East Tennessee State
UniversityGraduate Studies in English
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East Tennessee State
University Graduate Studies in English |
Program Admission Requirements
The Department of English offers a Master of Arts degree in English with a general grounding in both British and American literature, in addition to a selection of courses in creative writing, rhetoric, linguistics, and English education.
A student applying to the graduate program in English should have:
- (1.) An undergraduate English major with at least a 3.0 GPA (on a 4.0 scale)
- (2.) Satisfactory scores on the Graduate Records Examination Aptitude Test
- (3.) Three letters of recommendation
Applicants should include undergraduate manuscripts, GRE scores, and letters of recommendation for their application to the Graduate School- or verify that these materials will be provided will their application. Anyone who does not meet these requirements may be admitted to the program conditionally upon the recommendation of the assistant chair for graduate studies in English and may be required to complete prescribed undergraduate courses without graduate credit. The student's background and experience will be considered.
Because the program offers a broad-based degree, there is no concentration per se; each student must take a minimum of 30 credits of course work in English. At least 70 percent of the course work must be taken from courses for graduates only but excluding credit for the departmentally sponsored practicum for graduate students who register for it as ENGL 5019 (Supervised Experience in Teaching), and excluding credit for ENGL 5029 (Supervised Experience in Research) or ENGL 5039 (Supervised Experience in Administration). All students earning the M.A. in English must complete the following core courses:
5950 Methods of Research: 3 credits
5960 Thesis in English: 3 credits
Total: 6 credits
Assistant Chair for Graduate Studies
