新墨西哥州立大学英语系提供英语硕士学位，重点是创意写作。选择这种重点的学生会选择一种主要类型：诗歌或小说。学生必须完成54个小时的研究生级课程工作，提交具有创意的写作论文，对论文进行公开阅读，并通过口试。我们的任务是强调文学的创作和批判性分析，以便我们的学生可以参加有关写作的全国性对话，并获得可出版的手稿毕业。通过为学生提供一系列技能，我们为他们做好准备，以作家，出版专业人士和老师的身份为社区做出贡献。
The Department of English at New Mexico State University offers the Master of Fine Arts Degree in English with an Emphasis in Creative Writing, a 3-year program. Students electing this emphasis choose a major genre: poetry or fiction, though classes in nonfiction, writing, screenwriting and others are offered. Students must complete 54 hours of graduate-level course work, submit a creative writing thesis, give a public reading from the thesis, and pass an oral examination.<br><br>Our mission is to emphasize the creation and critical analysis of literature, so that our students can be part of the national conversation about writing, graduating with a publishable manuscript. By providing our students with a set of skills, we prepare them to contribute to their communities as writers, publishing professionals and teachers.