English Studies Concentration

Our master’s program in Literature and Creative Writing emphasize teaching and the role of scholarship and creative writing in the development of teachers. Professors and students alike benefit from and enjoy the individual instruction and mentoring our graduate program offers. The ratio of graduate students to graduate faculty is approximately 2:1, ideal for students who want help in developing their particular talents. Graduate students join faculty in mentoring and teaching undergraduate students an in conducting and presenting research. Our graduate students have gone on to teach in high schools and universities, work as writers and editors, and pursue further studies in Ph.D. programs across the country.

Program CIP Code

15.23.0101.00

Major Requirements

ENGL 5001 - Bibliographic Methods and Orientation to English Graduate Studies 1
ENGL 508A - Seminar in Criticism and Theory 3
ENGL 6001 - Directed Portfolio and Professionalization 3
Complete one course from:
ENGL 5500 - Native American Literature 3
ENGL 558D - African American Literature 3

Total Hours 10

Major Guided Electives

Complete 24 hours from:
ENGL 5002 - Teaching English 1010E Lab Practicum 1
ENGL 508B - Special Topics in Criticism and Theory 3
ENGL 508C - Composition Theory and Pedagogy 3
ENGL 508D - Technical Writing Theory and Research 3
ENGL 508E - Social Issues in Writing 3
ENGL 5081 - LGBTQ Literature and Theory 3
ENGL 530A - Seminar in English Drama 1550 to 1780 3
ENGL 530B - Special Topics in World Drama 3
ENGL 530C - Seminar in Modern Serious Drama 3
ENGL 5300 - The Art of Review 3
ENGL 5360 - Professional Writing and Editing 3
ENGL 5400 - Teaching English in Secondary School 3
ENGL 541A - Seminar in Creative Writing: Prose Non-Fiction 3
ENGL 541B - Seminar in Creative Writing: Fiction 3
ENGL 541C - Seminar in Creative Writing: Poetry 3
ENGL 5450 - Special Topics in Professional Writing Internship 3
ENGL 5460 - Graduate Literary Journal Internship 3
ENGL 549A - Medieval English Literature 3
ENGL 549B - Masterworks of the Middle Ages 3
ENGL 549C - Seminar in Chaucer 3
ENGL 5500 - Native American Literature 3
ENGL 550A - Seminar in Shakespeare 3
ENGL 550B - Renaissance Poets 3
ENGL 551A - A Rise of the Novel 3
ENGL 551B - Restoration and Eighteenth Century British Literature
ENGL 551C - Special Topics in Eighteenth Century British Literature
ENGL 552A - Studies in the British Romantic Period
ENGL 552B - Special Topics in the British Romantic Period 3
ENGL 552C - Victorian Poetry 3
ENGL 552D - Victorian Novel 3
ENGL 554A - American Renaissance 3
ENGL 554B - Nineteenth Century American Fiction 3
ENGL 554C - Nineteenth Century American Poets 3
ENGL 554D - Early American Literature 3
ENGL 5550 - Independent Study 3
ENGL 556A - Southern Literature 3
ENGL 556B - Seminar In Faulkner 3
ENGL 556C - Clarksville and South Renaissance 3
ENGL 558A - Twentieth Century American Poetry 3
ENGL 558B - Major Figures in Twentieth Century American Fiction 3
ENGL 558C - Major Figures in Twentieth Century American Poetry 3
ENGL 558D - African American Literature 3
ENGL 560D - Twentieth Century American and English Poetry 3
ENGL 561A - Twentieth Century English Fiction 3
ENGL 561B - Twentieth Century English Poetry 3
ENGL 561C - Major Figures in Twentieth Century English Fiction 3
ENGL 5700 - Literature Across Cultures 3
ENGL 5710 - Selected Topics 3
ENGL 5800 - Advanced Digital Writing 3
ENGL 5990 - Thesis 3
LING 5050 - Advanced Grammar of English 3
LING 506A - Advanced History of English Language 3
LING 506B - Structure of Language 3
LING 506D - Advanced Survey of Early Germanic Languages 3
LING 506E - Language Variation and Change 3
LING 506F - Discourse Analysis 3
LING 506G - Historical Linguistics 3
LING 506H - Theory in Second Language Acquisition 3
LING 506I - Selected Topics in Linguistics 3

English Studies Concentration

Program CIP Code

Major Requirements

Total Hours 10

Major Guided Electives

Total Hours 24

Total Program Hours 34