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English (MA)
Department of Languages and Literatures
http://www.uni.edu/chas/academics/languages-literatures
117 Baker Hall
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0502
Interim Head: Dr. Julie Husband
Phone: (319) 273-2855
E-mail: julie.husband@uni.edu
Graduate Coordinator: Dr. Adrienne Lamberti
Phone: (319) 273-2627
E-mail: adrienne.lamberti
Read the UNI Catalog description:
Students interested in this program must submit a completed Application for Admission to Graduate Study and should contact the Department of Languages and Literatures for other admission requirements. Graduate information and application for graduate admission can be found at www.grad.uni.edu/admission.
The Graduate Record Examination (General Test) is not required for admission to the program.
Only graduate courses (course numbers 5000 or above) will apply to a graduate degree, even if the undergraduate course number (4999 or less) is listed. No exceptions will be made.
This major in English is available on the thesis and non-thesis options, and degree applicants choose one of three emphases (see below). Both the thesis and the non-thesis options require a minimum of 30-36 semester hours, depending on the emphasis chosen. A minimum of 15 hours of 200/6000-level course work is required for each option.
The three emphases are the following:
- Literature Emphasis, minimum 30 semester hours - available on both thesis and non-thesis options;
- English Studies Emphasis, minimum 30 semester hours - available on both thesis and non-thesis options; and
- Creative Writing Emphasis, minimum 36 semester hours - available on thesis option only.
Graduate students are required to meet with the English Graduate Coordinator each semester for planning and approval of the courses within one's Program of Study. The department may require an applicant to complete course work in addition to the minimum hours specified for the selected option and emphasis. More information about this program approval process is available from the English Graduate Coordinator.
Successful completion of a final written and oral comprehensive examination is required for both the thesis and non-thesis options. In addition, students pursuing the non-thesis option are required to submit a Graduate Student Portfolio and complete an approved research paper. See the English Graduate Coordinator for details.
Native speakers of English must demonstrate proficiency in another language by earning at least a C grade in a second-semester, college-level course or by passing a specially designed examination. Course work taken to satisfy this foreign language requirement does not count toward the number of hours required for completion of the degree major.
For full admission, non-native English speakers must have achieved a Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score of 600 (paper-based)/250 (computer-based), or the equivalent, in order to demonstrate their proficiency in English. A student may be required to take additional English language improvement courses at the discretion of the English Graduate Faculty. Work taken to satisfy the language proficiency requirement does not count toward the minimum of 30 to 36 semester hours required to complete the selected emphasis.
Individuals teaching in Iowa community colleges are not required to hold state issued teaching licenses. However, graduate course work in postsecondary education may strengthen one’s qualifications for teaching at a community college. Contact individual colleges to determine the requirements for teaching appointments at each institution.
Literature Emphasis: Available on both the thesis and non-thesis options.
Required:
Languages and Literatures: | ||
Introduction to Graduate Study in English | 3 | |
English Literature electives selected from the following: | 21 | |
Electives, including the required literature electives, are planned with the English Graduate Coordinator; they must include 12 hours of 200/6000-level courses in addition to ENGLISH 6100 (620:201) (including 6 hours of ENGLISH 6299 (620:299) required for thesis option; no more than 3 hours of ENGLISH 6299 (620:299) may be used for the non-thesis option) | ||
Images of Women in Literature | ||
Literary Criticism | ||
Author Seminar: __________________ | ||
Seminar in Literature: ______________ | ||
Old English Language, Literature, and Culture | ||
Early Modern Drama | ||
English Renaissance | ||
18th-Century British Literature | ||
British Romantic Writers | ||
British Victorian Writers | ||
British Novel to 1900 | ||
20th-Century British Novel | ||
Chaucer | ||
Shakespeare | ||
Milton | ||
Early American Literature | ||
The American Renaissance | ||
American Realism and Naturalism to WWI | ||
American Poetry to 1914 | ||
20th-Century American Novel | ||
African American Literature | ||
Asian American Literature | ||
Modern/Postmodern Poetry | ||
Modern Drama | ||
Literary Nonfiction | ||
Film and Literature | ||
Film History | ||
Film Theory and Criticism | ||
Electronic Literature | ||
Genre Seminar:______________ | ||
Topics in Literary Criticism | ||
Feminist Literary Theories and Practice | ||
Contemporary Literary Theory | ||
Seminar in Literature | ||
Medieval English Literature | ||
English Renaissance Literature | ||
Restoration and 18th Century English Literature | ||
19th Century English Literature | ||
Modern English Literature | ||
American Romantic Literature | ||
Issues in American Literature, 1865-1914 | ||
Modern American Literature | ||
Contemporary Literature | ||
English electives selected from the following: | 6 | |
Theory and Practice of Writing | ||
Digital Writing: Theory and Practice | ||
Images of Women in Literature | ||
Literary Criticism | ||
Author Seminar: __________________ | ||
Seminar in Literature: ______________ | ||
Old English Language, Literature, and Culture | ||
Early Modern Drama | ||
English Renaissance | ||
18th-Century British Literature | ||
British Romantic Writers | ||
British Victorian Writers | ||
British Novel to 1900 | ||
20th-Century British Novel | ||
Chaucer | ||
Shakespeare | ||
Milton | ||
Early American Literature | ||
The American Renaissance | ||
American Realism and Naturalism to WWI | ||
American Poetry to 1914 | ||
20th-Century American Novel | ||
African American Literature | ||
Asian American Literature | ||
Modern/Postmodern Poetry | ||
Modern Drama | ||
Literary Nonfiction | ||
Film and Literature | ||
Film History | ||
Film Theory and Criticism | ||
Electronic Literature | ||
Genre Seminar:______________ | ||
Craft of Poetry | ||
Craft of Fiction | ||
Poetry Workshop | ||
Fiction Workshop | ||
Applied Writing: Workplace Communication | ||
Applied Writing: Proposals and Grants | ||
Applied Writing: Technical Communication | ||
Professional Editing | ||
Applied Writing: Projects and Careers | ||
Professional Writing Practicum | ||
Seminar in Teaching College Writing | ||
Topics in Literary Criticism | ||
Feminist Literary Theories and Practice | ||
Contemporary Literary Theory | ||
Seminar in Literature | ||
Medieval English Literature | ||
English Renaissance Literature | ||
Restoration and 18th Century English Literature | ||
19th Century English Literature | ||
Modern English Literature | ||
American Romantic Literature | ||
Issues in American Literature, 1865-1914 | ||
Modern American Literature | ||
Contemporary Literature | ||
Graduate Creative Writing Workshop | ||
Seminar in the Teaching of English | ||
Total hours, thesis or non-thesis option | 30 | |
Optional: up to 6 additional hours to complete a specialty area or a program certificate, subject to the approval of the student's advisor and the English Graduate Coordinator | ||
English Studies Emphasis: Available on both the thesis and non-thesis options.
Required:
Introduction to Graduate Study in English | 3 | |
English electives: | 27 | |
These electives are planned with the English Graduate Coordinator: must include 12 hours of 200/6000-level courses in addition to ENGLISH 6100 (620:201) (including 6 hours of ENGLISH 6299 (620:299) required for the thesis option; no more than 3 hours of ENGLISH 6299 (620:299) may be used for the non-thesis option). | ||
Theory and Practice of Writing | ||
Digital Writing: Theory and Practice | ||
Images of Women in Literature | ||
Literary Criticism | ||
Author Seminar: __________________ | ||
Seminar in Literature: ______________ | ||
Old English Language, Literature, and Culture | ||
Early Modern Drama | ||
English Renaissance | ||
18th-Century British Literature | ||
British Romantic Writers | ||
British Victorian Writers | ||
British Novel to 1900 | ||
20th-Century British Novel | ||
Chaucer | ||
Shakespeare | ||
Milton | ||
Early American Literature | ||
The American Renaissance | ||
American Realism and Naturalism to WWI | ||
American Poetry to 1914 | ||
20th-Century American Novel | ||
African American Literature | ||
Asian American Literature | ||
Modern/Postmodern Poetry | ||
Modern Drama | ||
Literary Nonfiction | ||
Film and Literature | ||
Film History | ||
Film Theory and Criticism | ||
Electronic Literature | ||
Genre Seminar:______________ | ||
Craft of Poetry | ||
Craft of Fiction | ||
Poetry Workshop | ||
Fiction Workshop | ||
Applied Writing: Workplace Communication | ||
Applied Writing: Proposals and Grants | ||
Applied Writing: Technical Communication | ||
Professional Editing | ||
Applied Writing: Projects and Careers | ||
Professional Writing Practicum | ||
Seminar in Teaching College Writing | ||
Topics in Literary Criticism | ||
Feminist Literary Theories and Practice | ||
Contemporary Literary Theory | ||
Seminar in Literature | ||
Medieval English Literature | ||
English Renaissance Literature | ||
Restoration and 18th Century English Literature | ||
19th Century English Literature | ||
Modern English Literature | ||
American Romantic Literature | ||
Issues in American Literature, 1865-1914 | ||
Modern American Literature | ||
Contemporary Literature | ||
Graduate Creative Writing Workshop | ||
Seminar in the Teaching of English | ||
Total hours, thesis or non-thesis option | 30 | |
Optional: up to 6 additional hours to complete a specialty area or a program certificate, subject to the approval of the student's advisor and the English Graduate Coordinator. | ||
Creative Writing Emphasis: Available on the thesis option only.
Required:
Languages and Literatures: | ||
Introduction to Graduate Study in English | 3 | |
Craft of Poetry * | 3-6 | |
Craft of Fiction | ||
Poetry Workshop * | 6-12 | |
Fiction Workshop | ||
and/or | ||
Graduate Creative Writing Workshop | ||
Research: | ||
Research | 6 | |
Electives (planned with English Graduate Coordinator): | ||
English Literature electives must include 6 hours of 200/6000-level courses | 12-15 | |
Elective in literature, writing, or culture from a department other than English or a non-literature course from English | 0-3 | |
Total hours | 36 | |
* | A total of at least 12 hours is required from ENGLISH 4715/5715 (620:108g), ENGLISH 4725/5725 (620:109g), ENGLISH 4740/5740 (620:174g), ENGLISH 4750/5750 (620:175g), and ENGLISH 6720 (620:270).
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The required thesis shall consist of a collection of short stories, a novel or novel excerpt, a collection of poems, a book-length poem, or a combination of fiction and poetry. Critical apparatuses - such as prologue, introduction, epilogue, notes, bibliography - are not required within the thesis. A formal oral defense of the thesis is required, and a public reading of selected portions of the thesis is recommended.