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150<br />
M.F.A. in Creative Writing<br />
<strong>Butler</strong>’s M.F.A. in Creative Writing is a 30-hour<br />
studio program designed for students seeking<br />
to enhance their creative and professional<br />
proficiency in the literary arts. The program<br />
features eight three-credit courses and six hours<br />
of formal thesis work with an advisor. We offer<br />
workshops in poetry, fiction, nonfiction,<br />
electives in screenwriting, teaching creative<br />
writing, alternative forms, graphic novel, young<br />
adult fiction, poetic craft and literary editing<br />
and publishing. Students can also take upperlevel<br />
courses in English, or in other departments,<br />
as part of their education.<br />
The program features access to a combination<br />
of top-flight, full-time faculty and prominent<br />
visiting faculty, including the Booth Tarkington<br />
Writer-in-Residence. Through the Vivian S.<br />
Delbrook Visiting Writer’s Series, students<br />
attend readings and small question-and-answer<br />
sessions with nationally and internationally<br />
recognized writers. The program also operates<br />
a literary magazine, Booth (www.booth.edu),<br />
which offers students a variety of editorial<br />
and teaching mentorship opportunities, and<br />
sponsors a rich variety of community programs<br />
through the new Efroymson Center for<br />
Creative Writing.<br />
M.F.A. Courses<br />
EN501, Graduate Seminar Special Topic:<br />
(U/G)(3). Fall and spring.<br />
EN502, Graduate Prose Workshop: Graduate<br />
level creative writing workshop in one of the<br />
following prose forms: fiction (novel, short<br />
story or mixed); creative nonfiction; children’s/<br />
young adult; screenwriting; graphic novel;<br />
or open genre. (G)(3). Fall and spring.<br />
EN503, Graduate Poetry Workshop:<br />
Graduate level creative writing workshop<br />
in poetry. (G)(3). Fall and spring.<br />
EN505, Literary Editing and Publishing:<br />
Students will gain practical experience in editing,<br />
layout and production of literary journals, as<br />
well as publicity and promotion. Students will<br />
also examine the broader field of literary publications,<br />
various types of editing, and ethical<br />
questions in contemporary publishing. (U/G)<br />
(3). Every two years.<br />
<strong>Butler</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
Gender, Women and<br />
Sexuality Studies<br />
Administration<br />
Vivian Deno, Ph.D., director<br />
Assistant Professor<br />
Brooke Beloso, Ph.D.<br />
Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies<br />
provides an interdisciplinary setting in which<br />
students can examine gender—the social meaning<br />
of the distinction between the sexes—and<br />
sexuality—sexual identities, discourses, and<br />
institutions—as they intersect with race, class,<br />
ethnicity, nationality, and transnational<br />
movements.<br />
In required courses, students will analyze<br />
gender and sexuality from a variety of academic<br />
fields, and they will explore the theoretical<br />
and historical basis of such study. Upperdivision<br />
electives are chosen from at least three<br />
disciplines, allowing students to pursue their<br />
inquiries in more depth without narrowing<br />
their focus to a single field. Internships provide<br />
students with the option to apply theoretical<br />
knowledge to work and/or community-based<br />
learning opportunities.<br />
Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies is an<br />
excellent complement to all majors at <strong>Butler</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong>, regardless of whether the student<br />
plans to attend graduate school or seek out<br />
employment immediately after graduation. For<br />
students interested in graduate school, Gender,<br />
Women and Sexuality Studies provides a strong<br />
foundation in women’s and gender studies, as<br />
well as for advanced work in any academic discipline<br />
that lends itself to gender critique. For<br />
students interested in entering the work force,<br />
Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies students<br />
are well equipped to work in a diverse and multicultural<br />
world, an attribute today’s employers<br />
are seeking in a variety of professions and<br />
occupations, including public administration,<br />
social services, business, the arts, law, medicine,<br />
social work, anthropology, journalism, media<br />
and criminology.<br />
Requirements for a major in Gender, Women<br />
and Sexuality Studies:<br />
Required Courses<br />
GWS102 Intersections of Identity: Gender,<br />
Race, Class and Sexuality (3 hrs)<br />
GWS202 Resistance for Social Change (3 hrs)<br />
GWS304 Feminist and Queer Theory (3 hrs)<br />
Transnational Requirement — Select two of the<br />
following (6 hrs)