Creative Writing Program

MFA Students

Self-Advising Form

Thesis Preparation:

• Checklist for Thesis Preparation
• Enrollment in Thesis Hours:  A student working on a thesis needs to be continuously enrolled (including the summer term) until he or she submits the manuscript to the Graduate School for approval. Master's students need to be enrolled for at least 1 thesis credit hour.  Master's students are required to be enrolled in thesis credit hours in the term in which they submit Form C (Thesis/Dissertation Committee Appointment) to the Graduate School and in subsequent terms.
• Literature Component of Thesis Defense (Reading List)
• Regulations for Thesis Preparation
• Sample Proposals for Creative Thesis
  • Creative Nonfiction
  • Novel
  • Novel
  • Poetry
• Sample Thesis Announcements:  Please follow the format for thesis announcements in the Regulations for Thesis/Dissertation Preparation Manual (Appendix 5)http://www.fiu.edu/ugs/thesis_dissertation_manual.html.                 The following are the bodies of actual announcements from former Creative Writing Students, to be used as examples:
  • Collection of Poems
  • Collection of Short Stories
  • Novel
• Thesis Worksheet

**The announcement (the one that accompanies Form D) can be emailed to the Graduate School at ugs@fiu.edu.