Dual Degree Program
English majors can complete a Master of Arts in one year beyond their B.A. Students who qualify for admission into the dual degree program will take 12 credits of graduate-level English courses during their junior and senior years. These will apply toward the 42 credits required for completion of the undergraduate major and toward the 30 credits required for the Master of Arts in English. Students can then complete the remaining 18 credits of graduate courses after earning a B.A.
Requirements for Admission
English majors who have completed at least 21 credits in the major with a minimum GPA of 3.2 may apply at any time prior to their senior year. However, students are encouraged to apply in the second semester of the sophomore year, to allow enough time to complete the courses in the junior and senior years. Applicants are not required to take the GRE, but they must complete the graduate application form, and their application must include a transcript, a writing sample and three letters of recommendation from their undergraduate professors, two of whom must be full-time faculty in the Department of English.
Advanced Electives in the Undergraduate Major and Graduate Course Equivalents
These are the graduate courses that students may choose from to count toward the undergraduate upper-level elective requirement of 12 credits in four out of five of the following categories. (See Graduate Catalogue for full course descriptions.)
- British (pre-1800), 3 credits
ENGL 6111
| Old English Literature
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ENGL 6112
| Chaucer | |
ENGL 6113
| Medieval Drama
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ENGL 6114
| Shakespeare to 1600
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ENGL 6115
| Shakespeare from 1600
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ENGL 6116
| Renaissance Literature
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ENGL 6117
| Renaissance Drama
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ENGL 6118
| 17th Century Literature
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ENGL 6119
| Milton | |
ENGL 6121
| Dryden, Pope and Swift
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ENGL 6122
| English Drama 1600-1800
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ENGL 6123
| Age of Johnson
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- British (post-1800), 3 credits:
ENGL 6124
| Age of Romanticism
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ENGL 6125
| Victorian Prose and Poetry
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ENGL 6126
| Major British Writers: 1900-1945
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ENGL 6127
| Major British Writers from 1945
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ENGL 6128
| British Poetry of the 20th Century
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ENGL 6311
| The English Novel: Beginnings through the 19th Century
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ENGL 6313
| Modern British Drama
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ENGL 6314
| Modern Irish Drama
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ENGL 6211
| American Literature: Beginnings through Poe
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ENGL 6212
| The American Renaissance
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ENGL 6213
| American Literature of the Later 19th Century
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ENGL 6214
| Major American Writers: 1900-1945
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ENGL 6215
| Major American Writers from 1945
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ENGL 6216
| Continuity of American Poetry
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ENGL 6217
| African-American Literary Experience
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- Thematic/Comparative, 3 credits:
ENGL 6010
| Introduction to Literary Research
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Students are advised to take this course as soon as possible after entering the dual degree program.
ENGL 6411
| Art and Craft of Writing
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ENGL 6412
| Modern Rhetoric and Writing
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ENGL 6415
| Composition Theory and Practice
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ENGL 6420
| Linguistic History of English
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