Candidates must fulfill one of the following plans:
Satisfactorily complete 30 hours of English and pass a comprehensive examination based upon the department's Master's Reading List.
Satisfactorily complete 24 hours of English, pass a comprehensive examination based upon the department's Master's Reading List, prepare a thesis for which 6 hours of credit are earned, and pass an oral examination over the subject matter of the thesis.
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In both plans, at least 15 of the student's 30 hours must consist of 6000-level courses. All students pursuing the Master of Arts in English are required to pass
| ____ ENGL 5360 | History and Structure of the English Language |
| ____ ENGL 5366 | Literacy Theory and Criticism |
| ____ ENGL 6393 | Research Methods in English |
The department strongly recommends that ENGL 6393 be taken at the earliest opportunity.
Upon acceptance into the graduate program, each student will be advised by a member of the department's graduate faculty and will procure a Master's Reading List from the departmental secretary. At or near the end of the candidate's program, the Coordinator of Graduate Study and members of the graduate faculty will give the student a comprehensive, written examination. If the candidate's performance is unsatisfactory, the student may be re-examined during one of the regularly scheduled comprehensive exam periods.
Should the student elect the thesis option, he or she will select a major professor to direct the thesis. When the thesis is submitted, an oral examination will be given by a committee composed of the major professor, a member of the graduate faculty (to be appointed by the departmental chairperson), and a member of the graduate faculty from outside the Department of English.