M.A. in English Worksheet/Checklist of Program Requirements
A minimum of 30 credit hours of approved graduate work is required. A minimum of nine credit hours must be taken in courses at the 600 level. On each line provided, record the date of completion of the course. NOTE: Requirements in the various categories can also be fulfilled by appropriate ENG 529 or 629 Special Topics courses.
Old/Middle English Requirements: One of the following courses (3. cr.)
____________ ENG 500: Old English
____________ ENG 530: Chaucer
____________ ENG 601: History of the English Language
____________ ENG 632: Middle English Literature
One course in 16th or 17th-century British Literature (3 cr.)
____________ ENG 538: Studies in 17th-Century English Literature
____________ ENG 539: Milton
____________ ENG 636: Seminar in Shakespeare
____________ ENG 640: Studies in English Literature, 1660-1800
One course in 18th or 19th-century British Literature (3 cr.)
____________ ENG 547: 19th-Century British Women Writers
____________ ENG 645: Studies in the Romantic Era
____________ ENG 646: Studies in the Victorian Era
One course in 20th-century British or American Literature (3 cr.)
____________ ENG 548: Studies in British Literature 1950-Present
____________ ENG 616: Studies in American Literature from 1900-1950
____________ ENG 617: Studies in American Literature Since 1950
____________ ENG 677: Seminar in Contemporary British Literature
One other course in American Literature (3 cr.)
____________ ENG 615: Studies in American Literature to 1900
____________ ENG 616: Studies in American Literature from 1900-1950
____________ ENG 617: Studies in American Literature Since 1950
____________ ENG 622: Seminar in American Women Writers
One course in literary theory:
____________ ENG 672: Seminar in Literary Criticism (3 cr.)
12 credit hours of electives, with adequate distribution of courses in American and British literature. N.B. Only one non-literature English course can be taken as an elective by MA students.
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____________ Foreign Language Requirement (one year of college-level study)
____________ Master’s Thesis
Matrix of Required Courses—M.A.
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Course Number |
Course Title |
Program Requirement MA |
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ENG 506 |
Computers and the Study of English |
Elective |
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ENG 529/629
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Contemporary British Historical Novel
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20th-Century British Lit.
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ENG 529/629 |
Modernism & Postmodernism in British Literature Studies in Irish Literature Virginia Woolf William Blake The Romantics Thomas Hardy*
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20th-Century British Lit. 20th-Century British Lit. 20th-Century British Lit. 19th-Century British Lit. 19th-Century British Lit. 20th-Century British Lit. *(may qualify as 19th-century British Lit.)
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The Evolution of Writing
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Elective
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Medieval Drama Arthurial Literature |
Old English, Middle English, History of Eng. Language
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African American Women Novelists
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American Lit. (Other)
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African American Autobiography
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American Lit. (Other)
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Literature of American Women Immigrants
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20th-Century American Lit.
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ENG 530
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Chaucer
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Old English, Middle English, or History of English Language
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ENG 538
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Studies in 17th-Century English Lit.
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16th or 17th-Century British Literature
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ENG 539
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Milton
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16th or 17th-Century British Literature
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ENG 576
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Modern British Drama
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20th-Century British Lit. Elective
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ENG 601 |
History of English Language
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Old English, Middle English, History of Eng. Language |
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ENG 615
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Whitman and Dickinson Seminar in Crane, James, & Chopin
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American Lit. (Other) American Lit. (Other)
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ENG 616
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Studies in American Lit. 1900-1950
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20th-Century American Lit.
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ENG 617
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Studies in American Lit. Since 1950 |
20th-Century American Lit.
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ENG 618 |
Global Multicultural Literature |
Elective |
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ENG 619 |
Seminar in Literature for Adolescents |
Not Required |
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ENG 632 |
Middle English Literature |
Old English, Middle English, History of English Language |
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ENG 636 |
Seminar in Shakespeare |
16th or 17th-Century British |
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ENG 640 |
Studies in English Lit. 1660-1800 |
17th or 18th-Century British |
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ENG 645 |
The Romantics |
18th or 19th-Century British |
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ENG 672
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Seminar in Literary Criticism
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Literary Theory
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ENG 672 |
Thesis Writing |
Elective |
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ENG 678 |
World Drama |
Elective |
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