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Creative Writing Undergraduate Major (BA, HBA)

BABachelor of Arts in Creative WritingFunding not verified

Overview

A 180-credit BA (or Honors BA) with introductory courses in fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry, upper-division and advanced workshops in chosen genres, and literature courses. The catalog lists it at Corvallis and through Ecampus.

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

Dedicated Creative Writing undergraduate major (BA, HBA), separate from the English major.

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

We list dedicated creative writing degrees only. Eligibility rules

Curriculum, genres and faculty

Genres

FictionPoetryCreative Nonfiction

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

Workshops

Other

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”.

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

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We do not publish acceptance rates or estimate competitiveness: programs rarely publish comparable figures.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.oregonstate.edu/college-departments/liberal-arts/school-writing-literature-film/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 9, 2026
  2. catalog.oregonstate.edu/college-departments/liberal-arts/school-writing-literature-film/creative-wri — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 9, 2026

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