An advanced Independent study with a faculty member chosen as the thesis advisor. The student works one-on-one with the MFA thesis advisor to revise and develop a body of original, publishable writing resulting in the completion of the required Master's thesis. The creative work will be produced in the student's admitted genre with an emphasis that encourages writers to identify and explore in their creative work the complex influences of place, the natural world, and the environmental imagination. In addition, students prepare to offer a reading from their work to the community during the fifth and final graduation residency.
Prerequisites
Admission into the MFA program and the Emphasis In Environmental Writing, plus Writing I and II courses in the students selected genre (fiction, poetry, nonfiction), and CRW 620 Environmental Writing I.