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.
MASTER’S CONCENTRATION & CERTIFICATE AREAS
STACK YOUR CREDENTIALS
Professional Dramatic Writing Professional Poetry Writing Professional Creative Nonfiction Writing Professional Fiction Writing
Master’s Degree: 12 Courses (48 Credits) Graduate Certificate: 6 Courses (24 Credits) Specialized Certificate: 4 Courses (16 Credits)
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
2021/2022 TUITION
APPLICATION MATERIALS
Master’s Degree $35,712 Graduate Certificate $17,856 Specialized Certificate $11,904
• Application • Official Transcripts • Résumé
• Personal Statement (master’s only)
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.
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 SPRING 2022
FALL 2022
Application Deadline February 11 Classes Start March 28
Application Deadline July 29 Classes Start September 12
SUMMER 2022 Application Deadline April 29 Classes Start June 13
Chris Heriza Enrollment Manager 303.871.4785 chris.heriza@du.edu
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We allow our students to take up to three classes before they have to submit their completed application. WINTER 2023 Ask about starting as a non-degree Application Deadline November 4 student! Classes Start January 3
PROFESSIONAL CREATIVE WRITING
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