Post-Master’s Certificate in Writing Enrichment
Post-Master’s Certificate in Writing Enrichment Overview
Whether you want to return to the page, work on a special project or learn more about a new genre, the Post-Master’s Certificate in Writing Enrichment is here to support your writing practice. This low-residency semester of study will provide you with MFA faculty mentorship, immersive curriculum and year-round opportunities for professional development, literary-themed travel opportunities and ongoing connection with alumni and online writing groups.
- 15 credit hours: 3-hour residency course (in-person or virtual) and 12-hour independent study
- Choose from: Certificate in Writing Enrichment or Certificate in the Teaching of Creative Writing
- One-on-one faculty-student mentorship with MFA faculty
- Opportunity to mix and match genres
- Option to travel abroad
Courses
Post-Master’s Certificate in Writing Enrichment students may pursue a new project or explore a new genre—or may want to learn more about the teaching of creative writing. Genre-emphasis residency courses (3-5-credit hours) include traditional genre workshops, or special topics such as the Editing and Publishing Workshop. At the conclusion of the residency course, the student enters into a 12-credit-hour independent study working one-on-one with an MFA faculty mentor.
Teaching-emphasis courses include the Teaching Seminar in Creative Writing at Residency and Advanced Independent Writing and Reading Emphasizing the Pedagogy Project during which the student designs an Introduction to Creative Writing syllabus and calendar with an MFA faculty mentor to guide them.
During the Independent Study, our virtual Business of Writing Seminars offer insights into editing, publishing and career options. Certificate students may wish to travel abroad. Recent Naslund-Mann travel enrichment included trips to Paris, Quebec, Vietnam, and soon Edinburgh and the Lake District.
Admission Requirements
We’re interested in the quality of your writing and thinking. No letters of recommendation or GRE required.
Spalding MFA alumni do not need to reapply.
Tuition
Learn about tuition and fees for our post-graduate certificate, as well as your financial aid options.
Accreditation
Spalding University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award associate, baccalaureate, masters, and doctorate degrees.
Find Possibility in the Heart of the City
DISCOVER YOUR GROWTH POTENTIAL
Elevate your experience. The National Endowment for the Arts found that adults who engage in literary activities such as creative writing experience higher levels of civic engagement, social connection, and life satisfaction.
High-Impact Career Preparation
The Post-Master’s Certificate in Writing Enrichment prepares writers and writing teachers to elevate their careers in roles such as:
- Playwright
- Author
- Copywriter
- Creative writing professor
- Editor
- Filmmaker
- Marketing and communications professional
- Journalist
I did the post-master’s work to refresh my fiction and poetry skill sets, but I hadn’t anticipated how much I had missed being an active part of the Naslund-Mann program’s literary community and how much I had missed the mentor experience. Being back was so fulfilling that I ended up earning not one but two certificates!
Roy Burkhead, Master of Fine Arts 2004, Post-Master’s Certificates in Writing Enrichment: Poetry 2023,
Master of Fine Arts degree and Post-Master’s Certificates in Writing Enrichment: Fiction 2024
