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Required core: |
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Engl 502 |
Literary Theory |
3 |
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Engl 541 |
Hist of the Engl Lang |
3 |
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Engl 601 |
Res Meth in Engl |
3 |
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Engl 699 |
Thesis |
6 |
Required course for teaching assistants: Engl. 515 Meth of Tutoring & Teaching Writing (3)
Core Total: 15
Students should take nine hours of electives in their emphasis area and the remainder from any area. Please note that for creative writing students, three of their nine credits must be in Engl. 671. Electives may also include other faculty-approved courses.
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Concentration in Literature |
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Choose seven courses from the following: |
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Engl 502 |
Literary Theory |
3 |
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Engl 511 |
Major American Writers |
3 |
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Engl 512 |
Major British Writers |
3 |
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Engl 513 |
Major World Writers |
3 |
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Engl 514 |
Literary Realism |
3 |
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Engl 521 |
Chaucer |
3 |
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Engl 522 |
Shakespeare |
3 |
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Engl 523 |
Milton |
3 |
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Engl 535 |
Selected Topic in English |
3 |
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Engl 545 |
Cultural Criticism & Theory |
3 |
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Engl 550-650 |
Seminar in Engl |
1-4 |
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Engl 582 |
Lit of the SW |
3 |
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Engl 591 |
Arthurian Lit |
3 |
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Engl 610 |
Major Amer Poets |
3 |
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Engl 636 |
Var of Romanticism |
3 |
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Engl 641 |
Hist of Pop Lit |
3 |
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Phil 540 |
Philosophy of Art & Aesthetics |
3 |
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Span 560 |
Survey Hisp Lit of SW |
3 |
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Span 652 |
Cont Chicano Writers of SW |
3 |
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Concentration Total: |
21 |
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Program Total: |
36 |
Concentration in Language, Rhetoric, and Composition
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Choose seven courses from the following: |
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Anth 561 |
Comm & Culture |
3 |
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Comm 518 |
Desktop Pub |
3 |
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Comm 533 |
Feature Writing |
3 |
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Comm 536 |
Scriptwriting |
3 |
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Comm 545 |
Screenwriting |
3 |
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Engl 500 |
Creative Writing: Exp Fiction |
3 |
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Engl 501 |
Creative Writing: Adv Poetry |
3 |
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Engl 515 |
Meth of Tutoring & Teaching Writing |
3 |
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Engl 535 |
Selected Topic in English |
3 |
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Engl 543 |
Sociolinguistics |
3 |
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Engl 550-650 |
Seminar in Engl |
1-4 |
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Engl 563 |
Rhetoric and Reality |
3 |
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Engl 564 |
Women & Rhetoric |
3 |
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Engl 565 |
Non-Fiction Prose |
3 |
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Engl 585 |
Stylistics |
3 |
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Engl 651 |
Images & Words: Semiotics |
3 |
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Engl 661 |
Literacy and Orality |
3 |
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Engl 671 |
Creative Writing Workshop |
3 |
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Phil 572 |
Cognitive Science |
3 |
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Concentration Total: |
21 |
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Program Total: |
36 |
Concentration in Creative Writing
Students must take nine credits in creative writing courses, including at least three credits of Engl. 671: Creative Writing Workshop. This course may be repeated with a change of content. Creative writers may choose an additional 12 credits of electives from either of the first two emphasis areas.
Concentration Total: 21
Program Total: 36
Examinations
All students must pass a written qualifying examination based on a reading list approved by the Master of Arts Committee. Language requirement in addition to the 36 credits required for the M.A., students must demonstrate reading knowledge of a language other than English. The language requirement may be fulfilled by: (1) completing the final course of a four-semester undergraduate sequence in a language with a grade of B; (2) completing a 300 or 400 level course with a grade of B; (3) passing the Princeton Language Test; or, (4) passing a comparable test administered by the Department of Humanities.