency Course
Students will be required to make a formal presentation of their CW 612 literary analysis essay. Students will complete work generated by team-taught modules to prepare them for an internship in teaching, publishing, or a writing organization. They will meet with peers and faculty to create and deliver mini-lesson plans for proposed courses or a study plan in publishing or some other writing organization. Such work must draw upon the best practices of the industry. By week's end, students will have an internship plan and internship supervisor assigned to them.
Project Term #2 -- CW 620. Practicum
6 Credits
Students will either teach creative writing or intern with a writing organization such as a magazine, small press, or literary agency. Students will document their work by way of portfolios and will be supervised by a faculty mentor. In whatever experience students select, they must demonstrate student contact hours of no fewer than 40 hours per term for teaching and 20 hours per week for internships with writing organizations. Students will present a final analysis of their teaching or publishing experience at term's end.
CW 630. Continuous Registration
1-6 Credits
This optional course allows students to continually register when needed for further revision in preparation of their final project or to experience an independent study in a second genre.
Creative Writing
CW-501. R. Foundations of Creative Writing
Orientation to the program; lessons in five genres; craft lessons; alumni panels; faculty panels; workshops; readings.
CW-502. Writing Fiction
This is an intermediate course in writing fiction. Students will study, explore, and practice the process, form, and discipline of writing fiction. Students will write and analyze a variety of short fiction samples that demonstrates their understanding of basic fiction elements, point of view, and narrative style.
CW-503. Writing Poetry
This is an intermediate course in writing poetry. Students will study, explore, and practice the process, form, and discipline of writing poetry. Students will write and analyze a variety of poems that demonstrate their understanding of basic poetic elements, diverse forms, and poetic style.
CW-504. Writing Screenplays
This is an intermediate course in writing screenplays. Students will study, explore, and practice the process, form, and discipline of writing screenplays. Students will write and analyze a variety of scenes that demonstrate your understanding of basic film design, diverse forms, and cinematic styles.
CW-505. Writing Plays
An intermediate level course in writing plays. Students will explore, study and practice the process, forms, and discipline of writing all forms of stage plays. Students will write and analyze a variety of scenes and short plays that demonstrate their understanding of the basic stage elements, theatrical conversations, and dramatic forms.
CW-506. Writing Creative Non-Fiction
This is an intermediate level course in writing creative nonfiction. Students will explore, study and practice the process, forms, and discipline of writing all forms of creative nonfiction. Students will write and analyze a variety of short creative nonfiction samples that demonstrate their understanding of basic narrative elements, point of view, factual research, and narrative prose styles.
CW-510. R. Planning the Writing Life
Students create project outlines and writing proposals for drafting new work in the major field of study area. Courses in research methods; lessons in craft, community, and career; intro to oral interpretation for writers; lectures and required readings; meetings with faculty mentors.
CW-512. Genre and Context
CW 512F. Genre and Context in Fiction
Students will read, analyze, critique, and discuss in-depth their agreed upon fiction
reading list with a mentor writer. Individually the student will write responses to
each assigned text and complete an annotated bibliography (of the reading list approved
by the writer mentor).
CW 512P. Genre and Context in Poetry
Students will read, analyze, critique, and discuss in-depth their agreed upon poetry
reading list with a mentor writer. Individually the student will write responses to
each assigned text and complete an annotated bibliography (of the reading list approved
by the writer mentor).
CW 512S. Genre and Context in Screenwriting
Students will read and view, analyze, critique, and discuss in-depth their agreed
upon film reading list with a mentor writer. Individually the student will write responses
to each assigned text and complete an annotated bibliography (of the reading list
approved by the writer mentor).
CW 512L. Genre and Context in Playwriting
Students will read and view, analyze, critique, and discuss in-depth their agreed
upon playwriting reading list with a mentor writer. Individually the student will
write responses to each assigned text and complete an annotated bibliography (of the
reading list approved by the writer mentor).
CW 512N. Genre and Context in Nonfiction.
Students will read, analyze, critique, and discuss in-depth their agreed upon nonfiction
reading list with a mentor writer. Individually the student will write responses to
each assigned text and complete an annotated bibliography (of the reading list approved
by the writer mentor).
CW 512U. Genre and Context in Publishing.
Students will research, analyze, critique, and discuss in-depth their agreed upon
publishing house list with a mentor editor/publisher. Individually the student will
write responses to each assigned company and complete an annotated bibliography (of
the list approved by the writer mentor).
CW 512D. Genre and Context in Making Documentary Films
Students will read and view, analyze, critique, and discuss in-depth their agreed
upon documentary film reading/viewing list with a mentor filmmaker. Individually the
student will write responses to each assigned text and complete an annotated bibliography
(of the reading list approved by the mentor).
CW-514. Drafting Project
CW 514F. Drafting Project in Fiction
Students will complete a draft of a new work in fiction that may include a novel,
story collection, linked story collection, or novella. All proposed projects must
be approved by the writer mentor and program director.
CW 514P. Drafting Project in Poetry
Students will complete a draft of a new work in poetry that may include a chapbook,
collection, or novel in verse. All proposed projects must be approved by the writer
mentor and program director.
CW 514S. Drafting Project in Screenwriting
Students will complete a draft of a new work in screenwriting that may include many
of various feature-length film genres. All proposed projects must be approved by
the writer mentor and program director.
CW 514L. Drafting Project in Playwriting
Students will complete a draft of a new work in playwriting that may include a full-length
play, an extended one-act, or a collection of one-act plays. All proposed projects
must be approved by the writer mentor and program director.
CW 514N. Drafting Project in Nonfiction
Students will complete a draft of a new work in nonfiction that may include a collection
of essays, memoir, biography, or another related nonfiction form. All proposed projects
must be approved by the writer mentor and program director.
CW 514U. Drafting Project in Publishing
Students will complete a draft of an overall business plan, mission, goals statements,
and creative strategy to build their own publishing company, journal, or other approved
publishing project. All proposed projects must be approved by the mentor and program
director.
CW 514D. Drafting Project in Making Documentary Films
Students will complete the research, writing, and preliminary filming for a documentary
film project. All proposed projects must be approved by the mentor and program director.
CW-516. R. Project/Thesis Plan
Students in CW 516 will participate in a workshop prior to the residency, to get feedback on their writing in CW 514. They will attend the Capstone readings, craft lessons, a workshop on “The Long Form” and an Oral Interpretation class, as well as preparing for, and (at the end of the week participating in) a “pitch” session with agents and editors to help them to narrow the focus of their thesis project.
CW-520. Final Project
CW 520F. Final Project/Fiction Thesis
CW 520P. Final Project/Poetry Thesis
CW 520S. Final Project/Screenwriting Thesis
CW 520L. Final Project/Playwriting Thesis
CW 520N. Final Project/Nonfiction Thesis
CW 520U. Final Project/Publishing Thesis
Students will revise, polish, and prepare their final M.A. project for review by an outside evaluator who will be an agent, producer, publisher, or editor, depending upon the course project. All proposed projects must be approved by the mentor and program director.
CW-525. R. Masters Capstone
The final presentation and public reading of each M.A. students' completed writing project. Each work will receive a written critique and final reading by an agent, editor, producer, or director. This residency week will include several seminars and workshops aimed at moving the individual project towards its appropriate public venue.
CW-530. Continuous Registration
This course allows students to continually register where needed for further revision in preparation of their final project. Students must continually register until revisions are complete or they complete the required capstone.
CW-612. Literary Analysis
Reading and analyzing full-length works in one genre, and writing an extensive graduate
essay (25-50 pages) that demonstrates the student's understanding of the history,
tradition, various forms, and diverse styles of contemporary literature in one area
of study-fiction, creative nonfiction, film, drama, or poetry--focusing on a particular
theme or craft element. Reading list will be provided by the faculty and students'
essays' approach must be approved by faculty mentor and
the Program Director. Must follow MFA format, include an annotated bibliography.
Students present a formal 15-minute presentation at the subsequent residency to complete
this course.
CW-614. Revision Term
Students will have the opportunity to continue to work with a faculty mentor to revise their creative thesis and prepare it for publication/production OR begin a new project, built upon the strengths of the Master of Arts thesis.
CW-616. R. Writing in Education/Publishing
Students will be required to make a formal paper presentation during this residency to complete CW 612. Students will complete work generated by team-taught modules to prepare them for either a teaching or publishing internship. They will meet with peers, mentoring faculty and create and deliver mini-lesson plans for proposed courses or a study plan in publishing. Such work must be drawn upon the best practices of the pedagogy of teaching creative writing or working in publishing in a variety of settings. Students will continue to sharpen their own oral and writing skills as they build an acceptable syllabus, course materials/internship goals for an internship and sample lessons/work plan by week's end. By week's end, students will have an internship experience and internship supervisor assigned to them.
CW-620. Writing in Education/Publishing Internship
Students will be required to teach creative writing in one or several various educational venues OR complete an internship with a magazine, small press, literary agency or other writing organization. Students will document their work through student portfolios and will be supervised by a faculty mentor. In whatever experience students select, they must demonstrate student contact hours of no fewer than 40 hours per term for teaching and 20 hours per week for publishing/writing organization internships. Students will present a final analysis of their teaching or publishing experience in writing and orally at term's end.
CW-630. Continuous Registration
This course allows students to continually register where needed for further revision in preparation of their final project. Students must continually register until revisions are complete or they complete the required capstone.