Degree Requirements

Master of Fine Arts in Book Art and Creative Writing
(a minimum of 12.5 semester course credits)

BOOK 230 Artists' Books: Conceptual Approaches (1)
BOOK 236 Work in Context: Writing, Book Art, and Public Presentation (1)
BOOK 250 Thesis for MFA in Book Art and Creative Writing (2)
BOOK 261 Seminar in Professional Practice (.5)

Graduate-level creative writing concentration courses
(3 semester course credits). Choose from the following list (with approval of advisor; courses may be repeated for credit):

ENG 267 Graduate Creative Nonfiction Workshop (1)
ENG 268 Graduate Fiction Workshop (1)
ENG 270 Graduate Poetry Workshop (1)

Book art concentration courses (3 semester course credits). Choose three from the following list (with approval of advisor; courses may be repeated for credit):

BOOK 217 Visible Language: Typography, Books, and Printing (1)
BOOK 220 Bookbinding: Traditional Forms and Modern Variations (1)
BOOK 221 Bookbinding: Building the Contemporary Book (1)
BOOK 284 The Book in an Edition (1)

Electives (2 semester course credits):
May include 100- or 200-level courses in literature or interdisciplinary seminars as well as courses in other disciplines that complement the student's particular field of inquiry. Examples would include courses in music, dance, studio and intermedia art, and craft and pedagogy courses offered through the English Department.

Course Sequence

Year one

BOOK 230 Artists' Books: Conceptual Approaches (1)
Creative writing workshop 1 (1)
Book art concentration 1 (1)

Creative writing workshop 2 (1)
Book art concentration 2 (1)
Elective 1 (1)

Year two

BOOK 236 Work in Context: Writing, Book Art, and Public Presentation (1)
Book art concentration 3 (1)
Creative writing workshop 3 (1)

ENG 250 Thesis for MFA Degree (1)
BOOK 261 Seminar in Professional Practice (.5)
Elective 2 (1)

BOOK 250 Thesis for MFA in Book Art and Creative Writing (1)