The English graduate program leading to the Master of Arts degree allows students to concentrate in one of the following track options: 1) English and American literature; 2) writing; 3) teaching. All students take required courses in research methods, theory, and twelve hours of literature. The thirty-hour program accommodates both full-time and part-time students, allows them to achieve different goals, and prepares them for a wide variety of careers. The English and American literature track serves prospective Ph.D. students in literature and students generally seeking greater literary understanding or research skills; the writing track prepares students who go on to doctoral programs in rhetoric, composition, and writing as well as those seeking careers in professional, business, technical, or creative writing; the teaching track provides students with advanced work in the content area for teachers of English.

For more information, please contact Margaret M. Strain, Ph.D., director of the Graduate Program in English.