M.F.A. in Creative Writing
A two-year program in which the student works closely with a member of the Creative Writing Faculty on a creative writing thesis project. Notre Dame’s writing faculty is distinguished not by its size, but by its quality. This program takes advantage of Notre Dame’s widely published resident creative writing faculty: Cornelius Eady, Joyelle McSweeney, Orlando Menes, William O’Rourke, Valerie Sayers, and Steve Tomasula.
Principal Requirements for the M.F.A.
- 36 credit hours (24 hours of course work), including three writing seminars, four semesters of thesis preparation, and four literature courses
- A thesis project: Usually a novel, a collection of short stories, a volume of poetry, or a work of literary nonfiction