Fairleigh Dickinson University - MFA Creative Writing - Low Resedency Posted on April 25th
The M.F.A. in creative writing is a low-residency program in which students work closely with mentors, who are published authors, through distance learning. They meet in person with faculty, visiting writers, and other students during two residencies held each year. Additionally, through the use of an international reading faculty, this global program allows students to receive guidance from the perspective of writers and poets throughout the world.
The M.F.A. degree is offered in three disciplines: Poetry, Fiction, and Creative Non-Fiction.
There are no courses in the traditional sense, but rather writing modules and residencies. Four writing modules, approximately ten weeks long, will be offered each academic year, two in the spring and two in the fall. Each module will be under the direction of a faculty mentor, with additonal advice from members of the cadre of global readers. Students also will comment on each other’s writing in on-line workshops. There are no grades, but rather a pass-fail system. Students must complete eight modules over the course of study.
The residencies take place each year in August at the Florham-Madison campus and January at the Wroxton, England, campus. Students must complete a minumum of three residency periods over the course of study. The residencies offer individual conferences with mentors and readers, group workshops, readings, and instruction by distinguished visiting writers, student talks and readings, and other professional activities.
Martin Donoff
Director, MFA in Creative Writing
Fairleigh Dickinson University
285 Madison Ave.
M-MS3-01
Madison, NJ 07940
phone: 973.443.8632
