Low-residency program
Encyclopedia
A low-residency program is a form of education, normally at the university level, which involves some amount of distance education
and brief one to two week on-campus residencies. These programs are most frequently offered by colleges and universities which also teach standard full-time courses, and most presently existing are Master's Degree
programs in Fine Arts
, often teaching creative writing
. The first such program started in the United States
at Goddard College
in Plainfield, Vermont
.
There are many low-residency MFA Creative writing programs, fewer in other graduate areas, and very few undergraduate options (Goddard College, Lesley University and Union Institute.)
Distance education
Distance education or distance learning is a field of education that focuses on teaching methods and technology with the aim of delivering teaching, often on an individual basis, to students who are not physically present in a traditional educational setting such as a classroom...
and brief one to two week on-campus residencies. These programs are most frequently offered by colleges and universities which also teach standard full-time courses, and most presently existing are Master's Degree
Master's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
programs in Fine Arts
Master of Fine Arts
A Master of Fine Arts is a graduate degree typically requiring 2–3 years of postgraduate study beyond the bachelor's degree , although the term of study will vary by country or by university. The MFA is usually awarded in visual arts, creative writing, filmmaking, dance, or theatre/performing arts...
, often teaching creative writing
Creative writing
Creative writing is considered to be any writing, fiction, poetry, or non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, and technical forms of literature. Works which fall into this category include novels, epics, short stories, and poems...
. The first such program started in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
at Goddard College
Goddard College
Goddard College is a private, liberal arts college located in Plainfield, Vermont, offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Goddard College currently operates on an intensive low-residency model...
in Plainfield, Vermont
Plainfield, Vermont
Plainfield is a town in Washington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,286 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Plainfield is located at ....
.
There are many low-residency MFA Creative writing programs, fewer in other graduate areas, and very few undergraduate options (Goddard College, Lesley University and Union Institute.)
United States
- Antioch University Los AngelesAntioch University Los AngelesAntioch University Los Angeles is a small private liberal arts school currently located in Culver City, California. The school is a campus of Antioch University.-Background:Antioch College was founded in 1852 in Yellow Springs, Ohio...
, MFA in creative writing - Ashland UniversityAshland UniversityAshland University is a mid-sized, private, non-profit university that is located in Ashland, Ohio.The University offers 73 undergraduate majors and nine pre-professional programs. The majors include toxicology/environmental science and entrepreneurship, which are unusual for an institution of its...
, MFA Poetry, Creative Non-Fiction, and Interdisciplinary - Bennington CollegeBennington CollegeBennington College is a liberal arts college located in Bennington, Vermont, USA. The college was founded in 1932 as a women's college and became co-educational in 1969.-History:-Early years:...
, MFA in Writing, Master of Arts in Teaching a Second Language (MATSL) - Boston Architectural CollegeBoston Architectural CollegeBoston Architectural College , formerly known as the Boston Architectural Center, is New England's largest independent college of spatial design. It offers first-professional bachelor's and master's degrees in architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, and design studies...
, http://www.the-bac.edu/x2197.xml, Master of Architecture, Sustainable Design, Historic - New School University, Creative Writing Programs, Preservation
- Burlington CollegeBurlington CollegeBurlington College is a private liberal arts college located in Burlington, Vermont that offers Associate, Bachelor's, and Masters degrees, as well as several professional certificate programs...
, Independent Degree Program - Carlow UniversityCarlow UniversityCarlow University is a Roman Catholic university founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, on September 24, 1929, by the Sisters of Mercy from Carlow, Ireland. Originally called Mount Mercy College, the name was changed to Carlow College in April 1969. In 2004, Carlow College achieved university...
, MFA in Creative writing - Chatham University, MFA creative writing
- College of Saint ElizabethCollege of Saint ElizabethThe College of Saint Elizabeth is a private Roman Catholic, four-year, liberal arts college for women. It is located in an unincorporated community called Convent Station, in Morris Township, New Jersey...
, M.A. in Theology Morristown, NJ - Converse CollegeConverse CollegeConverse College is a liberal arts women's college in Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA. It was established by a group of Spartanburg citizens and named after Dexter Edgar Converse.-History:...
MFA in Creative Writing, in Spartanburg, SC - Eastern Kentucky UniversityEastern Kentucky UniversityEastern Kentucky University, commonly referred to as Eastern or by the acronym EKU by local residents, is an undergraduate and graduate teaching and research institution located in Richmond, Kentucky, U.S.A.. EKU is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools...
http://www.english.eku.edu/mfa/, in Richmond, KY. - Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityFairleigh Dickinson UniversityFairleigh Dickinson University is a private university founded as a junior college in 1942. It now has several campuses located in New Jersey, Canada, and the United Kingdom.-Description:...
, MFA in Creative Writing - Fairfield UniversityFairfield UniversityFairfield University is a private, co-educational undergraduate and master's level teaching-oriented university located in Fairfield, Connecticut, in the New England region of the United States. It was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1942, and today is one of 28 member institutions of the...
MFA in Creative Writing - Goddard CollegeGoddard CollegeGoddard College is a private, liberal arts college located in Plainfield, Vermont, offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Goddard College currently operates on an intensive low-residency model...
, MFA creative writing, MFA Interdisciplinary Arts, BFA creative writing, MA & BA Individualized, MA & BA Education, MA Psychology, BA & MA Health Arts & Sciences, MA Sustainable Business & Communities - Goucher CollegeGoucher CollegeGoucher College is a private, co-educational, liberal arts college located in the northern Baltimore suburb of Towson in unincorporated Baltimore County, Maryland, on a 287 acre campus. The school has approximately 1,475 undergraduate students studying in 31 majors and six interdisciplinary...
, MFA in Creative Nonfiction - Lesley UniversityLesley UniversityLesley University is a private, coeducational university in Boston, Massachusetts and Cambridge, Massachusetts.The university is a member of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, National Association of Schools of Art and Design, and New England Collegiate Conference.-History:The...
, MFA in Creative Writing - Maine College of ArtMaine College of ArtThe Maine College of Art is a fully accredited, degree-granting art college in the city of Portland, Maine. It should not be confused with the Art Institute of Portland which is located in Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1882, the Maine College of Art is the oldest arts educational institution in Maine...
, MFA in Studio Arts - Massachusetts College of Art and Design, MFA in Studio Arts
- Murray State UniversityMurray State UniversityMurray State University, located in the city of Murray, Kentucky, is a four-year public university with approximately 10,400 students. The school is Kentucky’s only public university to be listed in the U.S.News & World Report regional university top tier for the past 20 consecutive years...
, MFA in creative writing - Naropa UniversityNaropa UniversityNaropa University is a private American liberal arts university in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 1974 by Tibetan Buddhist teacher and Oxford University scholar Chögyam Trungpa, it is named for the eleventh-century Indian Buddhist sage Naropa, an abbot of Nalanda.Naropa describes itself as...
, MFA creative writing - New England CollegeNew England CollegeNew England College is a private four-year college in Henniker, New Hampshire, enrolling a total of approximately 1800 undergraduate and graduate students.-History:The school was created in 1946 for students attending college on the G.I...
, MFA Program in Poetry, MS Sports & Rec Management in Coaching - Northwest Institute of Literary Arts, MFA creative writing
- Oklahoma City UniversityOklahoma City UniversityOklahoma City University, often referred to as OCU, is a coeducational, urban, private university historically affiliated with the United Methodist Church...
, http://www.okcu.edu/english/redearthmfa/ - Pacific UniversityPacific UniversityPacific University is a private university located in Oregon, United States. The first campus began more than 160 years ago and is located about 38 km west of Portland in Forest Grove...
, MFA in creative writing - Pine Manor CollegePine Manor CollegePine Manor College is a private, liberal arts women's college located in Chestnut Hill, a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1911 and currently serves almost 500 students, 75% of whom live on the campus.-Most diverse:...
, http://www.pmc.edu/mfa - University of Southern MaineUniversity of Southern MaineThe University of Southern Maine is a multi-campus public urban comprehensive university and part of the University of Maine System. USM's three primary campuses are located in Portland, Gorham, and Lewiston...
, Stonecoast MFA Program - Queens College, Charlotte
- Pacific Lutheran UniversityPacific Lutheran UniversityPacific Lutheran University is located in Parkland, a suburb of Tacoma, Washington. In September 2009, PLU had a student population of 3,582 and approximately 280 full-time faculty...
, Rainier Writing Workshop - Seattle Pacific UniversitySeattle Pacific UniversitySeattle Pacific University is a Christian university of the liberal arts, sciences and professions, located on the north slope of Queen Anne Hill in Seattle, Washington, USA. It was founded in 1891 by the Oregon and Washington Conference of the Free Methodist Church as the Seattle Seminary...
, MFA in creative writing - Seton Hill UniversitySeton Hill UniversitySeton Hill University is a small Catholic liberal arts university of about 2100 students in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. Formerly a women's college, it became a coeducational university in 2002....
, MFA in Writing of Popular Fiction - Skidmore CollegeSkidmore CollegeSkidmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,500 students. The college is located in the town of Saratoga Springs, New York State....
, Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS) - Southern New Hampshire UniversitySouthern New Hampshire UniversitySouthern New Hampshire University, also known as SNHU, is a private university in Manchester and Hooksett, New Hampshire. The university is accredited by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, and also has numerous specialized...
, http://www.snhu.edu/5749.asp - Spalding UniversitySpalding UniversitySpalding University is a private, co-educational university affiliated with the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth and located in Louisville, Kentucky.-History:...
, MFA in Creative Writing - SIT Graduate Institute, http://www.sit.edu, Masters in International Education
- University of Alaska AnchorageUniversity of Alaska AnchorageThe University of Alaska Anchorage is the largest school of the University of Alaska System, with about 16,500 students, about 14,000 of whom attend classes at Goose Lake, its main campus in Anchorage....
, MFA in creative writing - University of California, RiversideUniversity of California, RiversideThe University of California, Riverside, commonly known as UCR or UC Riverside, is a public research university and one of the ten general campuses of the University of California system. UCR is consistently ranked as one of the most ethnically and economically diverse universities in the United...
: Palm Desert Graduate Center, MFA in creative writing - University of Illinois: MS in Library and Information Science
- University of Nebraska, MFA in creative writing
- University of New OrleansUniversity of New OrleansThe University of New Orleans, often referred to locally as UNO, is a medium-sized public urban university located on the New Orleans Lakefront within New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. It is a member of the LSU System and the Urban 13 association. Currently UNO is without a proper chancellor...
, creative writing - University of Southern MaineUniversity of Southern MaineThe University of Southern Maine is a multi-campus public urban comprehensive university and part of the University of Maine System. USM's three primary campuses are located in Portland, Gorham, and Lewiston...
, MFA in Creative Writing - University of Texas-El Paso, MFA in Creative Writing
- Vermont College of Fine ArtsVermont College of Fine ArtsVermont College of Fine Arts offers four distinct graduate programs, awarding Master of Fine Arts degrees in Visual Art, Writing, Writing for Children & Young Adults and Graphic Design. The student to faculty ratio at VCFA is 4-to-1.. The faculty and alumni of VCFA have won many literary awards,...
, MFA in Writing, MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults, MFA in Visual Arts, MFA in Graphic Design, MFA in Music Composition - Warren Wilson College MFA Program for WritersWarren Wilson College MFA Program for WritersThe Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers is the oldest low-residency creative writing Master of Fine Arts program in the United States. Prior to the founding of this program, an MFA in creative writing was earned via standard residential graduate programs that required students to be in residence...
, creative writing - Western Connecticut State UniversityWestern Connecticut State UniversityWestern Connecticut State University is a public university in Danbury, Connecticut. Founded in 1903, WestConn has an arts and sciences curriculum, a business school, and several professional programs including elementary and secondary education, nursing, music performance, and social work...
, MFA in Creative and Professional Writing - Wilkes UniversityWilkes UniversityWilkes University is a private, non-denominational American university located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. It has over 2,200 undergraduates and over 2,200 graduate students...
, MFA creative writing
Canada
- University of British ColumbiaUniversity of British ColumbiaThe University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
, MFA Creative Writing
Europe
- Transart InstituteTransart InstituteTransart Institute offers student-centered postgraduate art programs which foster independent thinking, risk-taking and the creation of an informed and sustainable art praxis...
, MFA Creative Practice, practice-based (studio) PhD in preparation - European Graduate SchoolEuropean Graduate SchoolThe European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland is a privately funded graduate school founded by the non-profit European Foundation of Interdisciplinary Studies. Its German name is Europäische Universität für Interdisziplinäre Studien...
http://www.egsuniversity.org headquartered in the Swiss city of Loèche, canton of ValaisValaisThe Valais is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland in the southwestern part of the country, around the valley of the Rhône from its headwaters to Lake Geneva, separating the Pennine Alps from the Bernese Alps. The canton is one of the drier parts of Switzerland in its central Rhône valley... - European Humanities University in Lithuania