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Master of Arts in English
The School of Languages & Literature
Degree Requirements
n Choose from the following courses to
complete 24 hours (8 courses):
The 37-hour Master of Arts in English program is
designed to prepare students for teaching, further
graduate work, creative writing or related writing
and research fields. Choose from a thesis track
r Seventh-Century Prose and Poetry
(ENGL 5301)
r Eigthteenth-Century Prose and Poetry
(ENGL 5302)
culminating in a research paper or a non-thesis
r Shakespeare (ENGL 5303)
route with coursework only. Students in both tracks
r Studies in British Literature (ENGL 5304)
complete a comprehensive examination at the end of
r Middle Ages (ENGL 5305)
their studies.
r Linguistics (ENGL 5306)
u ADMISSION: To be considered for the program,
r Young Adult Literature (ENGL 5309)
applicants must have a bachelor’s degree from an
r Early American Literature (ENGL 5310)
accredited university, 12 hours of upper-level English
r American Romanticism and Realism
courses with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 on all under-
(ENGL 5311)
graduate English courses, and a reading proficiency,
r Modern American Literature (ENGL 5312)
or a willingness to acquire a reading proficiency, in
r Studies in American Literature (ENGL 5313)
one foreign language (generally 9 undergraduate
r Contemporary Usage (ENGL 5314)
hours).
r Advanced Creative Writing (ENGL 5315)
u COURSEWORK: Coursework covers literary
r Special Topics in Literature (ENGL 5316)
research and theory and choices in a variety of
r Studies in Poetry (ENGL 5317)
literature styles, creative writing and linguistic
r Teaching English as a Second Language
studies.
u TERMS: Courses run on four 11-week terms,
(ENGL 5345)
r Teaching College Composition (ENGL 5346)
offered completely online to accommodate working
professionals. The degree can be completed entirely
Choose from the two following tracks to
online.
complete the final six hours required for the
degree.
n Required Courses (7 hours):
r Literary Theory (ENGL 5307)
r Literary Research Methods (ENGL 5308)
r Comprehensive Exam (ENGL 5102) - to be
completed in the last semester
n Thesis Track:
r Thesis I (ENGL 5360) - first term
r Thesis II (ENGL 5361) - second term
n Non-Thesis Track:
r Choose two additional courses from above
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