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Creative Writing B.F.A.

BFABachelor of Fine Arts - Creative WritingFunding not verified

Overview

An undergraduate BFA requiring 46-60 major credits: literature courses, introductory workshops in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, three upper-division creative writing courses including a 400-level workshop, a capstone, and 202-level proficiency in a language other than English.

Official program name
Creative Writing B.F.A.
Awarded degree
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Creative Writing
Source: catalog.umt.edu · verified October 9, 2026
School
Source: umt.edu · verified October 9, 2026
Location
Missoula, MT
Delivery / residency
Campus-basedClasses and workshops meet in person on campus throughout the program.
Source: catalog.umt.edu · verified October 9, 2026
Study intensity
Not verified
Duration
Four-year plan of study
Source: catalog.umt.edu · verified October 9, 2026
Required credits
46-60 credits in the major (varies with language proficiency)
Source: catalog.umt.edu · verified October 9, 2026
Teaching language
English (not separately stated)
Why this degree is listed

The catalog lists a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, distinct from the English BA creative writing concentration.

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

We list dedicated creative writing degrees only. Eligibility rules

Curriculum, genres and faculty

Genres

FictionPoetryCreative Nonfiction

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

Workshops

  • Three upper-division creative writing courses, one of which must be a 400-level workshop.
    Source: catalog.umt.edu · verified October 9, 2026

Literature courses

  • Literature core including Introduction to Literature, Literary Criticism, and Shakespeare, plus upper-division literature electives.
    Source: catalog.umt.edu · verified October 9, 2026

Other

Literary journal opportunities

  • Undergraduates produce the literary magazine The Oval.
    Source: umt.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”.

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.
CategoryAmountBasis and year
In-state — Undergraduate, in-state, tuition and mandatory fees, 12 or more creditsFrom the school's rate table for this level$4,875per semester · 2026-2027Includes feesSource: umt.edu · verified October 9, 2026
Out-of-state — Undergraduate, non-resident total tuition and mandatory fees, 12 or more creditsFrom the school's rate table for this level$17,447per semester · 2026-2027Includes feesSource: umt.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.

Sources and verification

Every fact on this page comes from the official pages below. Last verified October 9, 2026.
  1. catalog.umt.edu/colleges-schools-programs/humanities-sciences/english-film/bfa-creative-writing/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 9, 2026
  2. umt.edu/creative-writing/ — Official program page, verified October 9, 2026
  3. umt.edu/creative-writing/cutbank-oval/default.php — Official program page, verified October 9, 2026
  4. umt.edu/student-financial-services/cost-of-attendance/undergraduate-coa/undergraduate-in-state-coa.p — Official tuition and fees page, verified October 9, 2026
  5. umt.edu/student-financial-services/cost-of-attendance/undergraduate-coa/undergraduate-out-of-state-c — Official tuition and fees page, verified October 9, 2026

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