Creative Writing MIN
Program Purpose
Learning Outcomes
Effective Presentation and Publication
Creative Writing MFA students produce work suitable for public presentation, publication, and other forms of creative expression that fit their post-graduate plans and harmonize with the aims of a BYU education.
Creative Writing MFA students produce and defend a thesis-length creative document that is characterized by its originality and excellence of expression and informed by its critical introduction and/or afterword.
Creative Writing MFA students will persuasively defend, in the oral examination, the coherence of their plan of study and their mastery of a discrete area of the discipline.
Creative Writing MFA students become life-long learners who conduct effective and ethical inquiry by asking meaningful questions about their writing practice, the literature they read and write, and the ways literature can help them gain both professional experience and spiritual insight.
Creative Writing M.F.A. students who teach composition or assist faculty in teaching courses in the English major teach their subject matter bathed in the light of the Gospel and exemplify pedagogical understanding and practice that qualifies them to teach similar courses at other colleges and universities.