Courses
The degree offers two tracks - one requiring 33 hours of course work followed by qualifying examinations, and the other requiring 27 hours of course work followed by a 6-credit-hour thesis project. Students must take courses in an author or topic, a literary period, and a genre. These are all variable-content courses and may be taken more than once. The curriculum also requires a course that introduces students to the history of literary studies and provides them with the conceptual and critical vocabulary of the discipline, as well as instruction in research methods.
Track 1: 33 credit hours of coursework plus qualifying examinations.
Track 2: 27 credit hours of coursework plus a 6-credit-hour thesis.
Core Requirements
12 credit hours
- ENG 600: Graduate Literary Studies Seminar
- ENG 624: Genre Studies
- ENG 651: Literary Period Seminar
- ENG 661 or 663: Author or Topic Seminar/ Shakespeare Seminar
Note: Degree-seeking students must take ENG 600, Graduate Literary Studies Seminar, before completion of more than 9 credit hours in the program.
Electives
Track 1: 21 credit hours
Track 2: 15 credit hours
- ENG 600: Graduate Literary Studies
- ENG 603: Seminar in British Literature
- ENG 605: Seminar in American Literature
- ENG 612: Women Writers
- ENG 614: Literature of American Ethnic Minorities
- ENG 616: World Literature in English
- ENG 624: Genre Studies
- ENG 651: Literary Period Seminar
- ENG 655: History of Literary Criticism and Theory
- ENG 661: Author or Topic Seminar
- ENG 663: Shakespeare
- ENG 680: Special Topics
- ENG 695: Master's Thesis
- ENG 699: Independant Study
For current course offerings and descriptions click here.
More information on Qualifying Examinations.
More information on Thesis Preparation.
Completing the program
The semester before graduation, you will need to complete a graduation audit. You will begin by filling out the Request for Graduate Diploma and submitting it to the Registrar's office. Contact them at 331-3327 with questions about this process.
Page last modified March 26, 2013
