Included below are documents you may want to refer to or need to complete during your program. Many have been discussed in English 672, Research and Publication in Creative Writing, during your first spring in residence. Copies can be printed from this site or gotten from the department secretary, Department Graduate Director, or College of Graduate Studies.

Checklist of Required Courses for MFA

Creative Writing Schedule, current or upcoming year (proposed)

Creative Writing Course Descriptions, current or upcoming

Other course schedules and descriptions, by track

Sample Long-term Calendars: 2-year, 3-year, 6-year

MFA Comprehensive Exam Guidelines 2008-2011

Sample reading list for a fiction writer
Sample reading list for a creative nonfiction writer
Sample reading list for a poet

English Department Forms:

Plan of Study Form
Plan of Study Transfer Form
Graduate Assistantship Application
Comprehensive Exam Application
Graduate Student Conference Application

Thesis Proposal Guidelines and Sample Thesis Proposal

Thesis Format and Style Guidelines

Thesis and Thesis Readings Instructions

Scheduled readings for Spring 2008

Thesis Crunch-Time tips

College of Graduate Studies Graduation Deadlines

College of Graduate Studies Forms

 

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