Bachelor of Arts in English - Creative Writing

The Letter of Specialization in Creative Writing (CW) leads students through a sequence of introductory, intermediate, and advanced courses. All creative writing courses invite students to work in various forms, styles, and modes, and they provide training in the elements of prosody and the craft of storytelling. Working with the UMass English Department's esteemed creative writing faculty, students:
Workshop their original stories, novel chapters, poems, and essays
Study deeply the craft of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction with a focus in one genre
Learn to read like writers
This specialization prepares students for successful careers as writers and equips them with important skills. Across fields and professions, few qualities are as prized among employers today as creativity and a facility with expressive written communication.
English BA is a broad introduction to American, British, and Anglophone literature. Majors develop essential professional skills, learning to write and speak well, think analytically and critically, persuasively engage audiences, and solve problems quickly. As an English major youll combinefoundation courses and electives to customize the major to your interests. While youre not required to choose a particular focus for upper-level courses, you may concentrate on one area of literature or choose a specialization in American studies, creative writing, professional writing and technical communication, digital humanities and games, environmental humanities, literature as history, social justice, the study and practice of writing, teaching the English language arts, or an individualized option.

Official high school transcript (grades 9 -11)
Official transcripts for all completed college coursework
Letter of recommendation
TOEFL: minimum composite score of 80 no subscore lower than 20
IELTS: minimum composite score of 6.5 on the academic test with no subscore lower than 6.0 (We will not accept paper IELTS test report forms).