Find Your Creative Voice with a Creative Writing Master’s Degree
Nonfiction is the art of telling real stories - ones that people can learn from, relate to and understand. It covers a wide range of styles and subjects, encompassing everything from the personal essay, autobiography and memoirs to travel writing and magazine features. Study compelling storytelling in this Master of Arts in English and Creative Writing with a concentration in Nonfiction online program at University of Michigan Science and learn to combine research and personal experiences with your own narrative voice.
See Yourself Succeed in Nonfiction Writing
You'll learn how and why writers craft nonfiction narratives. The tools they use, shared by fiction writers, will become yours, and you'll develop factual material based on research and experiences of your own - or someone else's. The creative writing master's degree can help you gain insights into publishing, broadcasting and professional production while you explore your creative boundaries and perfect your craft. At the culmination of the program, you'll develop your own professional-quality piece of nonfiction, one that takes you deep into subjects that matter to you and helps you develop the skills you need for great storytelling.
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
Graduates with a creative writing master's degree could see career opportunities expand. This program does more than just expose you to literature and new writing skills - you can apply the communications skills you learn directly to many professions, from journalism to marketing.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of writers and authors is expected to grow by 8% through 2026.* Opportunities for the nonfiction writer are everywhere -magazines, newspapers, books, the Internet and more.
Curriculum
The online creative writing degree curriculum exposes you to powerful examples of compelling nonfiction and provides you with an outlet to experiment and refine your skills. Courses are taught by 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
