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Degree Requirements

The MFA degree with an Arts & Cultural Management emphasis is a 39-credit hour program that allows students to also earn a Graduate Certificate in Arts & Cultural Management. To earn the degree and certificate, students must complete:

• 12 credit hours of MFA Workshops in their genre (fiction or poetry)
• 15 credits hours of Arts & Cultural Management (ARCM) courses
• 3 credit hours of a Literature course elective
• 3 credit hours of a Creative Writing course elective 
• 6 credit hours of thesis, working under the mentorship of a faculty advisor
• Final thesis and an oral defense

Students interested in the MFA degree with the ARCM curriculum emphasis will need to apply to the Arts & Cultural Management Graduate Certificate program after they have been officially admitted to the MFA program. For questions concerning ARCM, please contact Dr. Kate Keeney, ARCM Director (keeneykp@cofc.edu)