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Master of Fine Arts Overview
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The Master of Fine Arts degree program in the Department of Art and Design at Purdue University provides a dynamic interdisciplinary environment in which students intensively develop and refine their artistic and/or design aesthetic under the mentorship of actively engaged artist/educators. The three-year curriculum combines theory, art/design history, and studio research courses, allowing students to form study plans according to their specific needs. Much of the coursework is completed during the first half of the program, dedicating the remainder of time to creative research and the completion of a thesis exhibition. Students also have the option of completing a formal thesis in addition to their final exhibition.
Teaching assistantships include foundation drawing and design courses, as well as some higher-level courses, and feature excellent mentoring. Full teaching assistantships (teaching two courses per semester) provide a base salary of approximately $20,000 for ten months, remission of tuition, health benefits, and in-state tuition for spouses.
The Master of Fine Arts in Art or Design requires a total of 60 credit hours: theory and research methods (6 hours), two art or design history courses (6 hours), six studio arts or design courses (18 hours), four other departmental and university electives (12 hours), and research project in studio arts or design including graduate exhibition (18 hours). Some students complete three hours of an industry internship as part of their electives.
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Six Semester Schedule
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Thesis exhibition
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Formal Thesis Option
A formal thesis may be completed with an additional 6 credit hours. Click here for more information.
Facilities and Resources
The Department of Art and Design is located in the Yue-Kong Pao Hall of Visual and Performing Arts and has additional graduate studio space less than a block away in the Forestry Products Building. Graduate students are given 24-hour access to studio spaces, computer studios, shops and lab facilities housing state-of-the-art equipment including laser cutter, CNC machine, 3-D printers, digital and professional photography labs equipment, Epson printers, silkscreen tables, lithography and etching presses, and much more. Also, the department maintains a collection of 130,000 slide images and subscriptions to professional journals and periodicals in its own Visual Resource Library. Lastly, the Purdue Gallery program offers an exhibition program as an important part of the learning experience.
Art and Design students at Purdue have the advantage of extensive campus resources and may participate in a wide variety of educational, cultural, and social events. In addition to the museums and galleries available in the Greater Lafayette area , Purdue provides convenient access to the fine arts resources of two major cities: Chicago, 123 miles to the north, and Indianapolis, 60 miles to the south.
Campus visits are welcome to those interested in our program and facilities. Please contact the Director of Graduate Studies for the Department of Art and Design [email protected] for an appointment.
Career Opportunities
Master of Fine Arts program graduates go on to pursue a broad range of distinguished careers. With professional competency in the creation and application of art or design and the transmission of knowledge of art or design disciplines, graduates are prepared to pursue various creative positions. Alumni hold positions in several branches of art and design, including museum and gallery curating, art and design education, arts administration, exhibiting artists, independent design consulting and operations, and leadership positions in major corporations.
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Graduate students are encouraged to explore conceptual issues, hybrid art forms, new technologies, reinvigorate traditional forms, and engage in critical dialogue and writing. Below are a few examples of graduate student visual works.
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Jul 26, 2024
2016-2017 University Catalog
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About the Program
Creative writing majors focus on writing poetry, fiction, or drama. In addition to the required five courses in writing, students take six or more courses in either literature or linguistics. Creative writing is appropriate for students who love to write and who do so no matter what. Many students choose to double major in creative writing and professional writing. Most students in this major want to pursue a career as a writer of poetry, drama, or fiction. Many plan to attend graduate school to hone their skill and further develop their art. Other students will take jobs in industry while pursuing their writing as an avocation. A student with an English major (including the creative writing major) learns many skills that employers find desirable, which may lead them to jobs in publishing, marketing, management, etc.
Sycamore Review , a nonprofit journal for the arts, was founded in 1988 and is published twice annually by Purdue University’s Department of English.
Books and Coffee talks (hosted by the Department of English) are held several times throughout the school year. Coffee and tea are available, followed by a half-hour talk about a selected work. The series is popular with faculty, staff, and students.
Please visit Creative Writing for more information.
Degree Requirements and Supplemental Information
The full Program Requirements for 2016-17 Creative Writing include all Supplemental Information and selective lists of those categories which a student must fulfill in order to earn their degree. These are intended to be printer-friendly, but include less descriptive course detail.
Please see below for program requirements and the necessary degree fulfillments.
English-BA CRTV 120 Credits
Liberal Arts Core Curriculum
Each liberal arts major is designed as a four-year plan of study and includes three types of courses: Major, Core, and Elective. Most students take five courses per semester, with some of each type.
Professional academic advisors meet individually with each of our students on a regular basis to help with course selection, academic planning, and career development, as well as to help students find additional resources on campus.
For the Liberal Arts Core Curriculum click here .
Departmental/Program Major Requirements (33 credits)
English majors must take ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition or ENGL 10800 - Accelerated First-Year Composition to fulfill the requirements for the CLA Core areas Written Communication.
Prerequisite
Choose one of the following 20000-level English literature courses (3 credits)
ENGL 23000 - Great Narrative Works
ENGL 23500 - Introduction To Drama
ENGL 23700 - Introduction To Poetry
ENGL 25000 - Great American Books
ENGL 25700 - Literature Of Black America
ENGL 25800 - Nobel Prize Winners In Literature
ENGL 26200 - Greek And Roman Classics In Translation
ENGL 26400 - The Bible As Literature
ENGL 26600 - World Literature: From The Beginnings To 1700 A.D.
ENGL 26700 - World Literature: From 1700 A.D. To The Present
Required Creative Writing Courses (30 credits)
Area a - writing courses from the following courses (see note below) (12 credit hours).
ENGL 31600 - Craft Of Fiction From A Writer’s Perspective or
ENGL 31700 - Craft Of Poetry From a Writer’s Perspective
ENGL 40700 - Introduction To Poetry Writing
ENGL 40900 - Introduction To Fiction Writing
ENGL 50700 - Poetry Writing
ENGL 50900 - Fiction Writing
ENGL 58900 - Directed Writing
A grade of “B-” or better is required in ENGL 20500 before attempting courses in Area A.
All Creative Writing courses except ENGL 20500 , ENGL 31600 , and ENGL 31700 may be repeated once by Creative Writing majors for credit; English ENGL 58900 may be taken only after two courses in the following list have been completed: ENGL 40700 , ENGL 40900 , ENGL 50700 , and ENGL 50900 . (The 40000 and 50000 level courses should be taken in order in any given genre; exceptions are granted by the permission of instructor.)
Area B - Literature/Linguistics Courses, at least 12 of which must be at the 30000 level or higher (18 credit hours)
ENGL 22700 - Elements Of Linguistics
ENGL 23100 - Introduction To Literature
ENGL 23200 - Thematic Studies In Literature
ENGL 23400 - Ecological Literature
ENGL 23800 - Introduction To Fiction
ENGL 24000 - Survey Of The British Literature: From The Beginnings Through The Neoclassical Period
ENGL 24100 - Survey Of The British Literature: From The Rise Of Romanticism To The Modern Period
ENGL 27600 - Shakespeare On Film
ENGL 27900 - The American Short Story In Print And Film
ENGL 28600 - The Movies
ENGL 32700 - English Language I: History And Development
ENGL 32800 - English Language II: Structure And Meaning
ENGL 32900 - English Language III: Sound And Form
ENGL 33100 - Medieval English Literature
ENGL 33300 - Renaissance English Literature
ENGL 33500 - Restoration And Eighteenth-Century English Literature
ENGL 33700 - Nineteenth-Century English Literature
ENGL 33900 - Twentieth-Century British Literature
ENGL 34100 - Topics In Science, Literature, And Culture
ENGL 35000 - Survey Of American Literature From Its Beginnings To 1865
ENGL 35100 - Survey Of American Literature From 1865 To The Post-World War II Period
ENGL 35200 - Native American Literature
ENGL 35400 - Asian American Literature
ENGL 35800 - Black Drama
ENGL 35900 - Black Women Writers
ENGL 36000 - Gender And Literature
ENGL 36500 - Literature And Imperialism
ENGL 36600 - Postcolonial Literatures
ENGL 37000 - Nineteenth-Century American Literature
ENGL 37100 - Twentieth-Century American Literature
ENGL 37300 - Science Fiction And Fantasy
ENGL 37700 - Major Modern Poetry
ENGL 37900 - The Short Story
ENGL 38100 - The British Novel
ENGL 38200 - The American Novel
ENGL 38600 - History Of Film To 1938
ENGL 38700 - History Of The Film From 1938 To The Present
ENGL 41100 - Studies In Major Authors
ENGL 41200 - Studies In Genre
ENGL 41300 - Studies In Literature And History
ENGL 41400 - Studies In Literature And Culture
ENGL 44000 - Chaucer’s Troilus And Criseyde
ENGL 44100 - Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
ENGL 44200 - Shakespeare
ENGL 44400 - Milton
ENGL 46000 - Studies In Women’s Literature
ENGL 46200 - The Bible As Literature: The Old Testament
ENGL 46300 - The Bible As Literature: The New Testament
ENGL 46600 - Cultural Encounters
ENGL 52800 - Medieval English Literature
ENGL 53100 - The Rise Of The Novel
ENGL 53200 - The English Novel In The Nineteenth Century
ENGL 53400 - Seventeenth-Century Literature
ENGL 53500 - Restoration And Early Eighteenth-Century Literature
ENGL 53800 - English Drama From The Restoration To The Modern Period
ENGL 54100 - Studies In Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
ENGL 54200 - Shakespeare’s Dramatic Art
ENGL 54300 - Shakespeare In Critical Perspective
ENGL 54400 - Milton
ENGL 54700 - British Romanticism
ENGL 54800 - Victorian Literature
ENGL 55200 - Studies In Major American Authors
ENGL 55300 - Colonial And Early American Literature
The ♦ course is considered critical. A Critical Course is one that a student must be able to pass to persist and succeed in a particular major.
Undergraduate Admissions
Creative Writing
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Creative Writing focuses on writing poetry, fiction, or drama. This major is perfect for students who love to write and who do so no matter what. Many creative writing students double major in creative writing and another area, like professional writing.
Most Creative Writing majors and minors want to have creative writing as a component of their future. As a creative writing major, you’ll learn many skills that employers find desirable, which may lead to jobs in publishing, marketing, management, and more. Other students plan to attend graduate school to hone their skills and further develop their art.
All liberal arts majors prepare students with the skills identified as contributing to managerial success: communicating and listening well, possessing insights into others, creative/critical thinking, problem solving, and the ability to make connections across complex ideas.
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Transfer to Creative Writing
Purdue admits to individual majors. Transfer students must meet Purdue's overall transfer criteria , as well as any major-specific requirements. Before you apply, check the closed programs page to confirm this major is open to transfer students. If it is, refer to the information below for major-specific transfer criteria.
Teaching assistantships in any of the composition programs, including creative writing, provide a base stipend of approximately $15,000 for ten months, remission of tuition and most fees, plus merit raises. The teaching load is usually one course per semester, and after the first year students also have the opportunity for additional teaching and pay above and beyond the base stipend. A few merit fellowships provide tax-free stipends of more than $18,000 for 12 months and remission of tuition and fees.
Teaching opportunities
Teaching assistantships available
Editorial opportunities
Many students hold editorial positions with the Sycamore Review , a nationally recognized literary journal, and some earn additional compensation beyond the teaching assistantship through one of our paid administrative positions, which include Editor-in-chief of the Sycamore Review , Managing Editor of the Sycamore Review , Visiting Writers Series Coordinator, and Assistant Program Director.
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Starting in 2021-22, the MFA Program is not accepting new cohorts of graduate students. Its undergraduate program remains robust with ~200 majors and minors.
History of the (now defunct) Purdue MFA Program. Established in 1987, the English Department's graduate program in creative writing gave poets and fiction writers the opportunity to develop their work in a supportive atmosphere which values originality and a vital literary tradition. The three-year program was small and flexible, allowing writers to design study plans according to their specific needs. With full funding for all 24 of our students and one of the best student to faculty ratios (3.5 to 1) in the country, the program ensured personal attention and a friendly writing community. Workshops and classes were completed in the first two years; the third year was dedicated to work on the thesis -- a novel or a book-length collection of poetry or fiction -- through individual tutorials with a writer chosen from our award-winning MFA. faculty.
Teaching assistantships included composition and creative writing courses, administrative positions within the program such as Assistant Director and Visiting Writers Series Coordinator and compensated editorial positions with "Sycamore Review," a nationally recognized literary journal. Accomplishments of program graduates include the Best New American Voices anthology, Best New Poets, The Nation/"Discovery" Prize, winners and finalists in the Playboy College Fiction Contest and the Atlantic Monthly College Writing Contest, numerous AWP "Intro" awards, the Loft/McKnight Prize in poetry, the Witter-Byner Fellowship, O. Henry and Pushcart Prizes, a range of state and national arts fellowships, and multiple book publications.
Contact Information
Purdue University English Department West Lafayette Indiana, United States 47907 Email: https://www.cla.purdue.edu/academic/english/undergraduate/majors/creativewriting.html
Bachelor of Arts in English/Literature +
Undergraduate program director, minor / concentration in creative writing +.
In addition, the Department of English offers a BA in Professional Writing, which is a 33 s/hr program. 12 s/hrs in literature and linguistics, 18 s/hrs in writing courses, 3-6 s/hrs in an internship in professional writing. Both degrees require immediate proficiency in a foreign language.
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CreativeWriting. Welcome! The MFA Programis being phased out, terminating in Spring 2024. Thus, we are not accepting new graduate students. Our undergraduate Creative Writingmajorsand minors continue to thrive, as you can read about here.
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MFA Program. The MFA program requires completion of thirty-six credits plus twelve thesis credits and a mid-sized book-quality manuscript written under the supervision of a committee chaired by a member of the creative writing committee. The creative writing concentration has its own core requirements:
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CreativeWriting. College Magazine ranks Purdue’s English Department #1 in the United States, and it’s easy to see why. Our degree programs offer individualized attention and access to excellent teachers and experts who shape how people think about literature, linguistics, and writing.
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The Master of Fine Arts degree program in the Department of Art and Design at PurdueUniversity provides a dynamic interdisciplinary environment in which students intensively develop and refine their artistic and/or design aesthetic under the mentorship of actively engaged artist/educators.
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Creativewriting majors focus on writing poetry, fiction, or drama. In addition to the required five courses in writing, students take six or more courses in either literature or linguistics. Creative writing is appropriate for students who love to write and who do so no matter what.
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PurdueUniversity in West Lafayette CreativeWriting focuses on writing poetry, fiction, or drama. This major is perfect for students who love to write and who do so no matter what.
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PurdueUniversity. Degrees Offered. MFA. Genres. Fiction, Poetry. Residency type. Full. Program length. 42 semester hours. Financial Aid. Teaching assistantships in any of the composition programs, including creative writing, provide a base stipend of approximately $15,000 for ten months, remission of tuition and most fees, plus merit raises.
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The MFA in creative writing at Purdue University was informed by their administration that all funding for graduate student admissions would be immediately discontinued.
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PurdueUniversity. Starting in 2021-22, the MFA Program is not accepting new cohorts of graduate students. Its undergraduate program remains robust with ~200 majors and minors. History of the (now defunct) Purdue MFAProgram.
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Creative Writing. Welcome! The MFA Program is being phased out, terminating in Spring 2024. Thus, we are not accepting new graduate students. Our undergraduate Creative Writing majors and minors continue to thrive, as you can read about here.
MFA Program. The MFA program requires completion of thirty-six credits plus twelve thesis credits and a mid-sized book-quality manuscript written under the supervision of a committee chaired by a member of the creative writing committee. The creative writing concentration has its own core requirements:
Creative Writing. College Magazine ranks Purdue’s English Department #1 in the United States, and it’s easy to see why. Our degree programs offer individualized attention and access to excellent teachers and experts who shape how people think about literature, linguistics, and writing.
The Master of Fine Arts degree program in the Department of Art and Design at Purdue University provides a dynamic interdisciplinary environment in which students intensively develop and refine their artistic and/or design aesthetic under the mentorship of actively engaged artist/educators.
Creative writing majors focus on writing poetry, fiction, or drama. In addition to the required five courses in writing, students take six or more courses in either literature or linguistics. Creative writing is appropriate for students who love to write and who do so no matter what.
Purdue University in West Lafayette Creative Writing focuses on writing poetry, fiction, or drama. This major is perfect for students who love to write and who do so no matter what.
Purdue University. Degrees Offered. MFA. Genres. Fiction, Poetry. Residency type. Full. Program length. 42 semester hours. Financial Aid. Teaching assistantships in any of the composition programs, including creative writing, provide a base stipend of approximately $15,000 for ten months, remission of tuition and most fees, plus merit raises.
The MFA in creative writing at Purdue University was informed by their administration that all funding for graduate student admissions would be immediately discontinued.
Purdue University. Starting in 2021-22, the MFA Program is not accepting new cohorts of graduate students. Its undergraduate program remains robust with ~200 majors and minors. History of the (now defunct) Purdue MFA Program.
Purdue Creative Writing MFA Thesis / Poetry Readings, powered by Localist, the Community Event Platform.