Important: This degree plan is effective for those starting this degree program in fall 2024 through summer 2025. This degree plan will remain in effect for students who do not break enrollment or who do not change degree programs, concentrations, or cognates.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Foundational Courses
ENGL 600	Editing and Publishing	3
ENGL 601	Writing as Cultural Engagement	3
ENGL 603	Literary Theory and Practice	3
WRIT 501	Research Methods and Bibliography 1	3
Total Hours		12

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WRIT 501 should be the first course taken during the student's first semester

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Core Creative Writing Courses
WRIT 610	Writing Fiction	3
WRIT 611	Writing Poetry	3
WRIT 612	Creative Nonfiction	3
WRIT 613	Creative Screenwriting	3
Total Hours		12

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Workshop Courses
Choose six credit hours from the following courses (Workshop courses are repeatable):		6
WRIT 650	Fiction Workshop
WRIT 651	Poetry Workshop
WRIT 652	Creative Nonfiction Workshop
WRIT 653	Creative Screenwriting Workshop
Total Hours		6

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Creative Writing Elective Courses
Elective 1		3
Elective 1		3
Elective 1		3
Total Hours		9

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Choose from the following courses: WRIT 650, WRIT 651, WRIT 652, WRIT 653, any Graduate level ENGL course, or any approved writing Elective. Workshop courses are repeatable.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Thesis Courses
WRIT 688	Research Seminar	3
WRIT 689	Thesis Proposal and Research 1	3
WRIT 690	Thesis Defense	3
Total Hours		9

¹

While WRIT 689 may be taken more than once, only one enrollment in the course will be permitted to count toward degree requirements

All applicable prerequisites must be met

Graduation Requirements

• Complete 48 hours
• A maximum of 50% of the program hours may be transferred if approved and allowable, including credit from an earned degree from Liberty University on the same academic level
• 3.0 GPA
• No more than two grades of C may be applied to the degree (includes grades of C+ & C-)
• No grade of D or below may be applied to the degree (includes grades of D+ &D-)
• Degree must be completed within 5 years
• Submission of Degree Completion Application must be completed within the last semester of a student's anticipated graduation date

Program Offered in Online Format

Plan of Study Grid

First Year
First Semester		Hours
WRIT 501	Research Methods and Bibliography 1	3
ENGL 600	Editing and Publishing	3
ENGL 601	Writing as Cultural Engagement	3
WRIT 610	Writing Fiction	3
	Hours	12
Second Semester
WRIT 611	Writing Poetry	3
WRIT 612	Creative Nonfiction	3
WRIT 613	Creative Screenwriting	3
ENGL 603	Literary Theory and Practice	3
	Hours	12
Second Year
First Semester
WRIT 688	Research Seminar	3
Creative Writing Elective 2		3
Creative Writing Elective 2		3
WRIT Elective 3		3
	Hours	12
Second Semester
Creative Writing Elective 2		3
Creative Writing Elective 2		3
WRIT 689	Thesis Proposal and Research 4	3
	Hours	9
Third Year
First Semester
WRIT 690	Thesis Defense	3
	Hours	3
	Total Hours	48

¹

WRIT 501 should be the first course taken during the student's first semester.

²

Choose from the following courses: any Graduate level ENGL course, or WRIT 650, 651, 652, 653, or any approved writing Elective. Workshops are repeatable.

³

Choose one of the following courses: WRIT 650, 651, 652, or 653. Workshops are repeatable. 

⁴

While WRIT 689 may be taken more than once, only one enrollment in the course will be permitted to count toward degree requirements.