Program Description

The bachelor of fine arts (BFA) in creative writing offers opportunities for students to write, edit, publish, and develop both craft and technique in small workshops. Courses include fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction genres and special topics such as fantasy and science fiction. Majors also choose from a wide variety of literature electives to build an individualized program of study.

The BFA provides a foundation for a professional life as a writer or advanced study in graduate school. Students take 45 hours, including Composition I and II, and demonstrate proficiency at the intermediate level of a modern language.

Career Opportunites by Degree

• Writer
• Editor
• Publisher
• High school teacher
• College professor

Springs of Helicon Literary Magazine

Creative writing students serve as editors of the Springs of Helicon literary magazine. One issue is published per academic year both online and in print, and it offers the staff opportunities to design a perfect-bound, professionally-printed literature and art journal, learn the editing and publication process from start to finish, and publish their short stories, poems, plays, and essays. The literary magazine class also includes publication workshops for creative writing majors to explore national journals and submit their stories or poems. Most BFA students publish in distinguished magazines before they graduate.