Return to: USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Writing Program courses are designed to help students develop practices of reading, writing and critical reasoning that are necessary for success in academic and professional discourse. Writing Program pedagogy emphasizes small classes and frequent conferences in order to provide the highly individuated instruction and careful feedback necessary to extend the writing process and enhance the rhetorical judgment of each student. To meet the university’s writing requirement, students must complete WRIT 150 (or its equivalent) and an advanced writing course, WRIT 340 . Jefferson Building 150 (JEF 150, mc 1293) (213) 740-1980 FAX: (213) 740-4100 Email: [email protected] dornsife.usc.edu/writing-program Director: Norah Ashe-McNalley, PhD Associate Directors: Jeffrey Chisum, PhD; Mariko Dawson Zare, PhD Professor (Teaching): Mark Marino, PhD Associate Professors (Teaching): Norah Ashe, PhD; Jennifer S. Bankard, PhD; Stephanie Bower, PhD; Michael Bunn, PhD; Jessica Cantiello, PhD; LauraAnne Carroll-Adler, PhD; Jeffrey Chisum, PhD; James Condon VII, PhD; Andrew De Silva, MPW; Elizabeth Durst, PhD; William Feuer, PhD; Farida Habeeb, PhD; Nathalie Joseph, PhD; Stephen Mack, PhD; Matthew Manson, PhD; Amy Meyereson, MPW; Indra Mukhopadhyay, PhD; John Murray, EdD; Daniel Pecchenino, PhD; Shefali Rajamannar, PhD; Eric Rawson, PhD; Sandra Ross, MA; Deborah Sims, PhD; Scott Smith, PhD; David Tomkins, PhD; Robert Waller Jr., MPW; Ellen Wayland-Smith, PhD; William Wyatt, MPW Assistant Professors (Teaching): Emily Artiano, PhD; Justin Bibler, PhD; Tamara Black, PhD; Amanda Bloom, PhD; Ryan Boyd, PhD; Brent Chappelow, PhD; James Clements, PhD; Nicholas De Dominic, MFA; Carlos Delgado, MFA; Daniel Dissinger, PhD; Antonio Elefano, JD; Amber Foster, PhD; Rochelle Gold, PhD; Amanda Hobmeier, PhD; Ashley Karlin, PhD; Meridith Kruse, PhD; Rory Lukins, PhD; P.T. McNiff, MPW; Sarah Mesle, PhD; Cory Nelson, PhD; Vanessa Osborne, PhD; Benjamin Pack, MPW; Leah Pate, PhD; Steve Posner, MPW; DeAnna Rivera, JD; Daniel Pecchenino, PhD; Steve Posner, MPW; DeAnna Rivera, JD; Alisa Sanchez, PhD; Atia Sattar, PhD; Anne Schindel, PhD; Mary Traester, PhD Lecturers: Christ Belcher, MFA; William Gorski, PhD; Taiyaba Husain, MFA; Jessi Johnson, MPW; Shana Kraynak, PhD; Kate Levin, MFA; Dana Milstein, PhD; Chris Muniz, PhD; Tanvi Patel, PhD; Stephanie Payne, MFA; Jessica Piazza, PhD; Michelle Rosado, PhD; Isabel Sobral Campos, PhD; Patti Taylor, PhD Lower-Division RequirementWRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic Approaches focuses on the rhetorical principles and techniques necessary for successful college-level writing. Special attention is paid to critical thinking and reading, sentence-level fluency, research techniques, and the elements of academic argument and reasoning. WRIT 150 will not satisfy the lower-division writing requirement if taken on a Pass/No Pass basis. Advanced Writing RequirementAll students at USC, except those who satisfy their general education requirements through the Thematic Option Program, must complete WRIT 340 Advanced Writing , an upper-division course designed to help students write on topics related to their disciplinary or professional interests. Students usually enroll in WRIT 340 in their junior year, and may not take the course earlier than their sophomore year. Different schools within the university offer sections of this course. Students should consult their major departments to determine which version of WRIT 340 best complements their program of study. WRIT 340 will not satisfy the university’s advanced writing requirement if taken on a Pass/No Pass basis. All classes that meet the university’s advanced writing requirement teach students to write clear, grammatical, well-structured prose; to discover and convey complex ideas critically; and to appreciate the nuances of effective argumentation. The principal aim of the requirement is to develop a student’s capacity to formulate thoughtful and compelling writing for specific academic, professional and public audiences. Preparatory Course WorkSome students are better served by taking a preparatory course before they enroll in WRIT 150 . Entering freshmen who score below a specified level on the verbal portion of the SAT take the University Writing Examination. Based on the results of this examination, certain students enroll in WRIT 120 Introduction to College Writing or WRIT 121 Introduction to College Writing in a Second Language during their first semester at USC. International students take the University Writing Examination after having completed any course work required by the American Language Institute. Transfer CreditStudents may complete the lower-division requirement by completing an equivalent second-semester composition course that is taken for a letter grade option (not Pass/No Pass) at another institution after high school graduation and prior to enrolling at USC. Equivalent transfer credit is determined by the university’s articulation officer. The advanced writing requirement must be completed at USC. Time LimitsStudents should complete the lower-division writing course requirement by the end of their first year at USC and must complete it before they enroll in their 65th unit. Transfer students who have not completed the lower-division requirement prior to entering USC should enroll in WRIT 150 during their first semester at USC, and must enroll in WRIT 150 no later than their 19th unit (second semester) at USC. Writing Program
MFA in Creative WritingAbout the ProgramOur innovative MFA program includes both studio instruction and literature courses. Writers can take workshop courses in any genre, and they can write a thesis in fiction, nonfiction, poetry or “hybrid” (multi-genre) form. In the second year, they teach popular Creative Writing courses to Davis undergraduates under faculty supervision, gaining valuable experience and sharing their insight and enthusiasm with beginning practitioners. Questions? Contact: Sarah Yunus Graduate Program Coordinator, MFA Program in Creative Writing [email protected] Pronouns: she/her Admissions and Online Application Events, Prizes, and Resources
At UC Davis, we offer you the ability to fund your MFA. In fact, all students admitted to the program are guaranteed full funding in the second year of study, when students serve as teachers of Introduction to Creative Writing (English 5) and receive, in exchange, tuition and health insurance remission as well as a monthly stipend (second year students who come to Davis from out of state are expected to establish residency during their first year). We have a more limited amount of resources – teaching assistantships, research assistantships, and out of state tuition wavers – allocated to us for first year students, but in recent years, we’ve had excellent luck funding our accepted first years. We help students who do not receive English department funding help themselves by posting job announcements from other departments during the spring and summer leading up to their arrival. We are proud to say that over the course of the last twenty years, nearly every incoming student has wound up with at least partial funding (including a tuition waiver and health insurance coverage) by the time classes begin in the fall. We have other resources for students, too – like the Miller Fund, which supports attendance for our writers at any single writer’s workshop or conference. Students have used these funds to attend well-known conferences like AWP, Writing By Writers, and the Tin House Conference. The Davis Humanities Institute offers a fellowship that first year students can apply for to fund their writing projects. Admitted students are also considered for University-wide fellowships. Cost of Attendance
The M.F.A. at Davis is a two-year program on the quarter system (our academic year consists of three sessions of ten-week courses that run from the end of September until mid-June). The program includes classes and a thesis project. It requires diverse, multidisciplinary study and offers excellent mentorship. Writers concentrate in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or “hybrid” (multi-genre) forms. They take at least four graduate workshops, and they’re required to take one workshop outside their primary genre (many of our students choose to take even more). Writers at Davis also take graduate courses in literature from abundant options, including the program’s Seminars for Writers. Writers can also take graduate courses in literary study taught by scholars in the English Department. And many of our writers enroll in courses relevant to their work in other departments like art history, comparative literature, linguistics, and performance studies. At the end of the first year, writers form a thesis committee with a Director and two additional readers from the faculty. In the second year, writers at Davis concentrate on Individual Study units with these mentors, working closely with their committee to create a book-length creative work. Writers present their projects at intimate, intense, celebratory defense in May with all members of their committee in attendance.
We’re a new MFA, but we’ve been a successful and respected Creative Writing Program since 1975—a “sleeper” program, as one guide to MFA programs called us. The people who founded the CW program at UC Davis were all lovers and teachers of literature, and chose to call the program an MA, rather than an MFA because they wanted to ensure that the degree would not be seen as a “studio” degree but one in which the study of literature was integral. In the 1980’s and 1990’s, most often under the leadership of Jack Hicks and Alan Williamson, the program emphasized writing on the American West and the wilderness. Our high profile faculty included Sandra McPherson, Gary Snyder, Sandra Gilbert, Clarence Major, Katherine Vaz, Elizabeth Tallent, Max Byrd, and Louis Owens. We also created an introductory sequence of workshops taught by graduate students, which has become one of the highlights of the program for the second years who teach the courses and the undergraduates who take them. There’s more to teaching these courses than learning to teach; teaching helps our writers understand their own writing in ways that no other aspect of a writing program can do. Pam Houston joined the program in the early 2000’s and she led a faculty that included Lynn Freed and Yiyun Li. As an MFA, we remain a place that values sustained literary study as core to the making of art, but we’re also allowing our vision of genre to expand and embrace the other arts and media. The town of Davis began as "Davisville," a small stop on the Southern Pacific railway between Sacramento and the Bay Area. Some of our graduate students choose to live in Sacramento or the Bay Area, making use of the commute-by-train option, which is still very much in place. For those commuting by car, Davis is a 15-25 minute drive from Sacramento and a 60-90 minute drive from the Bay Area. Students also choose to live in Davis itself, which CNN once ranked the second most educated city in the US. Davis is a college town of about 75,000 people. Orchards, farms and ranches border it on all sides. The town boasts a legendary twice-weekly farmers market (complete with delicious food trucks and live music). Bike and walking paths lead everywhere (many students prefer not to own a car while they are here) and there are copious amounts of planned green space in every subdivision. The flatness of the land makes Davis ideal for biking, and the city over the past 5 decades has installed bike lanes and bike racks all over town. In fact, in 2006, Bicycling Magazine , in its compilation of "America's Best Biking Cities," named Davis the best small town for cycling. Packed with coffee houses, bookstores, and restaurants that serve cuisine from every continent, Downtown Davis has a casual vibe. It’s a great place to hole up and write. Davis is filled with hard wood trees, and flower and vegetable gardens, and wild ducks and turkeys walk the campus as if they own the place. It’s a gentle place to live. Although summers get quite hot, the other three seasons are mild, and each, in their own way, quite beautiful. For more about the town, check out the Davis Wikipedia page . Woodland and Winters, two small towns close by to Davis, are also options for housing—and they’re good options for those who are not so desirous of the college town scene. Yet another option is to live in the scenic rural areas Davis is surrounded by. To the west of Davis, Lake Berryessa and the Napa valley are close by. To the east, the Sierra mountains are close by; Reno and Tahoe are just a couple hours drive in that direction. Jump to Content Jump to Resources MFA – Creative WritingAdmission | Required Coursework | MFA Faculty | Visiting Writers Series | RipRap | FAQs Since the late 1960s, California State University, Long Beach has promoted the value and significance of creative writing as part of its educational mission. Building on a thriving undergraduate program, CSULB welcomed its first class of MFA students in Creative Writing in 1995. Over 200 students have since earned their MFA degrees and a respectable number have gone on to publish in a wide range of national outlets as well as to teach at various postsecondary levels. The Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing is a terminal degree currently recognized as sufficient to qualify students for college and university teaching jobs and for positions in the publishing industry. The MFA program at CSULB is a two-year, full-time program in which students complete 48 units of coursework with professors in the Department of English. Students are expected to submit an approved thesis of creative writing midway through the spring semester of their second years. We hope this site will help guide interested applicants and newly admitted students through the process of becoming part of a distinct community of writers in Southern California. 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Applicants must submit a supplemental application and materials to the Graduate Writing for Screen and Television Program. For specific instructions, contact the Cinematic Arts Office of Admission, University Park, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2211, (213) 740-8358 or online at cinema.usc.edu.A total of 44 units is required. A minimum of 30 units must ...
Writing for Screen and Television (MFA) - USC. Updated: Monday, August 5, at 9 a.m. PT. USC's University Park Campus is open to students, faculty, staff, registered guests and known vendors with confirmation of work. If arriving by car, via public transit or on foot, entry is available at: McCarthy Way and Figueroa Street (24/7); McClintock ...
The Master of Fine Arts degree in Writing for Screen and Television, is an intensive two-year degree program that concentrates on writing for narrative film and television. During the course of their studies, students benefit from a wide array of internship and mentorship opportunities available as a result of the university's close links to ...
The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Writing for Screen & Television is a unique, four-year program for students who want a real career in screen and television writing. Students work with talented writers from around the globe in small workshop-style classes, learn from top minds in the industry and working professionals, and intern at top companies ...
USC Dornsife PhD in Creative Writing & Literature. IN ADDITION TO COURSEWORK, students have the opportunity to participate in Ph.D. student-run projects such as The Loudest Voice, a reading series, and Gold Line Press, a publisher of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry chapbooks.. Though known for its competitive sports teams, USC also organizes an array of stimulating events throughout the year ...
Submit an SDA SlideRoom Application. The following materials are required in order to be considered for admission in the USC School of Dramatic Arts. Please be sure to upload all materials via SlideRoom. Resume or Curriculum Vitae (CV): Your resume should include any and all performance activities. If you would like, you may also add any other ...
Here are the details of our admission criteria, application process, and funding. Applications are due by January 15. The MFA is a three-year, 45-hour program, culminating in a book-length creative thesis. Our signature creative writing outreach program sends MFA students to local public schools to teach poetry and fiction to kids.
The Master of Fine Arts in Dramatic Writing (MFADW) at the USC School of Dramatic Arts provides students with the foundation to not only build a fruitful career, but to further discover and develop their own authentic voice. At the heart of this program, the MFADW teaches playwriting first and foremost, then expands into adaptation ...
In addition to our Ph.D. in English Literature, USC English is one of a very small group of institutions in America to offer a combined Ph.D. in Creative Writing and Literature.Students admitted to this track take a series of writing workshops taught by our internationally renowned creative writing faculty and graduate literature seminars with their cohorts in the literature track.
There are no admission interviews but applicants may be contacted for more information or clarification of submitted materials. The committee ensures that all applicants are judged equitably by limiting evaluation to the items listed. You must submit the SlideRoom Application titled: "Graduate Writing for Screen & Television MFA Program".
The program provides dual emphasis in literature and creative writing, culminating in the dissertation, which combines critical analysis with creative originality. ... (second semester for students who enter with an MA or MFA degree or near equivalent), the student will sit for a departmental examination, which is part of a comprehensive ...
The tuition-free MFA programs will allow the university to more competitively recruit extraordinarily gifted creatives who bring distinct stories and experiences to stage and screen with no financial barriers. The MFA programs serve 30 students, and 100% of them had been receiving financial assistance through scholarships or grants.
The MFA Program in Writing welcomes brave and innovative writers and encourages the formation of mutually-supportive, inspiring literary communities. The program is small, with typically 4 to 8 new students admitted and funded each year. The intimate nature of the program allows students to work very closely with writing faculty and each other ...
The Master of Fine Arts degree in Writing for Screen and Television, is an intensive two-year degree program that concentrates on writing for narrative film and television. During the course of their studies, students benefit from a wide array of internship and mentorship opportunities available as a result of the university's close links to ...
The USC MFA Design studios are housed in the Roski Graduate Building, a 15,000-square-foot retrofitted hub for artists, designers and scholars that encourages collaboration and cross-pollination. The building also serves as the site for most Roski public programming, including artist and designer talks. In the Graduate Building, you'll have ...
This is an attempt at creating an objective ranking of graduate creative writing programs. For further and more detailed information on how the scores are generated see the methodology ... MFA: NC: University of Southern California: 4266: 6100: 2433: 0: Fiction, Poetry, CNF: PhD: CA: University of Wisconsin Madison: 4266: 3600: 766: 100 ...
University of Southern California. Los Angeles, CA. https://dornsife.usc.edu/cwphd. School notes Degrees Offered. PhD. Genres. Fiction, Poetry, CNF. Residency type. Full. Program length. 64 units (5 years) Financial Aid. Students admitted to the Ph.D. program in Creative Writing and Literature receive financial support and assistance in the ...
Welcome to English! When the Great Library of Alexandria burned, it wasn't just 40,000 scrolls that were lost; entire imaginative universes went up in smoke. Literature supplies the materials we use to build and remake worlds. And it allows us to reimagine the world - as it was, is and might be. To major in English is to connect the deepest ...
Equivalent transfer credit is determined by the university's articulation officer. The advanced writing requirement must be completed at USC. Time Limits. Students should complete the lower-division writing course requirement by the end of their first year at USC and must complete it before they enroll in their 65th unit.
Contact: Sarah Yunus Graduate Program Coordinator, MFA Program in Creative Writing [email protected] Pronouns: she/her. Admissions and Online Application. Faculty. Events, Prizes, and Resources. Funding Your MFA. At UC Davis, we offer you the ability to fund your MFA. In fact, all students admitted to the program are guaranteed full funding in ...
An English degree can help prepare you for a career in entertainment, journalism, business, technology, law, medicine, public policy, or many other fields. Because of this, many of our students combine English with other majors for a double major. While students cannot double major in Literature and Creative Writing, since they each belong to ...
The Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing is a terminal degree currently recognized as sufficient to qualify students for college and university teaching jobs and for positions in the publishing industry. The MFA program at CSULB is a two-year, full-time program in which students complete 48 units of coursework with professors in the ...
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