Master of Arts in English - Literature
In pursuing either a master’s or doctoral degree, graduate students in literature are encouraged to balance breadth of knowledge with depth of specialization. Our faculty has a wide range of interests and expertise, spanning traditional historical periods and cross-disciplinary fields like queer and feminist theory, film studies, disability studies, and literary biography.
This is a focused degree program that includes training in research methods and literary theory. It culminates in a research project or thesis. The master’s in English literature prepares students for doctoral work in the field.
The flexibility in this degree allows students to delineate a specialization to match interests. Recent doctoral students have concentrated in a variety of fields, including transatlantic modernism, U.S. ethnic literatures, and the 18th century.
| MA in English—literature |
| Core requirements |
| ENG 601 |
Research in English Studies (literature) |
3 |
ENG 606
OR |
Literary Theory 1 (3) |
3 |
| ENG 607 |
Literary Theory 2 (3) |
|
| 17-20 credits of approved graduate coursework in literature, including: |
| American literature |
6 |
| British and world literature |
|
| Before 1660 |
3 |
| After 1660 |
3 |
| Approved literature electives |
5-8 |
| Research requirement: |
|
RES 697
OR |
Research Paper (1-3) |
3-6 |
| THES 698 |
Thesis (1-6) |
|
| Electives |
0-3 |
|
Total Credits |
32 |