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The Master of Fine Arts degree is granted by the Warren Wilson College President and Board of Trustees upon recommendationof the Academic Board and the Graduate Council. The student's record must indicate the following:
- Full participation in 5 residency periods
- Successful completion of 4 semester projects, with a minimum accumulation of 60
- Work with at least four different faculty supervisors
- Broad reading in literature and contemporary letters, as demonstrated by a bibliography
- The ability to write clear prose, and to articulate cogent response to work by other
- A substantial analytical essay of intelligence and insight
- A Thesis Manuscript of poetry or fiction of high quality
- An objective assessment of that manuscript by faculty and peers in Thesis Interview
- A graduate class taught to peers during a residency period
- A public reading of his/her work during residency