Learning Outcomes

Literature and Creative Writing Program

Upon completion of the major in Literature and Creative Writing at NYUAD, students are expected to be able to:

1. Undertake close reading of literary texts using a variety of theories and methods within the frameworks of aesthetics, culture, history, and society.
2. Understand the forms and histories of a variety of literary genres across diverse cultural traditions and within diverse modes of translation.
3. Formulate and present cogent critical arguments in both written and oral forms grounded in literary research using printed and digital resources and new technologies.
4. Specialize in one particular field of literary scholarship or creative writing, culminating in the production of a senior Capstone project.
5. Formulate and present original critical arguments in rhetorically efficient forms—both written and oral—manifesting effective use of evidence, organizational skill, and, where appropriate, new technologies.