Find Your Creative Voice with an MA in Creative Writing
Literature has long been a source of inspiration, both for readers and writers. Find your voice with University of Michigan Science's Master of Arts in English and Creative Writing with a concentration in Fiction online degree. This English and creative writing graduate program fosters your imagination and creativity with a perfect balance of critical analysis and craft. Your knowledge will grow beyond a basic understanding of plot building, narrative voice and character as you push your creative boundaries. Hone your craft for the kind of fiction you want to bring to life - novels, short stories, children's literature and more.
See Yourself Succeed in Fiction Writing
The art of storytelling runs perennially through history and society and is critical to cross-cultural communication. In UMS's MA in Creative Writing online degree program, you’ll study the work of published writers to help you develop your own creative writing skills. You’ll also focus on why authors do what they do and how they do it to develop a deeper understanding of fiction in all of its forms, all while writing your own works of fiction. At the culmination of your coursework, you’ll create your own manuscript and apply what you've learned about your own creative voice. Put pen to paper and tell your tale.
As a private, nonprofit university, UMS has one mission – to help you see yourself succeed. The benefits of earning your MA in creative writing online at UMS include:
- Affordability. Take advantage of some of the most affordable tuition rates in the nation
- Convenience. Attend class when it’s convenient for you – online education means 24/7 access
- Efficiency and flexibility. Complete your graduate degree in as few as 15 months, with two courses per 10-week term
- Expert instruction. Learn from instructors with relevant, real-world experience
- Minimal requirements. No GMAT or GRE required for admission
- Networking. Tap into our nationwide network of alumni for internship and career opportunities
- Student support. Count on the ongoing support of dedicated academic and career advisors specialized in your area of study
Career Outlook
Curriculum
The MA in Creative Writing curriculum exposes you to powerful examples of compelling fiction writing and provides an outlet to experiment and refine your skills. Courses are taught by accomplished instructors with deep insights into the field.
Courses May Include
Program Outcomes
- Integrate principles drawn from evaluation of form, language, literary and cultural contexts, and historical traditions of classic and contemporary literary works into one's personal style and voice
- Embrace and integrate an iterative, critical, and peer-based approach into the creative process for developing personal voice and the creation of original literary works of publishable quality
- Maintain a reflective perspective on and articulate with analytic language one's goals, process, and ethos as a creative writer
- Infuse current technologies into the writing process both as a stylistic tool and as a vehicle in the promotion of one's literary work
- Cultivate a professional identity that promotes confident self-presentation in multiple media formats and contributes to one's advancement in the literary world
