INFORMATION FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS

Mandatory Advising for all departmental majors.

The Department of English and Modern Languages offers the Master's degree in English. Prospective graduate students should apply to the Graduate Admissions Office and must present GRE scores. Students may opt to complete a written thesis or to take equivalent coursework. Two graduate courses are offered each long semester and two each summer term. Students may also take senior-level courses for graduate credit with permission.  Students may also take writing courses (creative, technical, pedagogical, or rhetorical) and write a creative or technical thesis.

Students holding an undergraduate degree may take up to six hours of graduate work prior to official admission to a graduate degree program. Once admitted to the graduate program,  the student's program of work will be planned with an advisor. Students pursuing the thesis option need to officially form a graduate thesis committee in the semester prior to beginning thesis. We advise that students expect thesis work to take a calendar year at minimum.

The Department offers several Teaching Assistantships at competitive salaries.

For information about the graduate program contact the chair (Joe Nordgren) or the Writing Director (Jim Sanderson).