MA in English Graduate Program Requirements
1. COURSEWORK
Graduate-Only Requirements: |
For English Department TAs:
Total: 32 credit hours of graduate-only coursework (34 for English Department TAs) *MA Experience courses are designated as such, term by term, in their course descriptions. They include secondary readings (critical and/or theoretical) tied to a substantial written research project.” |
Additional Requirements: |
For Literature and Culture, choose from these options:
For Writing, Rhetoric, and Culture, choose from these options:
For English Department TAs:
Total: 16 credit hours of additional coursework (16 or 20 for English Department TAs) Total Core Requirements: a minimum of 48 credit hours (50 or 54 for English Department TAs) |
(Students who entered the program before Fall 2010 can contact Peter Betjemann for their program requirements.)
2. THESIS
There are two thesis options:
- a single document of 40-60 pages, presenting a sustained argument and generally broken into closely related chapters or sections;
- or two article-length essays developing arguments on distinct but related topics, each 20-25 pages, with a framing introduction that addresses their relationship.
Thesis committees, arranged by the end of the student's first year of study, include one major and two minor professors. Work on the thesis is directed principally by the student’s major professor. All committee members must be members of the MA faculty, with the major professor possessing significant expertise in the area of the student’s thesis project. Other committee members’ roles should be determined by the committee as a whole on a case-by-case basis; if a student chooses the second thesis option, for example, a committee member might oversee one essay while the major professor oversees the other essay and the framing introduction.
3. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
- Proficiency in a foreign language equivalent to a second-year university course (see OSU graduate catalog)
- Continuous enrollement (see OSU graduate catalog)
For graduate advising, please contact Professor Peter Betjemann, Graduate Studies Coordinator at peter.betjemann@oregonstate.edu.
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