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The Graduate Student Handbook, Appendix A

The Five M.A. Tracks and Requirements

British and American Literature

6 courses in literature             

  • at least 1 before 1800
  • at least 1 since 1800
  • at least 1 criticism/theory

18 hrs

1 seminar

3 hrs

3 elective courses

9 hrs

  • 1 may be ENGL 799
  • 1 may be outside the Dept.

 

30 credit hour total

30 hours

Plus:

  • language proficiency
  • writing project
  • oral examination

Children's Literature

3 courses in literature

9 hrs

3 courses in children's literature

  • 600- or 700-level Children's Literature courses (e.g., ENGL 690: Topics in Literature for the Young)

9 hrs

1 seminar

3 hrs

3 elective courses

9 hrs

  • 1 may be ENGL 799
  • 1 may be outside the Dept.

 

30 credit hour total

30 hours

Plus:

  • language proficiency
  • writing project
  • oral examination

Creative Writing

3 courses in literature             

9 hrs

1 seminar

3 hrs

3 courses in creative writing

9 hrs

  • in two or more genres
  • at least 6 hrs at 700-level

 

3 elective courses 9 hrs
  • 1 may be ENGL 799
  • 1 may be outside the Dept.

30 credit hour total

30 hours

Plus:

  • language proficiency
  • writing project
  • oral examination

Cultural Studies

3 courses in literature             

9 hrs

1 seminar

3 hrs

3 courses in cultural studies

9 hrs

  • ENGL 705
  • 2 other CS courses

 

3 elective courses 9 hrs
  • 1 may be ENGL 799
  • 1 may be outside the Dept.

30 credit hour total

30 hours

Plus:

  • language proficiency
  • writing project
  • oral examination

Composition & Rhetoric

3 courses in literature             

9 hrs

1 seminar

3 hrs

3 courses in Composition and Rhetoric

9 hrs

  • ENGL 755
  • 2 other Comp/Rhet courses

 

3 elective courses 9 hrs
  • 1 may be ENGL 799
  • 1 may be outside the Dept.

30 credit hour total

30 hours

Plus:

  • language proficiency
  • writing project
  • oral examination

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