MASTER’S DEGREE & GRADUATE CERTIFICATES | ONLINE OR EVENINGS
PROFESSIONAL
CREATIVE WRITING Cultivate your writing skills, learn how to offer work to publishers and agents, and lay the foundation for creating a personal brand. With fellow writers, you’ll work through the whole writing process—from concept to first draft and creative revision to submission of a manuscript. You’ll craft a robust portfolio and, as part of your culminating project, research markets and prepare a finished work for submission.
STACK YOUR CREDENTIALS
MASTER’S CONCENTRATION & CERTIFICATE AREAS
Master’s Degree: 12 Courses (48 Credits) Graduate Certificate: 6 Courses (24 Credits) Specialized Certificate: 4 Courses (16 Credits)
Professional Dramatic Writing Professional Poetry Writing Professional Creative Nonfiction Writing Professional Fiction Writing ELECTIVE COURSES • 12 QTR. HRS
CORE COURSES • 20 QTR. HRS -The Writing Life -Literary Genres for Writers -The Writers Workshop -Professional Research for Creative Writers -Portfolio Capstone or Professional Creative Writing Capstone CONCENTRATION COURSES • 16 QTR. HRS PROFESSIONAL DRAMATIC WRITING -Masterworks: Drama -Writing Drama -Writing the Screenplay -Writing for Personal Performance
Choose three electives from among all courses in the Professional Creative Writing program. You may also select courses from other University College graduate programs in collaboration with your academic advisor.
CONCENTRATION COURSES • 16 QTR. HRS PROFESSIONAL CREATIVE NONFICTION WRITING -Masterworks: Creative Nonfiction -Writing Creative Nonfiction -Writing the Personal Essay -Writing the Memoir
CONCENTRATION COURSES • 16 QTR. HRS PROFESSIONAL POETRY WRITING -Masterworks: Poetry -Writing Poetry -Writing Traditional Verse and Contemporary Song Lyrics -Writing Improvisational Verse in Prose Poetry
2019/2020 TUITION
CONCENTRATION COURSES • 16 QTR. HRS PROFESSIONAL FICTION WRITING -Masterworks: Fiction -Writing Fiction -Writing the Short Story -Writing the Novella
APPLICATION MATERIALS
Master’s Degree $34,224 Graduate Certificate $17,112 Specialized Certificate $11,408 ADMISSION • A regionally accredited baccalaureate • 2.5 GPA (or equivalent)
• Application • Official Transcripts • Personal Statement (master’s only)
• Resume (master’s only) • Two References (master’s only) • Writing Sample
No GRE or GMAT required for admission because we believe test scores don’t tell the whole story.
DEADLINES WINTER 2020
SUMMER 2020
Application Deadline November 8 Classes Start January 6
Application Deadline April 24 Classes Start June 15
SPRING 2020
FALL 2020
Application Deadline February 7 Classes Start March 30
Application Deadline July 24 Classes Start September 14
Chris Heriza Enrollment Manager 303.871.4785 chris.heriza@du.edu
MISSED THE DEADLINE? We allow our students to take up to three classes before they have to submit their completed application. Ask about starting as a non-degree student.
PROFESSIONAL CREATIVE WRITING
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