Email: english@bgsu.edu
This fully-online graduate certificate program is designed for creative writers seeking to sharpen their skills and work toward publishable fiction and/or poetry, and for teachers seeking to improve and enhance their pedagogy of Creative Writing. Through a foundational course in techniques followed by workshop classes in which original creative work is read and critiqued, students will complete and revise a body of work under the guidance of experienced teachers and authors from Bowling Green State University’s acclaimed Creative Writing Program.
Admission Requirements
Additional Documents Required:
- Statement of Purpose* - should identify the program for which admission is sought and explain preparation for the program, the purpose for enrolling in it, and professional goals relevant to the program
- Writing Sample - submit 8 to 10 double-spaced pages of prose or 5 pages of poetry. Applicants currently admitted in the English: Individualized Track - MA (Online) at Bowling Green State University need only submit a Statement of Purpose. Please contact adaezoo@bgsu.edu to request your Writing Sample waiver (if you were admitted to the English: Individualized Track - MA (Online) at BGSU).
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Admissions Categories and Grade Point Average Requirements
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