MA in Creative Writing & Literature
for educators
a low residency program
During the three-day residencies students live on campus where they meet with instructors and participate in activities such as lectures, critical workshops, generative workshops, panel discussions, analysis seminars, and readings. There also are several hours of unscheduled time for writing and revision.
All students must begin the program by attending the residency that precedes their first semester course(s).
A schedule for a typical Residency might look something like this:
Friday 6/25
9:00 –10:30 Registration and Orientation
10:30 - 12:00 Students meet with Reading Like a Writer instructors
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 2:30 Generative Workshops (choice of: Fiction/Poetry/CNF/)
2:30 – 4:00 Panel: The Readerly vs. The Writerly – Meaning and How
4:00 – 5:30 Students meet with first Lit Course instructors
6:30 – 7:30 Dinner
Evening: Directed Reading Discussion
Saturday 6/26
9:00 –10:30 Students meet with first Creative Writing & Critiquing instructors
10:30 - 12:00 Workshops: Strategies and Methods for Workshops
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 2:30 Creative Workshops (student work)
2:30 – 4:00 Students meet with 2nd Lit Course instructors
4:00 – 5:30 Lecture: The Writer:The Critic
6:30 – 7:30 Dinner
Evening: Faculty Reading
Sunday 6/27
9:30 –11:00 Students meet with 2nd Creative Writing & Critiquing instructors
11:00 - 12:30 Panel: TBA
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 3:00 Students meet with 3rd Creative Writing & Critiquing instructors
3:00 – 4:00 Wrap-up – Q&A
The Residencies are held at our campus in Madison, NJ in late June
Residencies
