English, M.A.

Required Research Credits:

• ENGG 5000 - Literary Research, Bibliography, and Critical Theory (3)
• ENGG 5900 - Thesis (1-6) (Earned only when there is a letter grade given for the course; grades of PR or NP are not earned hours)

1. American Literature:

• ENGG 5510 - The American Novel in the Nineteenth Century (3)
• ENGG 5520 - American Authors in the Nineteenth Century (3)
• ENGG 5605 - African American Literature I (3)
• ENGG 5615 - African American Literature II (3)
• ENGG 5620 - Modern American Literature (3)

2. British Literature:

• ENGG 5020 - Chaucer (3)
• ENGG 5120 - English Literature of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (3)
• ENGG 5210 - Milton (3)
• ENGG 5220 - Major British Authors of the Eighteenth Century (3)
• ENGG 5230 - English Drama (3)
• ENGG 5300 - Shakespeare (3)
• ENGG 5310 - English Romantic Poets (3)
• ENGG 5410 - Victorian Literature (3)
• ENGG 5415 - The Victorian Novel (3)
• ENGG 5420 - Modern British Literature (3)

3. Specialty/Multicultural Topics:

• ENGG 5005 - Composition Theory and Pedagogy (3)
• ENGG 5015 - Approaches to the Teaching of Literature (3)
• ENGG 5110 - Seminar in Language or Literature (3)
• ENGG 5430 - Major Novels of the Nineteenth Century (3)
• ENGG 5700 - Seminar in Modern African Literature (3)
• ENGG 5710 - Postmodern Narrative (3)
• ENGG 5720 - Contemporary Multi-Ethnic Literature (3)
• ENGG 5740 - The Twentieth-Century Novel (3)
• ENGG 5750 - Modern British and American Drama (3)

Fall Semester

• ENGG 5000 - Literary Research, Bibliography, and Critical Theory (3)

• ENGG 5XXX - American Literature (3)

  ENGG 5XXX - British Literature (3)

Spring Semester

ENGG 5XXX - Specialty/Multicultural Topics (3)

ENGG 5XXX - Any graduate seminar (3)

ENGG 5XXX - Any graduate seminar (3)

Foreign Language Requirement Examination

Summer Year 1:

Qualifying Examination/Admissio to Candidacy

Approval of Thesis Plan

Fall Semester

ENGG 5XXX - Any graduate seminar or elective course (3)

ENGG 5XXX - Any graduate seminar or elective course (3)

ENGG 5XXX - Any graduate seminar or elective course (3)

Spring Semester

• ENGG 5900 - Thesis (1-6)

• Thesis Defense or Project Defense

Summer Year 2 (As Needed)

• ENGG 5900 - Thesis (1-6)

• Thesis Defense