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Program Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| ENGL 506 | Seminar in Literary Research | 3 |
| ENGL 507 | Theoretical Approaches to Literature 1 | 3 |
| Masters Thesis | ||
| ENGL 698 | Master's Thesis | 3 |
| Submit the completed Thesis original and one copy to the Graduate Office. See Thesis Guidelines for details. | ||
| Electives | ||
| Complete 8 courses from the following: 2 | 24 | |
| Seminar in American Literature | ||
| Seminar in British Literature | ||
| Graduate Writing Seminar | ||
| Seminar in Teaching Literature | ||
| Shakespeare Studies: Tragedies | ||
| Shakespeare Studies: Comedies | ||
| Shakespeare Studies: Histories | ||
| Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama | ||
| Milton | ||
| Victorian Studies II: Novel | ||
| Victorian Studies III: Poetry | ||
| Turn-of-the-Century British Writers | ||
| The Modern British Novel | ||
| Modern British and Irish Poetry | ||
| Studies in Early American Literature | ||
| American Romanticism | ||
| Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville | ||
| American Realism | ||
| Modern American Fiction | ||
| Modern American Poetry | ||
| Recent American Fiction | ||
| American Drama | ||
| Black American Women Writers | ||
| Teaching Literature through the Critical Essay | ||
| Independent Study in British Literature | ||
| Independent Study in American Literature | ||
| Seminar in International Literature | ||
| Ancient Tragedy | ||
| Ancient Epic | ||
| The Hebrew Bible/Old Testament as Literature | ||
| The Romantic Movement | ||
| Ibsen, Strindberg, and Shaw | ||
| Major Writers of Africa and the African Diaspora | ||
| Trends in the Contemporary Novel | ||
| Special Topics in Film Studies | ||
| Science Fiction | ||
| Independent Study: International Literature | ||
| Total Credits | 33 | |
- 1
Students in the combined B.A. English/M.A. English program complete this course as part of the undergraduate major.
- 2
Students in the combined B.A. English/M.A. English program complete three electives as part of the undergraduate major.