1. Twelve semester hours of English graduate work to be composed of:

• ENG 6565 - Seminar in Figure Study Credits,: 3 sem. hrs.
• ENG 6566 - Seminar in Period Study Credits,: 3 sem. hrs.
• ENG 6567 - Seminar in Genre Study Credits,: 3 sem. hrs.
• ENG 6576 - Bibliography and Research Credits,: 3 sem. hrs.

2. Twelve semester hours of graduate electives in English chosen in consultation with advisor.

(Graduate Teaching Assistants are required to take ENG 6580 - Composition Teaching Practicum .)

3. Six hours of Thesis credit, consisting of:

• ENG 6563 - Thesis I Credits,: 3 sem. hrs.
• ENG 6564 - Thesis II Credits,: 3 sem. hrs.

4. In their last semester of enrollment, candidates for the MA in English must take

Written and oral comprehensive examinations based upon both course work and a departmental reading list. The oral exam will also include a defense of the thesis. If judged unsatisfactory, all or part of the written and/or oral examination may be retaken once in the following semester or summer term.