Program Information
The Department of English offers a MFA in Creative Writing and a PhD degree in English with the specializations listed below. Complete descriptions of the minimum requirements for the MFA and PhD degrees are provided in the Graduate Degrees section of this catalog. Specific areas of specialization for the PhD include American, African-American, and British literature; American studies; critical theory and cultural studies; film and media studies; feminisms, genders and sexualities; postcolonial studies; composition and rhetoric; comics and visual rhetoric; and children’s literature.
New graduate students should have completed an undergraduate English major of at least 24 semester hours. The PhD program accepts students with BA and MA degrees. Full information concerning courses of study is available from the graduate coordinator.
Degrees Offered with a Major in English
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Master of Arts
Requirements for these degrees are given in the Graduate Degrees section of this catalog.
English Departmental Courses
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AML 6017 | Studies in American Literature Before 1900 | 3 |
| AML 6027 | Studies in 20th-Century American Literature | 3 |
| CRW 6130 | Fiction Writing | 3 |
| CRW 6166 | Studies in Literary Form | 3 |
| CRW 6331 | Verse Writing | 3 |
| CRW 6906 | Individual Work | 1-3 |
| ENC 5236 | Advanced Business Writing for Accounting | 4 |
| ENC 6428 | Digital English | 3 |
| ENC 7760 | From Paper to Publication: The Peer-Reviewed Journal Article in English Studies and Related Fields | 3 |
| ENG 6016 | Psychological Approaches to Literature | 3 |
| ENG 6075 | Literary Theory: Issues | 3 |
| ENG 6077 | Literary Theory: Forms | 3 |
| ENG 6137 | The Language of Film | 3 |
| ENG 6138 | Studies in the Movies | 3 |
| ENG 6824 | Proseminar in Graduate Studies in English: Research, Writing, and the Profession | 3 |
| ENG 6906 | Individual Work | 1-3 |
| ENG 6910 | Supervised Research | 1-5 |
| ENG 6932 | Film and Video Production | 3 |
| ENG 6971 | Research for Master's Thesis | 1-15 |
| ENG 7979 | Advanced Research | 1-12 |
| ENG 7980 | Research for Doctoral Dissertation | 1-15 |
| ENL 6246 | Studies in Romantic Literature | 3 |
| ENL 6256 | Studies in Victorian Literature | 3 |
| ENL 6276 | Studies in 20th-Century British Literature | 3 |
| LAE 6940 | Supervised Teaching | 1-5 |
| LAE 6947 | Writing Theories & Practices | 3 |
| LIT 6047 | Studies in Drama | 3 |
| LIT 6236 | Postcolonial Studies | 3 |
| LIT 6357 | African-Amer. or African Diaspora Lit./Cultures | 3 |
| LIT 6358 | Theoretical Approaches to Black Cultural Studies | 3 |
| LIT 6855 | Issues in Cultural Studies | 3 |
| LIT 6856 | Cultural Studies: Interventions | 3 |
| LIT 6934 | Variable Topics | 1-5 |
English (PHD)
SLO 1 Skills
Students teach an entry-level college writing course and/or a lower-division course in their field in a professional manner, organizing and delivering content in a mode appropriate to audience
SLO 2 Professional Behavior
Students engage in professional research and writing activity at the PhD level, for example, conference-ready papers and/or materials appropriate for publication
English (MA)
SLO 1 Knowledge
Students will identify and discuss a problem or gap in scholarship in their specialization
SLO 2 Skills
Students teach an entry-level college writing course and/or a lower-division course in their field in a professional manner, organizing and delivering content in a mode appropriate to audience
SLO 3 Professional Behavior
Students engage in professional research and writing activity at the MA level, for example, conference-ready papers
English (MFA)
SLO 1 Knowledge
Students write an extended draft of an original complete work in their genre. All third-year MFA students completed their theses by the required deadline and exceeded minimum requirements
SLO 2 Skills
Students learn to teach an entry-level creative writing course and/or an entry-level writing course in a professional manner, organizing and delivering content in a mode appropriate to audience
SLO 3 Professional Behavior
Students perform public readings of their original work