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Regardless of concentration, all students
must complete 30 credit hours for the degree, with at least 15
of those hours at the
600-level. University regulations permit us to accept (with approval
of the MA Committee) up to six hours of transfer credit and up
to six hours taken as a "special student," before
a student is fully admitted to the program. With approval from
the MA director, students may take a limited number of courses
in other departments that complement their interests within their
concentration. As discussed further below, in each concentration,
a student may choose to write a thesis as part of the degree.
Requirements Specific to Concentrations
Literature
The literature concentration
emphasizes reading, textual analysis, and critical thinking. Students
are encouraged
to develop their
own area of interests rather than exhaustively cover all literary
periods and genres.
1) Either English 530, Introduction to Literary
Scholarship, or English 531, Literary Criticism (3 cr.)
2) English 501, Introduction to Graduate Studies (1 cr.)
3) One course in Writing and Rhetoric (3 cr.)
4) Five courses in literature, linguistics, or criticism
(15 cr.)
5) Three additional courses in literature, linguistics, or
writing and rhetoric; or coursework from outside the department
with
approval of the MA Committee. Six hours (the equivalent
of two courses)
may be thesis credits. (9 cr.)
6) An examination based on a reading list and coursework.
Writing
and Rhetoric
The writing and rhetoric concentration focuses on
theory, pedagogy, and practice as it prepares students to write,
teach, and approach
discourse critically.
1) English 636, Teaching Writing (3 cr.)
2) English 501, Introduction to Graduate Studies (1 cr.)
3) English 672, Writing Nonfiction (3 cr.)
4) One course in linguistics, to be chosen from the following
(3 cr.):
English 532, Applied English Linguistics
English 552, Teaching English as a Second Language
English 553, Studies in Linguistics
5) One graduate-level course in literature
(3 cr.)
6) Two additional courses in Writing and Rhetoric (6 cr.)
to be chosen from the following:
English 637, Theories of Writing and Rhetoric
English 651, Topics in Teaching Composition
English 652, Topics in Writing and Rhetoric
English 670, Literary Editing and Publishing
English 671, Film and Television Scripts
English 692, Independent Study
English 694, Internship in Writing
7) Four additional courses in literature,
linguistics, or writing and rhetoric; or coursework from outside
the department
with
approval of the MA Committee. Two of these courses
may be thesis credits.
(12 cr.)
8) If the student does not write a six-hour thesis,
he or she must take a written comprehensive examination
based
on
a reading
list
and on coursework.
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