Master of Arts in English Requirements

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 16^th or 17^th-century British Literature (3 cr.)

____________ ENG 538: Studies in 17^th-Century English Literature

____________ ENG 539: Milton

____________ ENG 636: Seminar in Shakespeare

____________ ENG 640: Studies in English Literature, 1660-1800

One course in 18^th or 19^th-century British Literature (3 cr.)

____________ ENG 547: 19^th-Century British Women Writers

____________ ENG 645: Studies in the Romantic Era

____________ ENG 646: Studies in the Victorian Era

One course in 20^th-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.

____________ (write in name of elective course: ______________________________)

____________ Foreign Language Requirement (one year of college-level study)

____________ Master’s Thesis

Matrix of Required Courses— M.A.

Course Number	Course Title	Program Requirement MA
ENG 500	Old English	Old English, Middle English, History of Eng. Language
ENG 504	Seminar in Composing Process	Elective
ENG 506	Computers and the Study of English	Elective
ENG 529/629	Contemporary British Historical Novel	20^th-Century British Lit.
ENG 529/629	Modernism & Postmodernism in British Literature, Studies in Irish Literature, Virginia Woolf, William Blake, The Romantics, Thomas Hardy*	20^th-Century British Lit.20^th-Century British Lit.20^th-Century British Lit.19^th-Century British Lit.19^th-Century British Lit.20^th-Century British Lit. *(may qualify as 19^th-century British Lit.)
	The Evolution of Writing	Elective
	Medieval Drama Arthurial Literature	Old English, Middle English, History of Eng. Language
	African American Women Novelists	American Lit. (Other)
	African American Autobiography	American Lit. (Other)
	Literature of American Women Immigrants	20^th-Century American Lit.
ENG 530	Chaucer	Old English, Middle English, or History of English Language
ENG 538	Studies in 17^th-Century English Lit.	16^th or 17^th-Century British Literature
ENG 539	Milton	16^th or 17^th-Century British Literature
ENG 547	British Women Writers	Elective
ENG 576	Modern British Drama	20^th-Century British Lit.Elective
ENG 601	History of English Language	Old English, Middle English, History of Eng. Language
ENG 615	Whitman and Dickinson Seminar in Crane, James, & Chopin	American Lit. (Other)American Lit. (Other)
ENG 616	Studies in American Lit. 1900-1950	20^th-Century American Lit.
ENG 617	Studies in American Lit. Since 1950	20^th-Century American Lit.
ENG 618	Global Multicultural Literature	Elective
ENG 619	Seminar in Literature for Adolescents	Not Required
ENG 632	Middle English Literature	Old English, Middle English, History of English Language
ENG 636	Seminar in Shakespeare	16^th or 17^th-Century British
ENG 640	Studies in English Lit. 1660-1800	17^th or 18^th-Century British
ENG 645	The Romantics	18^th or 19^th-Century British
ENG 672	Seminar in Literary Criticism	Literary Theory
ENG 678	World Drama	Elective
ENG 687	Thesis Writing	Program Requirement
ENG 697	Thesis Writing Extension