Degree Requirements

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
• Choose five courses from the following list:
• ENG 480 INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING
• ENG 484 WRITING WORKSHOP TOPICS (May be repeated with different topics.)
• ENG 487 TRAVEL WRITING
• ENG 490 WRITING FOR MAGAZINES
• ENG 491 SCIENCE WRITING
• ENG 492 WRITING FICTION
• ENG 493 WRITING POETRY
• ENG 497 WRITING THE LITERATURE OF FACT

Studies in Language and Style

• Choose one course from the following list:
• ENG 400 STRUCTURE OF MODERN ENGLISH
• ENG 402 HISTORY OF ENGLISH PROSE STYLE
• ENG 407 LANGUAGE AND STYLE FOR WRITERS
• ENG 408 STYLISTICS

Electives in Language, Literature, Publishing and Teaching

• Choose two from the following list:
• ENG 401 HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
• ENG 426 THE ESSAY: HISTORY, THEORY, PRACTICE
• ENG 473 TEACHING CREATIVE WRITING
  
• ENG 474 TEACHING LITERATURE
• ENG 476 TOPICS IN GENRE AND FORM (Variable)
  
• ENG 477 TOPICS IN PUBLISHING (Variable)
• ENG 478 TOPICS IN TEACHING (Variable)
• ENG 496 TOPICS IN EDITING (May be repeated with different topics.) ​
• Any courses in “Studies in Language and Style” category (above) if not used to satisfy the Language & Style category requirement.
• Any graduate-level courses in literature offered by the English department.
• Courses from other programs may be substituted only with approval of program director.   

Open Electives

• Choose four courses from the following list:        
• ENG 500 INDEPENDENT STUDY
• ENG 501 THESIS RESEARCH
• ENG 509 INTERNSHIP
• Any graduate-level courses in writing, literature, criticism, publishing, and teaching offered by the English department.
• Up to two graduate level courses offered by the Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse Department.
• 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.

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