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The University of Texas at El Paso · Department of Creative Writing

BA in Creative Writing

BABA in Creative WritingFunding not verified

Overview

A 120-hour BA combining literary study with workshops in fiction, poetry, essays, plays, screenplays and literary translation, with a senior seminar and a required minor.

Official program name
BA in Creative Writing
Awarded degree
BA in Creative Writing
Source: catalog.utep.edu · verified October 9, 2026
School
Source: utep.edu · verified October 9, 2026
Location
El Paso, TX
Delivery / residency
Campus-basedClasses and workshops meet in person on campus throughout the program.
Source: catalog.utep.edu · verified October 9, 2026
Study intensity
Not verified
Duration
Not verified
Required credits
120 total hours
Source: catalog.utep.edu · verified October 9, 2026
Teaching language
English (not separately stated)
Why this degree is listed

Awarded degree is a BA in Creative Writing.

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

We list dedicated creative writing degrees only. Eligibility rules

Curriculum, genres and faculty

Genres

FictionPoetryCreative NonfictionPlaywritingScreenwritingLiterary Translation

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

Workshops

  • Junior-senior block: five courses from fiction, poetry, playwriting, screenwriting, nonfiction, literary translation and related courses.
    Source: catalog.utep.edu · verified October 9, 2026

Other

Literature courses

Community and outreach

  • The department houses the student-led Undergraduate Creative Writing Society.
    Source: utep.edu · verified October 9, 2026

Faculty listed by the program

  • Jeff Sirkin — Director of Undergraduate Studies

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: utep.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”.

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We do not publish acceptance rates or estimate competitiveness: programs rarely publish comparable figures.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

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

Tuition and fees

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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.utep.edu/undergrad/college-of-liberal-arts/creative-writing/creative-writing-ba/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 9, 2026
  2. utep.edu/liberalarts/creative-writing/academic-programs/undergraduate/undergraduate-program.html — Official program page, verified October 9, 2026

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