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Degree Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Research Component Courses		6
·¡±·³ÒÌý669	Literature, Methods, and the Profession 1
·¡±·³ÒÌý676	Master's Project in English 2
Distribution Requirement Courses		12
Select one course from each of the following four areas listed under "Distribution Requirement Courses" listed below
Literature Elective Courses		9
Select three literature courses approved in conjunction with the academic committee 3
Open Elective Courses		6
Select two elective courses in English or complementary fields of study approved in conjunction with the academic committee 4
Global Perspective Requirement (Co-Requisite)
See "Global Perspective Requirement" for details below
Total Hours		33

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·¡±·³ÒÌý669 is required in the first semester

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·¡±·³ÒÌý676 is required in the final semester

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Students may elect to explore broadly or to focus their coursework in an area of special interest.

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Electives may be chosen from English or from complementary fields of study. TAs may count ·¡±·³ÒÌý624 as an elective.

Distribution Requirement Courses

Select one course from each of the following areas listed below:

British Literature before 1660

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
·¡±·³ÒÌý509	Old English Literature	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý510	Middle English Literature	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý529	16th-Century Non-Dramatic English Literature	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý530	17th-Century English Literature	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý551	Chaucer	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý558	Studies In Shakespeare	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý561	Milton	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý578	English Drama To 1642	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý582	Studies in Literature (when topic applies)	3

British Literature after 1660

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
·¡±·³ÒÌý550	British Romantic Period	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý560	British Victorian Period	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý562	18TH-Century English Literature	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý563	18TH-Century English Novel	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý564	Victorian Novel	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý570	20TH-Century British Prose	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý571	20TH-Century British Poetry	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý572	Modern British Drama	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý579	Restoration and 18th-Century Drama	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý582	Studies in Literature	3

American Literature

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
·¡±·³ÒÌý531	American Colonial Literature	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý548	African-American Literature	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý555	American Romantic Period	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý565	American Realism and Naturalism	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý573	Modern American Drama	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý575	Southern Writers	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý576	20TH-Century American Poetry	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý577	20th-Century American Prose	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý580	Literary Postmodernism	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý582	Studies in Literature	3

Rhetoric, Linguistics, Composition, Film Studies, Criticism or Theory

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
·¡±·³ÒÌý505	Writing Program Administration: Theory, Practice, and Research	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý511	Theory and Research In Composition	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý513	Empirical Research In Composition	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý514	History Of Rhetoric	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý515	Rhetoric Of Science and Technology	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý516	Rhetorical Criticism: Theory and Practice	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý523	Language Variation Research Seminar	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý524	Introduction to Linguistics	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý525	Variety In Language	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý528	Sociophonetics	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý532	Narrative Analysis	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý533	Bilingualism and Language Contact	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý534	Quantitative Analysis in Sociolinguistics	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý536	Research Methods in Phonology	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý540	History Of Literary Criticism	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý541	Literary and Cultural Theory	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý554	Contemporary Rhetorical Theory	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý580	Literary Postmodernism	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý581	Visual Rhetoric: Theory and Criticism	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý582	Studies in Literature	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý583	Studies In Rhetoric and Writing	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý584	Studies In Linguistics	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý585	Studies In Film	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý586	Studies In Theory	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý591	Studies in National Cinemas	3
·¡±·³ÒÌý592	Special Topics in Film Styles and Genres	1-6

Global Perspective Requirement

The Global Perspectives requirement is intended to provide students with a greater understanding of language structure and a globalizing perspective on texts and culture. Student may fulfill this requirement in one of two ways:

1. Demonstrate language proficiency (by meeting one of the following options):
   1. Taking a reading exam administered by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. The Foreign Language Department offers optional preparatory courses for students planning to take the reading exam: ¹ó³¢³§Ìý401 Spanish Graduate Reading, ¹ó³¢¹óÌý401 French Graduate Reading, ¹ó³¢³ÒÌý401 German Graduate Reading.  
   2. Enrolling in and passing with a C- or better a 300-400 level course taught in the language (not translation).^*
   3. Having an undergraduate major or minor in a foreign language within the past five years.^*
   4. Speaking a language other than English as your first language.^*
2. Take a World Literature course or an approved alternative.  This course will typically count toward the degree as a literature or unrestricted elective, but there may be some instances in which the course can fulfill a core requirement.

If you’re considering doctoral work in literary study, we encourage you to consult with your advisor. In some cases, certifying language proficiency via reading exam may help satisfy a doctoral language requirement later on.

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To document language proficiency via option B, C or D, contact the Graduate Services Coordinator.

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