MFA · San Francisco, CA, USA
California Institute of Integral Studies MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts and Writing
The California Institute of Integral Studies offers a two-year, 39-unit online MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts and Writing, welcoming literary, visual, performing, media, and interdisciplinary artists. Coursework is primarily asynchronous, with required virtual meetings and optional four-day residential seminars in San Francisco and other locations. The program accepts poetry as an art-sample genre, but it is an interdisciplinary MFA rather than a dedicated poetry or traditional creative-writing MFA.
- Deadline: February 15 priority deadline for Fall admission; applications accepted on a rolling basis afterward
- Funding: Partial / need-based
- Application fee: $68
- 2 years
CIIS offers competitive institutional scholarships and other financial aid opportunities, including awards open to graduate students across programs. Funding is not guaranteed.
Program site: ciis.edu/academics/graduate-programs/interdisciplinary-arts/about-the-mfa. Please confirm the details there before you apply.
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