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Creative Nonfiction Writing Learning Outcomes
Enrollment Paused as of September 2025.
Creative Nonfiction Writing MFA Student Learning Outcomes
The MFA in Creative Nonfiction focuses on skills in writing, editing, literary analysis, and group feedback and critique, and on the knowledge of current trends in publishing and teaching. Students will:
- Develop and hone skills in writing, editing, and revision in creative nonfiction
- Recognize and write within literary genres of creative nonfiction including specific emphases on women’s stories, travel and food, and spiritual nourishment
- Demonstrate a good reading knowledge of classic and contemporary nonfiction literature and how the student’s own work fits within that literary tradition.
- Analyze and write with care about literary texts of considerable difficulty
- Recognize critical positions and literary arguments, including the student’s own critical and aesthetic position
- Demonstrate the ability to read and respond thoughtfully and critically to work by other MFA students
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to perform effectively in the online classroom setting
- Demonstrate understanding of the theory and practice of literary publishing, including the practice of submitting work to literary journals and/or publishing houses