英语米.A.
集中领域
- 创意写作
- 文学历史
- 修辞 & 作文
招生 & 需求
项目概述
The Department of 英语 offers an M.A. degree that can serve either as preparation for a Ph.D. and a career in 英语 studies or as an extension of education in the liberal arts beyond the bachelor's degree.
教师 believe that all students should have a thorough grounding in the basic elements of literary study; thus, all students must satisfy a common set of core requirements. Students also should have the opportunity to give their studies a particular emphasis, and thus a choice of three departmental concentrations are offered:
- 文学历史
- 创意写作
- 修辞 and 作文
These are carefully selected groups of courses that give each master's program a distinctive focus.
毕业时间: Completion of the program generally requires two years of course work, but full-time students who are not teaching assistants may complete the program in less time.
职业发展机会
学生进入M.A. programs in 英语 for a variety of reasons. Some wish simply to extend their liberal education beyond the bachelor?年代的水平, others want professional training for high school or junior college teaching, and still others require preparation for ongoing academic studies, including the doctoral degree.
浓度
文学历史: Students concentrating on literature 历史 have the opportunity to study a diverse array of literary periods, 国家文献, 和流派. The coursework is conducted in small seminars, ensuring a high level of interaction between graduate students and faculty.
创意写作: Students concentrating on creative writing have the opportunity to study with renowned writing faculty in three genres (fiction, 诗歌, and creative nonfiction). The coursework is conducted in small seminars combining workshop and academic approaches. Outside of the classroom, students have the opportunity to work on the department's literary journals and to interact with visiting writers.
修辞 and 作文: Students concentrating on rhetoric and composition explore rhetoric and composition theory, 历史, 和研究, and the ways these relate to the teaching of writing. Because most of our students are also teaching assistants, 这种理论, 历史, and pedagogical coursework is supplemented by practical teaching experiences and administrative opportunities.
项目任务
M. A. is meant to serve a diverse range of students (from those who wish to extend their liberal education beyond the bachelor'年代的水平 to those planning to pursue a Ph.D. and a career in college teaching. We believe that all of these students should have a thorough grounding in the basic elements of literary study; thus all students must satisfy a common set of core requirements. 我们也相信, 然而, that students should focus on a particular emphasis, and thus we offer a choice of three departmental concentrations?literary 历史, creative writing, and rhetoric and composition.
Program Learning Objectives
M.A. Program in 英语 will:
- Introduce students to the professional conversation in 英语 studies in various fields and to texts from diverse eras and cultures, with the intention of provoking and supporting their intellectual curiosity.
- Offer students instruction and practice in 阅读 texts critically through multiple theoretical perspectives and in various 历史, 社会, 以及审美背景.
- Provide students opportunity for frequent and extensive writing, culminating in longer pieces (M.A. 论文或论文), and guidance in fashioning this writing to participate in shared public conversation (publication, 会议演讲, 评论, 等.)
- Introduce students to the theory and practice of the teaching of writing.
- Prepare students for continued graduate work, 教学职业, or other professions that require knowledge of language and/or literature and skills in critical thinking, 阅读, 和写作.