Overview
Program Details
We offer graduate course work in all listed areas of study. There are also opportunities for students to obtain a specialization in composition and rhetoric, creative writing, ethnic studies, Great Plains studies, literary and cultural studies, 19th century studies, and women's and gender studies. We also have certifications in Digital Humanities and the Teaching of Writing. This master degree in English is available at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Diverse opportunities are available for professional development, including development of scholarly and teaching portfolios, participation in critical/literary study groups, a fiction and poetry reading series, and collaboration with faculty on research, teaching, and creative activities.
In addition, the department houses a number of prestigious journals and projects, including Prairie Schooner, one of the most respected literary journals in the nation, The Western American Literature Journal and the Quarterly Review of Film and Video. We also have the Walt Whitman Archive, the Cather Project, the Nebraska Writing Project, the Nebraska Literacy Project, the Corvey Collection of 19th Century British Literature and the Studies in Writing and Rhetoric Monograph Series. Graduate students regularly enrich their academic experience through work on these major departmental projects.
Programme Structure
Courses include:- Drama
- Poetry
- LGBTQ Drama and Popular Culture
- Romantic Poetry
- American Short Story
- Fiction
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 12 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
- Apply before
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Language
Credits
30-36
Delivered
Disciplines
Language Studies Literature View 999 other Masters in Language Studies in United StatesAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any academic requirements for this programme.
English requirements
Other requirements
General requirements
- Transcripts and/or mark sheets showing the grades earned in each course
- A diploma or certificate of graduation. (Not required if the transcript includes the name of the degree and the date it was conferred.)
- The Diploma Supplement, if the degree is Bologna-compliant
Tuition Fee
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International
29880 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 996 USD per credit during 12 months. -
National
29880 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 996 USD per credit during 12 months. -
In-State
10230 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 341 USD per credit during 12 months.
Living costs for Lincoln
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Financing
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Funding
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