Department of Literature, Languages, Writing, and Humanities

The FDU Department of Literature, Languages, Writing, and Humanities offers a 30-credit, low residency MA in Creative Writing and Literature for Educators is the only program of its kind in the world. Designed for working teachers, courses are offered online so you can easily fit them into your busy teaching schedule.

The Master of Arts in Creative Writing and Literature for Educators is a unique program that will nurture your writing skills while providing practical tools to be a more confident, constructive, and versatile teacher of creative writing in the K-12 classroom.

As a student in the program, you will also become a master interpreter of literature and be able to apply creative approaches and assignments to spark your students' engagement with, and deeper thinking about, challenging texts. You’ll also exchange information and experiences with fellow teachers from across the nation who are enrolled in the program.

The MA in Creative Writing and Literature for Educators will allow you to study with faculty who are published authors and National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalists.

The highlight of our program is the three-day summer residency where we’ll introduce you to a lifelong network of educators and writers. The annual residency is held on FDU’s beautiful Florham Campus in Madison, NJ (38 miles from New York City), where you’ll take part in intensive workshops, work with a distinguished visiting writer, and get to know your professors and fellow students.

This program does not require GRE test scores for admission.

NOTE: FDU also offers an MFA in Creative Writing through the School of the Arts.

Certificate in Professional and Technical Writing

A certificate program is also available for students seeking to further develop their writing skills for a professional environment. The Professional and Technical Writing Certificate is designed to build the writing skills that are essential to both career advancement as well as everyday life. Employers cite solid written communication skills among the top qualities they value at every level. In this program, you will learn how to develop writing skills that are compelling, effective and audience-specific — whether you are creating emails, letters and text messages or PowerPoint presentations, reports and other written communications.

Offered 100% online, the certificate consists of the following four noncredit courses:

Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing
Advanced Grammar and Editing for Professional and Online Writing
Digital Writing and Multimedia
Information and the Workplace: Training 21st-Century Information Seekers

To learn more about the certificate, contact Matthieu Boyd, Department Chair.

For more information, visit FDU Graduate Admissions, or email us directly at grad@fdu.edu.

Welcome. I'm Matthieu Boyd, chair of the department of literature, languages, writing and humanities. And I look forward to meeting you. We are one of the most diverse departments on campus. We will teach you to write at the college level, and beyond. We'll teach you languages. We will read and discuss ethics, and philosophy, and literature. The department of literature, languages, writing and humanities is about the study of language, writing, thinking and culture. Our low residency MFA in creative writing and literature for educators is the only one of its kind in the world. It's a program designed for working teachers. That takes a traditional MA in English or literature, and an MFA in Creative Writing, and gives you the best of both in a seven course package. The courses are online, and are designed to be compatible with a busy teaching schedule.Yyou can take them on your own schedule. They cover fiction, poetry, drama, and creative non-fiction. The courses also showcase creative approaches to analyzing literature and teaching creative writing in the K to 12 classroom. The program includes a three day summer residency here on our beautiful Florham campus with intensive workshops, a distinguished visiting writer, and time to get to know your fellow students. The MA introduces you to a lifelong network of educators and writers. Our low residency MA in Creative Writing and Literature for educators is the only one of its kind in the world. The certificate in Professional and Technical Writing is a new program designed for anyone from new grads to mid-career professionals, who wants to build a stronger resume in one of the areas that employers consistently rank at the top of the list of things they look for in prospective employees. To write well, with style and clarity in a professional context. We want to get to know you and to work with you to shape the education you want to achieve your goals. FDU faculty come from all over Europe, Asia, Latin America, and have trained at some of the most distinguished universities on earth. And we are here at FDU, because we want to teach you. I and the faculty in the department of literature, languages, writing and humanities can't wait to meet you. For more information, go to our website. And please don't hesitate to email me at "mwboyd"-- M-W-B-O-Y-D @fdu.edu. We are interested in what interests you. We want to hear about what you're reading, watching and listening to, and what's on your mind these days. And to discuss with you how FDU can shape an education that will serve you in your whole life to come.

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