Admission Requirements
Admission to the program is limited. Eligible to apply are:
Applicants with a BA or other degree in hand
Senior undergraduates in the BA or other degree
Individuals without a degree who can provide a portfolio of written work.
All applicants must demonstrate proficiency in writing by means of a portfolio
submitted with the application. This may be a collection of work completed in
English 2010, 2700, 3817, 3900, 3901, or another intensive writing course above
the first-year level; or it may be a collection of work published in a newspaper/student newspaper or carried out for a community organization.
The portfolio must be accompanied by a statement from a professor or other competent authority attesting that the contents are the student’s own work.
Applicants intending to take English 3910 (Investigative Writing) normally are encouraged to include in the portfolio a sample of student journalism or other non-academic analysis/reporting.
Applicants should check the pre-requisites for courses they wish to take.
The applicant must also provide a letter of application; students and graduates must provide a degree transcript (completed or in progress).
Note: Students who wish to take a Creative Writing course as part of the program will also submit a separate portfolio of work in the relevant genre to the instructor of that course.
