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Nov 24, 2024
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2020-2021 Graduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]
English Language and Literature, M.A.
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Return to the Department of English Language and Literature .
The faculty of English offers a flexible program leading to the Master of Arts (M.A.) degree, providing both opportunities for creative expression and professional preparation for teaching and for doctoral study and scholarly research. Coursework is offered in the full range of subjects defined by our faculty’s expertise and by our internationally renowned archival holdings of manuscripts and books in McFarlin Library. Specific clusters of study that carry the advantage of faculty depth and the potential for original research are: (1) Victorian and Modern British and Irish literature; (2) American studies, cultural and gender studies, African American literature, Indigenous literature, and women’s literature; and (3) Early Modern, Restoration, and Eighteenth-Century British and Transatlantic Literature. The department also offers seminars in critical theory, in the pedagogy of composition, and in creative writing. Each M.A. student works closely with the Director of Graduate Studies and the faculty to develop an area of emphasis suited to his/her particular interests and professional goals.
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Learning Objectives
Students who complete the M.A. degree program will be able to:
- create independent work that analyzes, evaluates, and synthesizes aspects of Anglophone literature.
- understand, analyze, and evaluate diverse areas of Anglophone literature.
- understand, analyze, and evaluate diverse ethical values presented in a range of literary works.
- write and present effectively about issues in the field.
Admission
Applicants must hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university with at least 18 hours, or the equivalent, of undergraduate work in literature and language (exclusive of basic composition and basic foreign language courses). A strong undergraduate grade point average and acceptable scores on the General Tests of the Graduate Record Examination must be presented.
Curriculum Requirements
The M.A. program requires 36 hours of graduate-level coursework, all of which are drawn from the full range of graduate offerings (7000- and 8000-level). The M.A. is a non-thesis program: in place of a thesis each student elects, in his/her final term, an independent research project, defined by the student in consultation with the graduate director and a member of the faculty. These projects are meant to build upon the student’s individual interests and program of courses, and so range widely in subject and approach.
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