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Can I Get a Master’s Degree Unrelated to My Undergraduate Major? https://www.plu.edu/admission-graduate/blog/masters-degree-unrelated-to-undergrad/

celebrating over 17 years of accomplishment, the Rainier Writing Workshop has been helping writers to generate new, even deeper questions about writer’s aspirations. Our MFA is an innovative three-year, four-residency program in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Schedule an appointment with our program director!5. Kinesiology — Master of Science in Kinesiology (MSK)A master’s degree in Kinesiology will enhance the skill set of novice and experienced practitioners in exercise, sport, performance

Graduate and Post-Baccalaureate Policies and Programs https://www.plu.edu/catalog-2023-2024/graduate-program/

client projects within industry and capstone consulting research with a regional or national company, MSMA candidates develop knowledge, skills and experience attractive to employers. The M.S. is accredited by AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Creative WritingThe Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) is a 36-month low-residency program in the fields of poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction intended for those wishing to develop and pursue careers as writers. M.F.A

Common Reading Lecture https://www.plu.edu/first-year/common-reading/common_reading_lecture/

. He is currently writing a book about the fiction and nonfiction of Pauline Hopkins.

Maestros https://www.plu.edu/oaxaca-2017/maestros-faculty/

well as courses focused on Latin American literatures and cultures. She is the author of several articles on Latin American poetry and project coordinator of the bilingual edition of Ernesto Cardenal’s El estrecho dudoso/The Doubtful Strait published by Indiana University Press. Her current research interests focus on masculinities as they relate to the recovery of lyrical subjectivities in contemporary Mexican poetry and fiction. She pioneered PLU’s first J-term Study Away Spanish immersion course

By the Numbers: PLU Professor Collaborates on a New Artwork Illuminating the Beauty of Math https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2021/01/28/plu-professor-beauty-of-math/

that I realized I’d been learning about Venn diagrams.” To make math more accessible for students and the general public, she explores the relationships between math and art, and math and pop culture. She even co-edited a book about the latter with her mother, Elizabeth Sklar: “Mathematics in Popular Culture: Essays on Appearances in Film, Fiction, Games, Television and Other Media.“ Last year, she taught a PLU general education math course on math in popular culture. Students were introduced to

The Contemplation of the Humanities https://www.plu.edu/prism/the-contemplation-of-the-humanities/

Toward a Supreme Fiction” in Wallace Stevens: Collected Poetry and Prose (The Library of America; New York: Literary Classics of the United States, 1997), 334. Photo Credits Typesetting; photo by Karen Horton Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary; photo by Alex Brown Kitsilano Beach Park; photo by Colin Knowles Back: The Humanities Across CulturesNext: Locating Humanities in the 21st Century

Communication, Media, & Design Arts https://www.plu.edu/catalog-2023-2024/undergraduate-program/program-curriculum-information/communication-media-design-arts/

Creative Non-Fiction; ENGL 325: Personal Essay; ENGL 327: Intermediate Poetry Writing; THEA 330: Script Analysis; LANG 271: Literature Around the World; and HISP 325: Introduction to Hispanic Literary Studies. Strategic Communication 40 semester hours, plus a minor Communication Core Courses 20 semester hours COMA 101: Introduction to Communication (4) COMA 120: Introduction to Media Studies (4) COMA 212: Public Speaking (4) COMA 215: Writing in Communication Careers (4) COMA 499: Capstone (4

Professor Rick Barot discusses being longlisted for the National Book Award and teaching creative wr https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2020/12/03/rick-barot-qa/

Writing at PLUOur MFA is an innovative three-year, four-residency program in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Mentorships with our faculty last for a full year, ensuring a high-quality experience at a more leisurely pace – ideal for busy professionals and those who wish to take time to develop their work’s fullest potential. Combining rigor and support, each mentorship year is tailored to the participant’s goals. Our faculty are nationally known writers who are also outstanding teachers. Read

On Exhibit: LGBTQ+ Authors and their Works https://www.plu.edu/library/news/on-exhibit-lgbtq-authors-and-their-works/

, and author of contemporary Caribbean literature. Her novel Tentacle was the first Spanish-language book to win the Grand Prize of the Association of Caribbean Writers in 2017. Although she experienced viral music success, Indiana has since shifted her focus to her literary career. She has authored three short story collections and five novels, three of which have been translated into English. Her work in science fiction prominently features themes of queerness, culture, and Dominican social issues

The Contemplation of the Humanities https://www.plu.edu/prism/news/the-contemplation-of-the-humanities/

, KY: Sarabande Books, 2015), 19-20. 5 – Bruce Kimball, Orators and Philosophers: A History of the Idea of Liberal Education (With a Foreword by Joseph L. Featherstone; New York and London: Teachers College, Columbia University, 1986). 6 – Wallace Stevens, from “Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction” in Wallace Stevens: Collected Poetry and Prose (The Library of America; New York: Literary Classics of the United States, 1997), 334. Indigenizing the AcademyLocating Humanities in the 21st Century Read