Overview
The English program of University of West Georgia is designed to cultivate advanced mastery of content within the discipline, refined skills in professional and scholarly writing, comprehensive knowledge of critical practices, and a keen awareness of contemporary issues in the study of literature. Graduate students will be able to demonstrate advanced mastery of content within the discipline by answering comprehensive questions about specific writers, genres, texts, and literary periods that they have studied and that they have achieved refined skills in professional and scholarly writing. This expectation presumes a command of pertinent critical assumptions, methodologies, and practices.
Objectives
- Graduate students will demonstrate advanced master of content within the discipline by answering comprehensive questions about specific writers, texts, and literary periods in four major areas: British Literature, American Literature, and a Specialist Area (e.g. theory, pedagogy, film, creative writing, publishing and editing)
- Gratuate students will demonstrate an advanced facility in connecting literary works to their specific historical and cultural contexts in four major areas: British Literature, American Literature, and a Specialist area.
- Graduate students will demonstrate an advanced understanding of contemporary critical and theoretical methodologies that are applicable to the study of literary and cultural texts.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Seminar in British Literature
- Seminar in American Literature
- Seminar in Special Topics
- Thesis
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 24 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
Credits
30-36
Delivered
Disciplines
Language Studies Literature View 999 other Masters in Language Studies in United StatesAcademic requirements
English requirements
Other requirements
General requirements
- To be considered for regular admission, applicants must have an undergraduate degree in English or equivalent course work in English, and a minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.2.
- Three positive letters of recommendation from professional sources qualified to address the candidate's specific disciplinary strengths.
- A persuasive narrative statement that articulates the candidate's reasons for pursuing a graduate degree in English.
- All decisions on admission will be made by the Graduate Program Committee and the Director of Graduate Studies, subject to final administrative approval.
Tuition Fee
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International
14025 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 935 USD per credit during 24 months. -
National
14025 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 935 USD per credit during 24 months. -
In-State
3615 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 241 USD per credit during 24 months.
Living costs for Carrollton
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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