The Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Creative Writing offers a comprehensive learning experience for aspiring writers.
Creative Writing majors develops skills in fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction. Students have opportunities to study with talented writers on Marshall’s faculty and share their own writing in workshops with other writers.
This degree helps strengthen skills in communication, analysis and critical thinking. These are skills that are valuable for a career in writing—and important to professional work across a wide range of fields.
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The Marshall University Writing Center, where students can work with specially trained writing tutors, is a tremendous resource for Creative Writing majors to sharpen their writing skills. Advanced Creative Writing students can apply to tutor at the Writing Center, gaining solid professional experience.
Our curriculum allows you to tailor your studies to align with specific interests and career goals—whether it’s creative writing, editing, publishing, screenwriting or other writing-intensive fields.
Junior and senior level writing workshops help students develop their writing in a collaborative workshop setting.
Through the Creative Writing bachelor’s degree program, students develop skills in critical thinking and analysis, communicating clearly, writing effectively and more, all of which serve as excellent preparation for work in a variety of fields. A Creative Writing major can lead to much more than writing books, although Marshall graduates certainly do this, too.
- Authors
- Business owners
- Editors
- Journalists
- Lawyers
- Teachers