Degree Requirements

MFA Course Requirements

Writing Workshop

All workshops, except for ENG 480, ENG 487, ENG 490, ENG 491, and ENG 497, are reserved for graduate students in the Department of English

Course List
Course	Title	Quarter Hours
Choose six courses from the following list:		24
ENG 480	INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING
ENG 484	WRITING WORKSHOP TOPICS
ENG 487	TRAVEL WRITING
ENG 490	WRITING FOR MAGAZINES
ENG 491	SCIENCE WRITING
ENG 492	WRITING FICTION
ENG 493	WRITING POETRY
ENG 494	NOVELS I
ENG 495	NOVELS II
ENG 497	WRITING THE LITERATURE OF FACT

Literature

Course List
Course	Title	Quarter Hours
Choose one course from the following list:		4
ENG 411	CHAUCER
ENG 412	STUDIES IN ARTHURIAN LITERATURE
ENG 413	STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL LITERARY FORMS
ENG 419	TOPICS IN MEDIEVAL LITERATURE
ENG 421	STUDIES IN ENGLISH RENAISSANCE PROSE
ENG 422	STUDIES IN ENGLISH RENAISSANCE POETRY
ENG 423	STUDIES IN ENGLISH RENAISSANCE DRAMA
ENG 426	THE ESSAY: HISTORY, THEORY, PRACTICE
ENG 427	MILTON
ENG 428	STUDIES IN SHAKESPEARE
ENG 429	TOPICS IN RENAISSANCE LITERATURE
ENG 431	STUDIES IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY NOVEL
ENG 432	STUDIES IN RESTORATION AND EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY DRAMA
ENG 434	STUDIES IN RESTORATION AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURY AUTHORS
ENG 439	TOPICS IN RESTORATION AND EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE
ENG 441	STUDIES IN ENGLISH ROMANTIC PROSE
ENG 442	STUDIES IN ENGLISH ROMANTIC POETRY
ENG 443	STUDIES IN VICTORIAN PROSE
ENG 444	STUDIES IN VICTORIAN POETRY
ENG 445	STUDIES IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH FICTION
ENG 446	NINETEENTH-CENTURY IRISH LITERATURE
ENG 449	TOPICS IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH LITERATURE
ENG 451	STUDIES IN THE MODERN BRITISH NOVEL
ENG 452	STUDIES IN MODERN BRITISH POETRY
ENG 453	STUDIES IN MODERN DRAMA
ENG 455	MODERN IRISH LITERATURE
ENG 456	CONTEMPORARY IRISH LITERATURE
ENG 459	TOPICS IN MODERN BRITISH LITERATURE
ENG 464	STUDIES IN AMERICAN AUTHORS
ENG 465	STUDIES IN THE MODERN AMERICAN NOVEL
ENG 466	STUDIES IN MODERN AMERICAN POETRY
ENG 467	STUDIES IN AMERICAN DRAMA
ENG 469	TOPICS IN AMERICAN LITERATURE
ENG 472	LITERARY THEORY
ENG 475	TOPICS IN LITERATURE
ENG 476	TOPICS IN GENRE AND FORM

Electives in Language, Literature, Publishing and Teaching

Course List
Course	Title	Quarter Hours
Choose two courses from the following list:		8
ENG 400	STRUCTURE OF MODERN ENGLISH
ENG 401	HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
ENG 407	LANGUAGE AND STYLE FOR WRITERS
ENG 408	STYLISTICS
ENG 426	THE ESSAY: HISTORY, THEORY, PRACTICE
ENG 473	TEACHING CREATIVE WRITING
ENG 474	TEACHING LITERATURE
ENG 476	TOPICS IN GENRE AND FORM
ENG 477	TOPICS IN PUBLISHING
ENG 478	TOPICS IN TEACHING
ENG 496	TOPICS IN EDITING
Any courses in literature if not used to satisfy the Literature category requirement, above
Courses from other programs may be substituted only with approval of program director.

Open Electives

Course List
Course	Title	Quarter Hours
Choose two courses from the following list:		8
ENG 500	INDEPENDENT STUDY
ENG 509	INTERNSHIP
Any graduate-level courses in writing, literature, criticism, publishing, and teaching offered by the English department and not used to satisfy other requirements, above
Up to two graduate level courses offered by the Department of Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse.
Courses from other programs may be substituted only with approval of program director.
Note: No more than two courses from outside of the English Department may count toward Open Electives.

Thesis Requirement

Course List
Course	Title	Quarter Hours
Near the end of your second year, you will be required to register for ENG 501 THESIS RESEARCH. You will need to choose a thesis director and a second reader for your final thesis.
ENG 501	THESIS RESEARCH	4

Online Degree Option

The MFA/MA program is committed to offering at least 3 online and/or remote-enabled courses every regular academic quarter. Yearly offerings will include 4-5 workshops, 2 publishing courses, 1-2 literature courses, and a variety of electives. Online summer session and December intercession courses can also count toward your degree. Check with the program director or www.english-exlibris.com for online course offerings.

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