Literary and Cultural Studies -Graduate
The Master's in English allows students to concentrate in any one of a number of specializations areas, including Literary and Cultural Studies. Students who wish to write a master's thesis are encouraged to do so. Thesis hours count as four hours of course work.
Degree requirements for the Master's in English (emphasis in Literary and Cultural Studies):
- English 401 Introduction to Graduate Studies
- English 402 Introduction to the Composing Process (required for students teaching composition)
- Three courses in Literature before 1800
- Three courses in Literature after 1800
- Four elective courses
The following courses are available on the graduate level:
- English 308 Literature and the Related Arts
- English 311Introduction to Old English Language and Literature
- English 320 Chaucer
- English 324 Milton
- English 325 English Drama Before 1642
- English 327 Restoration and Eighteenth Century Drama
- English 328 Modern British and American drama
- English 329 Selected Figures in British literature
- English 332 Selected Figures in American literature
- English 336 The American Novel
- English 352 Selected Figures in World Literature
- English 360 Studies in Women and Literature
- English 365 Movements and Periods in African American Lit. and Culture
- English 374 Storytelling
- English 378 Shakespeare on Stage
- English 381 Studies in Literary Genres
- English 382 Literary Criticism
- English 384 Introduction To Cultural Theory
- English 386 The Eighteenth-Century English Novel
- English 387 The Nineteenth-Century English Novel
- English 388 The Twentieth-Century English Novel
- English 390 Research Studies in Language Arts
- English 403 Studies in Poetic Forms and Conventions
- English 404 Studies in Narrative Form and Theory
- English 414 Studies in Sixteenth-Century British Literature
- English 415 Studies in seventeenth-century British Literature
- English 416 Studies in Eighteenth-Century British Literature
- English 417 Studies in Romantic British Literature
- English 418 Studies in Victorian British Literature
- English 419 Studies in Contemporary British Literature
- English 422 Studies in Shakespeare
- English 428 Studies in Drama
- English 431 Studies in American Literature 1500-1830
- English 432 Studies in American Literature 1830-1870
- English 433 Studies in American Literature 1870-1920
- English 434 Studies in Contemporary American Literature
- English 450 Studies in Ancient Literature
- English 454 Studies in European Romanticism
- English 456 Studies in Modern World Literature
- English 460 Feminist Literary Theories
- English 465 Studies in African American Literature and Culture
- English 482 Studies in Literary Criticism
- English 486 Studies in the English Novel
- English 487 Studies in the American Novel
- English 560 Seminar In Selected Areas In Literature
To view the English course catalog descriptions online, please visit the Graduate Catalog.