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Creative Writing, BFA

BFABachelor of Fine Arts in Creative WritingFunding not verified

Overview

A 120-credit BFA with concentrations in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Students start as pre-BFA and gain full admission after three creative writing courses with a 3.00 GPA in them; the degree includes an internship and a capstone portfolio.

Official program name
Creative Writing, BFA
Awarded degree
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
Source: catalog.gmu.edu · verified October 9, 2026
School
Source: catalog.gmu.edu · verified October 9, 2026
Location
Fairfax, VA
Delivery / residency
Campus-basedClasses and workshops meet in person on campus throughout the program.
Source: catalog.gmu.edu · verified October 9, 2026
Study intensity
Not verified
Duration
Not verified
Required credits
Total credits: minimum 120
Source: catalog.gmu.edu · verified October 9, 2026
Teaching language
English (not separately stated)
Why this degree is listed

The catalog names the degree a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing.

Source: catalog.gmu.edu · verified October 9, 2026

We list dedicated creative writing degrees only. Eligibility rules

Curriculum, genres and faculty

Genres

FictionPoetryCreative Nonfiction

Source: catalog.gmu.edu · verified October 9, 2026

Concentrations and tracks

Internships

  • ENGH 459 Internship is a core course; students are strongly advised to complete workplace internships.
    Source: catalog.gmu.edu · verified October 9, 2026

Thesis / dissertation

  • ENGH 495 Capstone and Thesis, with a final portfolio approved by the faculty.
    Source: catalog.gmu.edu · verified October 9, 2026

Workshops

  • Fiction concentration includes ENGH 492 Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop.
    Source: catalog.gmu.edu · verified October 9, 2026

Faculty listed by the program

Faculty list: not verified. We publish this only when the school states it on an official page.

Admissions

Required, optional, waived and not-required items are shown exactly as the school states them. Anything not listed is not verified — not “not required”.
Minimum GPA
RequiredFull BFA admission requires three creative writing courses completed with a 3.00 GPA or higher in those courses; students start as pre-BFA.
Source: catalog.gmu.edu · verified October 9, 2026
Other requirement
RequiredAdmission to the university does not guarantee admission to the BFA program.
Source: catalog.gmu.edu · verified October 9, 2026

Writing portfolio

Portfolio requirements: not verified. We publish this only when the school states it on an official page.

Tests

GRE and English-language test policy: not verified. We publish this only when the school states it on an official page.

We do not publish acceptance rates or estimate competitiveness: programs rarely publish comparable figures.

Deadlines

Dates are shown with the admissions cycle the school printed. A past date is marked passed and is never carried into a new cycle.

Application deadlines: not verified. We publish this only when the school states it on an official page.

Tuition and fees

Each amount keeps its applicant category, academic year and basis. Per-credit, per-year and whole-program figures are not comparable with each other.

Tuition: not verified. We publish this only when the school states it on an official page.

Funding

We have not verified an official funding policy for this program. That does not mean funding is unavailable. “Fully funded” never means every personal expense is covered. How we classify funding

Funding not verified

Funding policy: not verified. We publish this only when the school states it on an official page.

Sources and verification

Every fact on this page comes from the official pages below. Last verified October 9, 2026.
  1. catalog.gmu.edu/colleges-schools/humanities-social-sciences/english/creative-writing-bfa/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 9, 2026
  2. catalog.gmu.edu/colleges-schools/humanities-social-sciences/english/creative-writing-mfa/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 9, 2026

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