Master of Arts in English
The English M.A. program at Cal Poly Pomona offers the opportunity for students to engage in advanced study in the fields of literature, rhetoric & composition, and/or the Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL). The program prepares students to pursue careers in high school and postsecondary teaching in community college and university settings, to continue on to doctoral studies, and to enter career fields requiring superior proficiency in written and oral communication, critical thinking, analysis, and research. Students work with an advisor to tailor their course of study to their own interests and needs. Students declare one field as a primary research field and then select a group of directed electives as a secondary area of expertise in a 48-49 quarter-unit program. This "dual-emphasis" program gives our students a diverse and integrated knowledge set that make them professionally competitive. Literature students may choose to take their directed electives in literature, rhetoric & composition or TESL; rhetoric & composition students may choose to take their directed electives in literature or TESL; and TESL students may choose to take their directed electives in TESL, literature or rhetoric & composition. more..... |
