Low-Residency Program

Now reviewing applications on a rolling basis

Our preferred application deadline is here, and our genre groups are filling for the 2013 Summer Residency/Fall and Spring terms online, but there is still time to submit your application.  We’re extending our deadline and we will continue reviewing applications on a rolling basis.

Summer Residency 

The program begins with a 10-day summer residency in Minneapolis.  MFA candidates will participate in daily workshops, readings, and mini-courses that focus on literary craft as well as career skills in teaching, editing, publishing, book arts, advertising, translation, adaptation, and new media.

The 2013 Summer Residency will take place on campus from July 26-August 4.
The full degree program includes three summer residencies in Minneapolis. Distinguished writers in each of the genres will join the faculty in giving public readings and offering talks about the craft of writing. Open student readings are also scheduled.

Semester Mentorships

Following the residencies, students will spend two semesters engaged in online courses work and one-on-one instruction with their faculty mentor, sending their writing and receiving feedback on a regular basis.

Online Classrooms

In the electronic classrooms, students meet online with mentors and fellow students to read and discuss common texts, engage in critical analysis, and explore elements of craft. The online classroom offers an opportunity to continue conversations with members of the MFA community

Degree Requirements

• 11 course credits for MFA
• 12 course credits for MFA with Concentrations in Pedagogy or Translation/Global Writing
• 13 course credits MFA with Concentration in Publishing (one course tuition reimbursement for work on the press)

Plan of Study

Accommodating Writers Who Work Full-Time and Those Who Live Outside of Minnesota

Augsburg’s low-residency MFA can be completed in eleven courses (three summer residencies and four off-campus electronic semesters of two course each). A typical plan of study will work like this:

First Year

Summer Residency I, including daily genre workshop, writing seminars, readings and lectures, 10 days on the Minneapolis campus.

Fall Semester I, electronic classroom including one Mentorship studio and one Creative and Critical Reading course.

Spring Semester I, electronic classroom including one Mentorship studio and one Creative and Critical Reading course (generally “out-of-genre” term).

Second Year

Summer Residency II, including daily genre workshop, writing seminars, readings and lectures, 10 days on the Minneapolis campus.

Fall Semester II, electronic classroom including one Mentorship studio and one Creative and Critical Reading (craft-based academic paper term).

Spring Semester II, electronic classroom including one Mentorship studio (thesis completion term) and one Creative and Critical Reading (lecture/presentation preparation term).

Third Year – Residency Only

Summer Residency III, including daily genre workshop, writing seminars, readings and lectures.  Graduates give a public lecture/presentation and a reading from thesis work. Final term for graduating MFA candidates.

10 days on the Minneapolis campus.

 Concentrations

Concentration in Pedagogy 
Writing Seminars – usually concurrent with Residency II or III
Teaching Practicum and Online Classroom

Concentration in Translation and Global Literature
Writing Seminars – usually concurrent with Residency II or III
Translation Practicum and Online Classroom

Concentration in Publishing
Writing Seminars I and II – usually concurrent with Residency II and III
Publishing Practicum and Online Classrooms I and II
(one course reimbursed tuition for working for the press)