BFA in Creative Writing

The low residency BFA in Creative Writing is a 120 credit program open to upper division transfer students who have already completed approximately 60 liberal arts credits. Students may be eligible to earn advanced standing through a combination of transfer credits and/or credits awarded for prior learning and experience through Goddard’s Assessment of Prior Learning Process. Students just beginning their undergraduate studies can begin in Goddard’s low residency BA in Individualized Studies Program before transferring to the low residency BFA in Creative Writing Program.

Goddard College’s new low residency Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing is designed specifically for students who are passionate about writing and committed to making it the center of their lives. Goddard’s BFA in Creative Writing is the first low residency BFA program in the country, allowing students to develop their craft in an environment of independent, student-centered learning. Studies in the program combine in-depth craft development and critical genre studies with a progressive liberal arts education. Students begin each semester with an eight-day residency, and carry out the work of the program in their own community, supported by a faculty advisor. Graduates of the program interested in continuing their studies at the masters level receive special consideration for admission into Goddard’s low residency MFA in Creative Writing program.