建立在卓越的创意写作和学生在广泛的英美文学专业的文学硕士预科课程或创造性写作和文学专业的硕士预科课程的记录上，文学和创造性写作的博士生应努力提高其复杂程度作为作家/学者。博士生还应该继续加强和加深对三个专业领域的理解：他/她的特定类型，包括该类型的历史和该类型的当代理论方法，一个历史时期，修辞学或文学理论，以及一个特定领域个性化的查询区域。博士生的职业应该以其创造性写作以及关于文学和/或文学理论的思维和写作的独立性为标志。朝着这些目标努力，可以提高学生撰写创意论文的能力。文学和创意写作博士学位为创意出版，
Building on excellence in creative writing and a record of excellence in the student's MA preparation in the broad range of English and American literature or MFA preparation in creative writing and literature, the PhD student in literature and creative writing should work toward increased sophistication as a writer/scholar. The PhD student should also continue to strengthen and deepen an understanding of three areas of expertise: their specific genre, including the history of the genre and contemporary theoretical approaches to the genre, a historical period, rhetoric or literary theory, and a specific individualized area of inquiry. The career of a PhD student should be marked by increasing independence in their creative writing and in thinking and writing about literature and/or literary theory. Working toward these objectives advances the student's competence in writing the creative dissertation. The PhD in Literature and Creative Writing constitutes solid preparation for creative publication, scholarly publication, and expert undergraduate and graduate teaching.