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.
| 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 | 20th-Century British Lit. |
| ENG 529/629 | Modernism & Postmodernism in British Literature, Studies in Irish Literature, Virginia Woolf, William Blake, The Romantics, Thomas Hardy* | 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.) |
| 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 | 20th-Century American Lit. | |
| ENG 530 | Chaucer | Old English, Middle English, or History of English Language |
| ENG 538 | Studies in 17th-Century English Lit. | 16th or 17th-Century British Literature |
| ENG 539 | Milton | 16th or 17th-Century British Literature |
| ENG 547 | British Women Writers | Elective |
| ENG 576 | Modern British Drama | 20th-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 | 20th-Century American Lit. |
| ENG 617 | Studies in American Lit. Since 1950 | 20th-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 | 16th or 17th-Century British |
| ENG 640 | Studies in English Lit. 1660-1800 | 17th or 18th-Century British |
| ENG 645 | The Romantics | 18th or 19th-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 |