Overview

The Writing Seminars / The Writing Seminars is located in Baltimore, MD, in an urban setting.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree	Concentration
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)	Fiction writing
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)	Poetry

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Master's Degrees	8

Earning Your Degree

Part-time study available?	No
Evening/weekend programs available?	No
Distance learning programs available?	No

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Master's Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE General Test (recommended), GRE Subject Test (recommended), foreign language exam 1 Foreign Language Thesis Required Foreign language exam (MFA)

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

198

Applied

15

Accepted

8

Enrolled

Applying

75

Application Fee - Domestic

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Application Deadlines

Type	Domestic	International	Priority date
Fall deadline	December 15th	December 15th	No

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Master's Degree Exam	GRE General Test (recommended), GRE Subject Test (recommended), foreign language exam
Master's Degree Requirements	Sample of written work, 3 letters of recommendation, transcripts of all college/university course work

International Students

Exam	Details
TOEFL: Required	TOEFL Paper score: 600 TOEFL IBT score: 100

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Financial award applicants must submit:	FAFSA
Application deadlines for financial awards	March 1
Types of financial support available	Research Assistantships Teaching Assistantships Health Care Benefits Institutionally-sponsored Loans Scholarship and/or loans Tuition waivers for student who do not receive fellowships or assistantships Federal Work-Study

Student Body

16

Total Graduate Students

Not Reported

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Gender

Male (37%)

Female (62%)

Faculty

14

Total faculty

Full-time - 14

Part-time - 0

Male (8)

Female (6)

Research

Focus of faculty research:	Contemporary fiction and poetry, film history, literary criticism, psychoanalysis
Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:	0

Location & Contact

Address 3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD  21218
United States

Contact David Yezzi
Associate Professor and Chair
Email: dyezzi@jhu.edu
Phone: 410-516-3409

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