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.
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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 CREATIVE NONFICTION WRITING -Masterworks: Creative Nonfiction -Writing Creative Nonfiction -Writing the Personal Essay -Writing the Memoir 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 FICTION WRITING -Masterworks: Fiction -Writing Fiction -Writing the Short Story -Writing the Novella CONCENTRATION COURSES • 16 QTR. HRS PROFESSIONAL POETRY WRITING -Masterworks: Poetry -Writing Poetry -Writing Traditional Verse and Contemporary Song Lyrics -Writing Improvisational Verse and Prose Poetry
2020/2021 TUITION
APPLICATION MATERIALS
Master’s Degree $35,040 Graduate Certificate $17,520 Specialized Certificate $11,680
• Application • Official Transcripts • Writing Sample
ADMISSION • A regionally accredited baccalaureate • 2.5 GPA (or equivalent) No GRE or GMAT required for admission because we believe test scores don’t tell the whole story.
• Personal Statement (master’s only) • Resume (master’s only)
No application fee! University College is committed to educational access, and given the difficult circumstances currently impacting millions of people, we are waiving application fees.
DEADLINES FALL 2020
SPRING 2021
Application Deadline July 31 Classes Start September 14
Application Deadline February 12 We allow our students to take up to Classes Start March 29 three classes before they have to submit their completed application. SUMMER 2021 Ask about starting as a non-degree Application Deadline April 30 student! Classes Start June 14
WINTER 2021 Application Deadline November 6 Classes Start January 4
Chris Heriza Enrollment Manager 303.871.4785 chris.heriza@du.edu
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