M.A., English
Minimum Requirements for Degree: 30 credits
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| General University Requirements | ||
| Complete the general university requirements. | ||
| Master’s Degree Requirements | ||
| Complete the master’s degree requirements. | ||
| Pass a written comprehensive examination based on a standardized reading list 1 | ||
| Students may advance to candidacy when their advisory committee deems that they have made satisfactory progress toward completion of their degree. | ||
| Pass an oral defense of the thesis. | ||
| Program Requirements | ||
| ENGL F601 | Theory, Criticism and Methods 2 | 3 |
| ENGL F685 | Teaching College Composition (or ENGL F600-level elective course) 3 | 3 |
| Electives | ||
| Complete two from the following: | 6 | |
| Studies in British Literature: Old and Middle English | ||
| Studies in British Literature: Renaissance and 17th-Century | ||
| Studies in British Literature: Restoration and 18th Century | ||
| Studies in British Literature: 19th Century | ||
| Complete two from the following: | 6 | |
| Studies in American Literarture to 1865 | ||
| Studies in American Literature from 1865-1918 | ||
| Studies in American Literature after 1918 | ||
| Images of the North | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 3 | |
| Studies in British Literature After 1900 | ||
| Studies in Comparative Literature | ||
| Contemporary Literature | ||
| Additional approved elective | 3 | |
| Thesis | ||
| ENGL F699 | Thesis | 6 |
| 1 | The examination is to be taken in the student’s second year of work. The examination will be held on the Saturday ending the fourth full week of classes in the spring semester. |
| 2 | Students are required to take ENGL F601 in their first year of study. |
| 3 | Required if you are a teaching assistant or planning to teach. |
| 4 | To maximize breadth of study, M.A. students and their advisors will draft individualized courses of study with the following program requirements in mind. The advisor will direct students to courses covering the required areas, subject to particular exemptions based upon undergraduate course work. Exemptions and any subsequent revisions of the course of study must have the agreement of the advisor and department head. Plans can be revised to substitute an appropriate seminar for one of the courses. |
Note: Students may apply up to 3 credit hours of independent study toward the English M.A. degree requirements.
