General Requirements

• 30 credit hours in graduate level English
• Courses must be completed with a grade of B or higher
• Courses are 3 credit hours unless otherwise noted
• A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 is required

Course Reuirements (30 cr.)

• Complete one course from the list
  • ENG-D 511 Introduction to English Studies
  • ENG-W 509 Intro to Writing and Literacy Studies
  • ENG-L 506 Intro to Methods of Criticism and Research
• Complete two courses from the list
  • ENG-L 605 Critical and Interpretive Theory
  • ENG-W 602 Contemporary Theories of Rhetoric and Composition
  • ENG-W 601 Development of Rhetoric and Composition
• Complete one course from the list
  • ENG-R 546 Rhetoric and Public Culture
  • ENG-L 509 Practicum on Critical Writing
  • ENG-W 620 Advanced Argumentative Writing
  • Any professional technical writing course approved by the coordinator 
• Complete two courses from the list
  • ENG-W 500 Teaching Composition: Issues and Approaches
  • ENG-W 508 Graduate Creative Writing for Teachers
  • ENG-L 503 Teaching of Literature in College
• ENG-D 611 Practicum in English Studies
• Complete electives needed to reach 30 cr.