Creative Writing, BFA
Anything is possible in the worlds that you create.
Creative Writing – Bachelor of Fine Arts
Creative Writing, BFA
Offered as a Bachelor of Fine Arts Major
The BFA in Creative Writing at SOU is a structured sequence of workshops and seminars with fiction, poetry, and non-fiction at its core. Electives can be chosen from a wide range of relevant fields including songwriting, playwriting, digital composition, comics, and more, giving students the opportunity to interact with visual artists, musicians, digital innovators, and others within the larger arts complex at SOU. The Emergent Forms reading series brings in different writers each quarter (past guests include Lyn Hejinian, Douglas Kearney, Joshua Clover, Dodie Bellamy, Clark Coolidge, Sandra Simonds, Rodrigo Toscano, Chris Nealon, Catherine Wagner, and many other stars of the contemporary writing scene). Seniors collaborate to produce Main Squeeze, the student literary magazine. The BFA degree culminates in a capstone project that showcases students’ work and creates a powerful centerpiece for their portfolios as they move on to the next phases of their careers.
Degree Fit
Program Preparation
The BFA in Creative Writing is designed for students who have a inner passion for writing and want to take their skills to the next level. If writing is your one true love, then this is the place for you to flourish.
Degree Roadmap
Through the course of the Creative Writing program, students learn to develop their own styles, to communicate original ideas clearly, and to present their understanding of themselves and the larger world through cogent, expressive writing in a variety of forms. They study established traditions as well as emerging content and methods. Students are encouraged to be curious, adaptive, and flexible to develop lifelong habits to generate good work and remain current in a changing market.
Capstone
The capstone is the culmination of the BFA degree where students create a body of written work, drawing on readings, research, and experience with close faculty mentorship and critique with the class cohort. The result is a polished portfolio piece that serves as a springboard to the next step, be it the professional world or graduate school.
Guided Pathways
Contact: David Bithell – 541.552.7033 – bithelld@sou.edu
Associate Degree Paths
AAOT English Interest, RCC – AAT English, RCC – AAOT English Flightpath, UCC
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Similar Minors & Certificates
Creative Writing, Minor – Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, Certificate
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Sample Graduate Degrees
MFA in Creative Writing, UO – MFA in Creative Writing, OSU – MFA in Creative Writing, PNCA
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Contact Creative Writing
SOU Creative Writing Program
1250 Siskiyou Blvd.
Ashland, OR 97520
541.552.6101
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