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What's My Motivation?: Pursuing a Grad Degree in Literature or Writing

By Julie Hunt

It was about 4:30 a.m. one September night in 2007, during my senior year of college, when I found myself staring at my sloping ceiling, eating barbeque potato chips, and wondering what on earth to do with myself when I graduated. I didn’t sleep that night, though not for lack of trying. After slipping under my covers for a few minutes to try to doze off, I found myself sitting at my computer, looking through various graduate colleges’ programs in writing or literature, and mulling over many questions: What did I want to get my degree in? Did I want an MFA or an MA?

Scott Aiello

Group 41: Mid-Career Actor Going Back to School

About two years ago, I began to grow restless as a Chicago actor. My career resembled that of many others in the city. I was working regularly at the smaller houses and, on occasion, was invited to play by the bigger Equity companies. I had an agent, but was only booking about one or two well paying gigs per year. In other words, I was doing better than some,
but worse than many.

Carol Kalvonjian

Making a Living

Can you talk about the ways you have found to make a living off your music?

Me, in Starbucks, waiting in line to order a coffee...
“What’s that on your back? Is it an instrument?”
“Yes....It’s a violin.”
“Oh, wow! My little sister used to play the violin. Do you play in the Chicago Symphony?”
“No, actually I’m a freelance violinist.”
“Oh...so what else do you do?”
“Huh?” (Although I know exactly where this is going...)

Zach Plague

What is featherproof books? What is Bleached Whale Design? And how do they interact?

An interview with Britton Bertran, Former CAR Artist Story Editor

Bleached Whale came first. It is a design studio I started with Keith Streble in 2004. featherproof was started in 2005, by Jonathan Messinger and myself, over a falafel lunch break from our day jobs. I was a designer at TimeOut Chicago, and Jonathan is still the books editor there. I wanted to bring more design to literature.

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School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Writing MFA)

URL:

http://www.saic.edu/degrees_re...

Location:

Chicago - City

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago offers a Master of Fine Arts in Writing Program.

DePaul University (MA)

URL:

http://las.depaul.edu/english/...

Location:

Chicago - City

The Master of Arts in English provides comprehensive, intensive, and flexible coursework in the advanced study of British and American language and literatures.

Roosevelt University (MFA)

URL:

http://roosevelt.edu/CAS/Progr...

Location:

Chicago - City

Roosevelt University offers MFAs in Creative Writing.

Loyola University Chicago (MA, PhD)

URL:

http://www.luc.edu/english/gra...

Location:

Chicago - City

This university offers M.A. and Ph.D. programs in Literature, Literary Theory, and Cultural Studies.

Northwestern University (MA, PhD)

URL:

http://www.english.northwester...

Location:

Chicago - City

The English Department at Northwestern University offers full-time Ph.D. and Master's programs.

University of Chicago (MA, PhD)

URL:

http://english.uchicago.edu/gr...

Location:

Chicago - City

The university offers an MA and Ph.D. programs in English Literature.

University of Illinois at Chicago (MA, PhD)

URL:

http://www.uic.edu/gcat/LAENGL...

Location:

Chicago - City

This university offers both MA and Ph.D. degrees in English Literature and Creative Writing.

Columbia College Chicago: Fiction Writing Dept. (MFA/MA)

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http://www.colum.edu/Academics...

Location:

Chicago - City

The Fiction Writing Department at Columbia College Chicago offers three graduate degrees: the MFA in Creative Writing–Fiction, the MA in the Teaching of Writing, and the Combined MFA/MA.

Columbia College Chicago: English Dept. (MFA)

URL:

http://www.colum.edu/academics...

Location:

Chicago - City

The English Department at Columbia College Chicago offers the MFA in Poetry and the MFA in Creative Nonfiction.

Concordia University: Music Major

URL:

http://gradschool.cuchicago.ed...

Location:

Chicago - City

Graduate degrees in Music with certificates in Parish music,early music education and piano pedagogy.

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California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)

URL:

http://calarts.edu/

Location:

National

CalArts is a private, fully accredited arts college offering BFA and MFA
degrees as well as undergraduate and graduate certificates. In 1961,
CalArts was incorporated as the first degree-granting institution in the
United States for students of both the visual and performing arts.

Graduate Training in Perception/Cognition at the Maple Lab (McMaster University, Canada)

URL:

http://sites.google.com/site/s...

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International

The MAPLE
(Music, Acoustics, Perception and LEarning) lab at McMaster University has
openings for MSc/PhD students interested in pursuing advanced study in
perception/cognition within the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience &
Behaviour (PNB). Students in the lab will work closely with the PI (Dr. Michael
Schutz), and have access to the strong network of researchers affiliated with the
McMaster Institute of Music and the Mind.

Graduate Creative Writing Programs

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http://www.newpages.com/creati...

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National

This directory of university creative writing programs includes
MFA creative writing programs, and MA and PhD creative writing programs. Whenever possible, links lead
directly to the home page for the creative writing program.

The Julliard School (Music Division)

URL:

http://www.juilliard.edu/degre...

Location:

International

Julliard School is one of the premier music, dance and drama schools in the world, its music division offering instruction on a variety of instruments, degrees at undergraduate and graduate levels in performance and composition, a primary focus on Classical and Jazz musics, and renowned internationally known faculty, lecturers and ensembles.

The Julliard School (New York, NY)

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http://www.chicagoartistsresou...

Location:

National

The Julliard School is one of the world's premier schools for Music, Drama and Dance. The music division offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in performance and composition with a focus on Classical and Jazz music, and offers instruction on a great variety of instruments.

University of Massachusetts (MFA)

URL:

http://umass.edu/english/MFA_h...

Location:

National

This Masters of Fine Arts program provides opportunities for writers to gain experience in
the fields of literary publishing, scholarship, arts administration, and
the practice of teaching.

University of Oregon at Eugene (MFA)

URL:

http://pages.uoregon.edu/crwrw...

Location:

National

Students in the MFA program work intensively with faculty, in regular individual tutorials and in small workshops. The Oregon MFA privileges the workshop, integrating concentrated time for writing with craft seminars and reading tutorials.

Syracuse University (MFA)

URL:

http://english.syr.edu/Creativ...

Location:

National

The highly selective M.F.A. program in Creative Writing gives promising fiction writers and poets an opportunity to study and practice their art with fellow writers.

Vanderbilt University (MFA)

URL:

http://www.vanderbilt.edu/engl...

Location:

National

The M.F.A. at Vanderbilt is a two-year program involving four semesters of graduate work in writing workshops and seminars, as well as a thesis. The thesis is a substantial piece of creative writing: a novel, a collection of short stories or creative nonfiction, or a collection of poems.

University of North Carolina at Greensboro (MFA)

URL:

http://www.mfagreensboro.org/m...

Location:

National

The Master of Fine Arts in creative writing is a two-year residency program with an emphasis on providing students with studio time in which to study the writing of poetry or fiction. It is one of the oldest MFA writing programs in the country.