Online Master of Arts in 英语 Degree Plans

The 英语 Department offers two options leading to the Master of Arts degree online designed to prepare students for entry to the professional world or further graduate study:

  • 跟踪 – Master of Arts degree (thesis option – 30 semester credit hours, including 3 research hours for thesis) – in literature study with an emphasis in 美国, 非裔美国人, 或英国文学.
  • 跟踪B – Master of Arts degree (non-thesis option - 30 semester credit hours for non-thesis) – with a generalist concentration in literary studies. With the approval of the Department Chair and the instructor, the student will devote three credits to a “Directed Reading and 研究” course resulting in two or more longer papers.

学位要求

In order to earn a Master’s degree in 英语 online under 跟踪(thesis option), a candidate must complete the following departmental requirements:

  • Thirty hours of graduate work in 英语, including 英语 837 (Thesis in Progress), with an emphasis in 非裔美国人, 美国, 或英国文学). 必修核心课程:英语502, 533, 和638年
  • Evidence that the student either has passed at least twelve semester hours of a foreign language or has a reading knowledge of some foreign language (such competency to be certified, 通过考试, by the Department of Foreign Languages)
  • 综合笔试
  • End of program assessment that includes a comprehensive test, 投资组合, 研究完成 and evaluation
  • An acceptable thesis based on an investigation of a subject approved by the Department and the University Graduate School
  • An oral defense of the thesis before the committee of graduate faculty advisors
  • A completed thesis approved by the University Graduate School

In order to earn a Master’s degree in 英语 online under 跟踪B(non-thesis option), a candidate must complete the following departmental requirements:

  • Thirty hours of graduate work in 英语 for a general concentration in literature, 必修核心课程:英语502, 533, 和638年
  • Evidence that the student either has passed at least twelve semester hours of a foreign language or has a reading knowledge of a foreign language (such competency to be certified, 通过考试 by the Department of Foreign Languages)
  • 综合笔试
  • End of program assessment that includes the comprehensive examination, 组合评价, 研究完成
  • An acceptable 投资组合 of at least six seminar-length analyses covering each of the areas of required studies (美国, 非裔美国人, 英国, 批评, Directed Study) with the 投资组合 to be evaluated by members of the graduate faculty
  • An oral defense of the thesis before the committee of graduate faculty advisors
  • An oral review of the 投资组合 before the committee of graduate faculty advisors

For more information: Graduate Advisor for 英语

迈克尔·本森博士

电话:713-313-7613
电子邮件: (.Benson@practicaldrilling.com
英语助理教授
研究生英语项目主任