The MA program in English within the School of Writing, Literature, and Film* allows graduate students to work closely with faculty while pursuing advanced study in literature, rhetoric, culture, and film. MA students choose one of two areas of emphasis: 1) Literature and Culture or 2) Rhetoric, Writing and Culture. Program requirements are focused but flexible, ensuring that every student will be trained in current methodologies and will study contexts and interdisciplinary exchange as well as the primary texts of specific historical periods.
All incoming students take ENG 514: Introduction to Graduate Studies in the fall term; this course provides the methodological foundation for graduate work while fostering a sense of community among the cohort. The thesis project, designed in consultation with a faculty mentor, provides a capstone experience.
We take pride in the pedagogical opportunities and training we offer graduate students, and all applicants to the MA/English program are also invited to apply for Graduate Teaching Assistantships. First-year GTAs teach WR 121, OSU’s first-year composition course. Based on School needs, second-year GTAs with appropriate training are eligible to teach selected sections of business/professional writing or apply to lead a discussion section for a lower-division literature course. Students may also seek tutorial or GTA experience by applying to the Center for Writing and Learning, the Writing Intensive Curriculum program, or INTO (a program of English-oriented courses for international students).
The School of Writing, Literature, and Film regularly hosts lectures and workshops for graduate students by prominent writers and critics, including events in the Critical Questions series. The MA program also sponsors a graduate symposium and professional development workshops.
Our graduates have gone on to teaching or administrative positions at the secondary and university levels; to professional careers in business, government, and publishing; and to PhD programs at Cornell University, University of Iowa, Loyola University of Chicago, Oklahoma State University, Penn State, UC Boulder, UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbara, University of Dayton, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, University of Oregon, University of Washington, Washington State University, and other institutions.
More information can be found by following the links below. For other questions, please contact Graduate Coordinator, Peter Betjemann
- Application Information
- Information for International Applicants
- Program of Study Requirements (requirements for students admitted before Fall 2010)
- GTA Information
- Graduate School Guide to Success (for information on Graduate School policies, requirements, forms, etc.)
- Faculty Profiles
- Housing Information
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