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Creative Writing Major

BABachelor of Arts (BA) in Creative WritingFunding not verified

Overview

An undergraduate BA major in creative writing. After introductory and mid-level prerequisite courses, students apply to the major, take three upper-level workshops, study at least two genres, complete a textual studies requirement, and finish with a mentored capstone project.

Official program name
Creative Writing Major
Awarded degree
Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Creative Writing
Source: oberlin.edu · verified October 9, 2026
School
Source: oberlin.edu · verified October 9, 2026
Location
Oberlin, OH
Delivery / residency
Campus-basedClasses and workshops meet in person on campus throughout the program.
Source: oberlin.edu · verified October 9, 2026
Study intensity
Not verified
Duration
Not verified
Required credits
Not verified
Teaching language
English (not separately stated)
Why this degree is listed

Creative Writing is an independent major (not a concentration in another department) and the program page lists the Bachelor of Arts as its degree.

Source: oberlin.edu · verified October 9, 2026

We list dedicated creative writing degrees only. Eligibility rules

Curriculum, genres and faculty

Genres

PoetryFictionCreative NonfictionPlaywritingLiterary TranslationScreenwritingCross-Genre / Interdisciplinary

Source: oberlin.edu · verified October 9, 2026

Workshops

  • Admitted majors take a series of three intensive, low-enrollment upper-level workshops.
    Source: oberlin.edu · verified October 9, 2026

Craft courses

  • Majors must take Creative Writing courses in at least two genres.
    Source: oberlin.edu · verified October 9, 2026

Literature courses

  • A textual studies requirement covers close reading and interpretation of literature.
    Source: oberlin.edu · verified October 9, 2026

Thesis / dissertation

  • The major ends with a mentored capstone project completed in a seminar with other capstone students.
    Source: oberlin.edu · verified October 9, 2026

Community and outreach

  • Writers in the Schools (WITS) places students in local schools; the program cites a partnership with Langston Middle School in Oberlin.
    Source: oberlin.edu · verified October 9, 2026

Teaching opportunities

  • Third- and fourth-year majors and minors can apply to serve as teaching assistants in Creative Writing courses.
    Source: oberlin.edu · verified October 9, 2026

Readings and visiting writers

  • Visiting writers give campus readings, master classes, craft workshops, and individual consultations.
    Source: oberlin.edu · verified October 9, 2026

Faculty listed by the program

  • Chanda Feldman — Department Chair; Eric and Jane Nord Associate Professor of Creative Writing
  • Ghassan Abou-Zeineddine — Associate Professor of Creative Writing
  • Emily Barton — Associate Professor of Creative Writing
  • Brendan Beseth — Lecturer of Creative Writing and Cinema & Media Studies
  • Jon Conley — Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing
  • Tom Hopkins — Senior Lecturer of Creative Writing
  • Cameron Lange — Lecturer of Creative Writing
  • Uche Okonkwo — Assistant Professor of Creative Writing
  • Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers — Assistant Professor of Creative Writing
  • Clara Rosarius — Lecturer of Creative Writing
  • Jacquelyn Stolos — Assistant Professor

As listed on the program's official page on October 9, 2026. Listing does not mean a faculty member is teaching or supervising new students in a given year.

Source: oberlin.edu · verified October 9, 2026

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”.
Other requirement
RequiredAdmission to the major is by internal application after completing the prerequisite courses.
Source: oberlin.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 deadline

    October 27, 2026 · for Spring 2027 (internal application to the major)

    Source: oberlin.edu · verified October 9, 2026
    Upcoming

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.
CategoryAmountBasis and year
All students — Oberlin College tuitionFrom the school's rate table for this level$70,320per academic year · 2026-2027Source: oberlin.edu · verified October 9, 2026

Other published fees

Fees (include a refundable $50 Green Fee)
$1,142 per academic yearMandatory
Source: oberlin.edu · verified October 9, 2026

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.

Named scholarships, fellowships and assistantships

Sources and verification

Every fact on this page comes from the official pages below. Last verified October 9, 2026.
  1. oberlin.edu/admissions-and-aid/tuition-and-fees — Official tuition and fees page, verified October 9, 2026
  2. oberlin.edu/arts-and-sciences/departments/creative-writing — Official program page, verified October 9, 2026
  3. oberlin.edu/arts-and-sciences/departments/creative-writing/applications-and-deadlines — Official program page, verified October 9, 2026
  4. oberlin.edu/arts-and-sciences/departments/creative-writing/contests-awards — Official program page, verified October 9, 2026
  5. oberlin.edu/arts-and-sciences/departments/creative-writing/curriculum — Official program page, verified October 9, 2026
  6. oberlin.edu/arts-and-sciences/departments/creative-writing/engaged-creative-writing — Official program page, verified October 9, 2026
  7. oberlin.edu/arts-and-sciences/departments/creative-writing/faculty-list — Official program page, verified October 9, 2026

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