Program Description

The program offers advanced course work in the following major concentration areas: technical and professional writing, literary writing, and writing theory and pedagogy. Students apply to the program at large and, upon admission, select one of the three concentration areas. The program offers sufficient flexibility for students to switch from one concentration to another, to begin their studies undecided about concentration, or to fulfill course requirements in two concentration areas.

Courses in the Master of Arts in Writing are currently offered at DePaul's Lincoln Park and Naperville campuses. Students may complete their degree requirements with courses taken at either location.

Combining work in two core areas with a major concentration appropriate to a student's professional and creative interests, the Master of Arts in Writing program offers theoretical and practical approaches to the study of writing within the broad context of a liberal arts degree. The program seeks to meet the needs of a wide range of students, including the following:

• Professionals for whom writing is an essential component of their work.
• Aspiring professional writers.
• Teachers of writing at the secondary and post-secondary levels.
• Students with interests in creative writing, including prose fiction and nonfiction, poetry, and dramatic works.
• Students seeking a master's-level foundation for further graduate work in English, rhetoric and composition, creative writing, and related fields.
• Returning students desiring an advanced degree in a liberal arts field