所有学生的学位要求:

英语7010 - 研究生阶段的文学理论与批评. The application of literary theory and criticism in the context of 英语 graduate study.

重点领域所需课程: 根据重点领域，额外30小时的课程作业.

外语要求学生必须具备德语阅读能力, 法国, 或者在最后一个学期的课程结束前学习西班牙语. (经特别许可，可接受其他语言.) They may do so by passing a reading examination* or by earning a grade of B or better in the fourth sequence course of one of these languages.

*The Reading Proficiency Examination is administered by the Department of Modern and Classical Languages. Students desiring to take this exam should report to this department to apply to take this examination. It is usually administered around mid-semester, but alternative arrangements can be made. 这些考试持续大约一个半小时，是阅读密集型考试. 考试分为两部分. The first part is reading comprehension and consists of brief paragraphs in the foreign language. Each of the paragraphs is accompanied by 2 to 4 multiple-choice questions 用英语 that test the reader's understanding of the paragraphs. 大约有20道选择题. The second part of the exam is made up of five sequences that must be translated into grammatically correct 英语. 学生可以使用字典. Scoring is according to university standards; 60 is the minimum passing score.

论文或非论文:完成 论文或非论文选项.

平均绩点: 研究生院要求3分.毕业平均绩点0.

顾问及考试委员会: 学生被研究生院录取后, they should make an appointment to see the Coordinator of 研究生 Studies 用英语, 谁将担任他们的项目顾问. 

一旦学生完成了大约18个学期的课程, they should also select a thesis or exam advisor whose expertise would be best suited to their planned thesis or comprehensive examinations. Students should then meet with their advisors to select at least two other members of the graduate faculty who will serve on their thesis or examination committee. 就论文委员会而言, at least one member must be from a department outside the students' areas of specialization. Students then need to meet with their committees either to agree on the thesis timetable or to establish a reading list for the comprehensive exam.

晋升、保留、解雇和重新录取政策:

  1. 为了毕业，学生的累积平均成绩必须达到3分.所有研究生课程0分.

  2. Students receiving two grades below “C” (“D”, “F”, “WF”, or “U”) will be dismissed from the program.

  3. No course in which the student has earned a grade below a “C” will count toward completion of the degree.

  4. Students will also be dismissed from the program if they accumulate 3 or more academic deficiency points. “C”的分数等于缺一分. “D”级等于2个不足点. “F”级或“WF”级等于3个不足点.

  5. 如果被开除, the student must wait a minimum of two semesters before applying for readmission.  Any such readmission will be probationary and the Department of 英语 reserves the right to place additional specific conditions and contingencies on any offer of readmission. Readmission is not guaranteed and prior academic performance and conduct in the program will be considered.

  6. The maximum time allowed for completion of the master’s degree is seven calendar years. No work completed more than seven years prior to degree completion will be accepted toward the degree except with special permission from the 研究生 Studies Committee and the Head of the 英语 Department, 并经研究生院院长批准.

  7. No more than 6 semester hours of academic work may be transferred from another institution into a master’s-level graduate program. This credit must be documented in the form of an official transcript at the time of admission. Transfer credit will be evaluated after admission by the academic department. To be eligible, credit must be no more than seven years old prior to completion of the degree.

  8. Students must receive a grade of B or better in the fourth sequence course of a foreign language or a passing grade in a reading proficiency examination administered by the Department of Modern and Classical Languages in order to fulfill the requirements of the degree.

  9. Students entering the literature emphasis without an undergraduate degree 用英语 or 英语 minor or its equivalent must complete the following prerequisites with a grade of B or higher before enrolling in graduate-level courses: ENGL 3060; ENGL 3210 and ENGL 3215; ENGL 3110 and ENGL 3120.  由研究生研究委员会决定, courses taken at the undergraduate level deemed equivalent to the above requirements may be counted as fulfilling the prerequisites either partially or in full.  除了, 4000-level British and American courses at bet365亚洲官网 can be substituted for the 3000-level surveys, 只要学生仍然选修两门美国和两门英国课程.

  10. Students entering the rhetoric and composition emphasis without an undergraduate degree 用英语 or 英语 minor or its equivalent must complete three hours of either ENGL 3210 or 3215; and three hours of either 3110 or 3120 – all with a grade of B or higher.  These prerequisites must be completed before the student may enroll in graduate-level courses.

  11. 学生就读于M.A. program 用英语 can take no more than three credit hours per year that do not count toward fulfillment of the requirements for the degree.

  12. 学生就读于M.A. program 用英语 must complete ENGL 7010 in the earliest possible semester it is offered following initial enrollment.