English Master of Arts (MA)
The English MA program is designed for students who have had substantial undergraduate preparation in English, and is of special value to students who plan to teach English in a community college, who wish to further develop their creative writing talent, or who expect to pursue a Ph.D. in English. The program is divided into three concentrations: literature, creative writing, and composition.
The literature concentration covers a wide range of American, British, and world literary works. Students in this concentration will gain a familiarity with a wide variety of literary traditions, periods, and genres; an understanding of diverse critical perspectives available in the field of literary studies; and an interpretive engagement with the complexities of literary texts.
The creative writing concentration focuses on achieving clarity of imaginative expression. Students in this concentration develop an ability to understand and express ideas through or in dialogue with literary forms; to write with a tone of authority; and to critique their own or each other's works using the fundamental terminology of the craft.
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