- Director: Dr.
Robert A. Fink: Box 15114, HSU, Abilene, TX 79698: rfink@hsutx.edu
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- Type of Degree: Traditional Literary Study and Creative Writing
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- Required Course of Study:
33 semester hours
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- English 6392 Thesis: A creative thesis; i.e., a book of poetry, a
novel, or a collection of short stories. The author will provide
an extensive critical introduction and works cited for his or
her book. 3 s/hrs. After the thesis has been completed and approved,
the student will give a public reading on the Hardin-Simmons
campus. The Director of Creative Writing will coordinate this
reading.
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- English 5315 Creative Writing Workshop:
(poetry and fiction) 3 s/hrs
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- English 5316 Advanced Creative Writing
Workshop: (poetry and fiction)
3 s/hrs
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- English 6399 Directed Studies In
Creative Writing: A writing
tutorial with the Director of
 Creative
Writing. Course title: "Poetry (or Fiction) Writing Tutorial"
3 s/hrs
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- Literature Courses: 6 s/hrs must be outside the creative writing
concentration. The candidate is expected to offer a diverse background
of study in the major.
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- Minor: 12
s/hrs may be taken in an approved minor outside the English department.
Should the student choose to minor in English, these twelve hours
usually will be literature courses.
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- English 6391 Methods Of Research:
Required of all English graduate
students 3 s/hrs
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- Acceptance Into The Creative Thesis
Program:
- Option #1: The
Director of Creative Writing will determine after the student
has completed English 5315 and English 5316 whether or not the
student is qualified to pursue the Creative Thesis option.
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- Option #2: Before
taking English 5315 and English 5316, a student seeking permission
to pursue the Creative Thesis option may submit to the Director
of Creative Writing:
- (1.) A detailed letter outlining the
student's
 educational
and writing experience and explaining the student's reasons for
wishing to pursue the Creative Thesis option at Hardin-Simmons.
- (2.) A manuscript of the student's
best recent work.
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- Manuscript requirements (one of
the following):
- Poetry:
- A grouping of ten poems, typed, single
spaced, no more than one poem per page, with each page numbered
in the upper right-hand corner, and the student's name on each
page.
- Short Story:
- Two typed, double-spaced short stories,
with each page numbered in the upper right-hand corner, and the
student's name on each page.
- Novel:
- The first two chapters (typed, double
spaced) of a novel or a novel in progress, with each page numbered
in the upper right-hand corner, and the student's name on each
page.
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- Students Must Keep A Copy Of The
Submitted Manuscript.
- Manuscripts Will Not Be Returned.
A student whose submitted manuscript
is not deemed strong enough to qualify the student to pursue
the creative thesis option may seek permission to write a creative
thesis by means of Option #1.
Financial
Aid
At this time, the Hardin-Simmons
University Department of Literature and Languages does not offer
graduate fellowships designated specifically for graduate students
pursuing an M. A. in English with Creative Writing Emphasis.
For information regarding a limited number of annually renewable
graduate teaching fellowships, contact Dr. Laura Pogue, Chair,
Department of Literature and Languages: lpogue@hsutx.edu.
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