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Welcome to the Master of Arts in English at Sonoma State University.
Offering concentrations in literary criticism and creative writing (a
third track in rhetoric and English education is currently under revision),
we seek to create a community of engaged scholars, writers and thinkers
who are not working in isolation from one another, but are instead engaged
in a dialogue that crosses and transcends traditional boundaries. It is
our hope that through our cross-disciplinary curriculum, all students,
regardless of concentration, will have many opportunities to widen the
scope of their practice. This handbook provides information on how to
apply to the MA in English, and helps newly admitted students gain a sense
of what to expect as they navigate their way through the program.
Once you are admitted as a candidate, there are four basic steps and
three forms you will need to complete in a timely manner to ensure your
success in the program:
*pass all required coursework, fulfill your language requirement, and
successfully take either the department's 494 exam or the Literature GRE
*select your completion option, constitute your committee, and file an
"Advancement to Candidacy" form (GS01) with Graduate Studies
*file an "Intent to Graduate" form at the outset of the year
you wish to graduate with the Office of Admissions and Records
*complete your thesis, creative project, or exam, and file the "Completion
of Requirements" form (GS02) with Graduate Studies
In the following pages these four steps are explained in detail, together
with supplementary information you may find useful in obtaining your degree.
Meeting requirements and published deadlines is your responsibility, and
we hope this guide will assist you to do so. Most important for you is
to maintain frequent contact with the
graduate advisor, and, as you advance through the program, your faculty
committee.
Congratulations upon your decision to pursue a Master's in English. We
look forward to working with you.
Dr. Anne Goldman
Chair of Graduate Studies
Nichols Hall 346
email: goldmana@sonoma.edu
707 / 664-2651
Index:
*Application Information
*Concentrations
*Admission
*Maintaining Graduate Status
*Working with Faculty
*Program Requirements
*Suggested Timeline
*Course Descriptions for Spring 2008
*Advancement to Candidacy
*Completion Options
*Financial Aid and Scholarships
*Employment at the University
*ESA
*Writing and Editing Opportunities (Zaum/Volt)
*Writers on Writing Reading Series
Application Information
Candidates for admission apply simultaneously to the University through
its Office of Admissions and Records and to the Department of
English. The deadline for fall 2008 is December 31, 2007. The English
Department does not offer deferred admission; admitted students who do
not matriculate must reapply if they wish to be readmitted.
1. Official copies of all transcripts and the university's application
form must be sent to the Office of Admissions and Records. Applicants
are responsible for completing both in a timely fashion, but may file
the application form online at: www.csumentor.edu)
2. Official or unofficial copies of transcripts, a statement of purpose
not longer than two pages or 500 words and which identifies the applicant's
preferred area of concentration within the program (see MA Concentrations,
below), a sample expository prose sample or professional paper (10-20
pages, please), and three letters of recommendation should be sent to
the Department of English. Students applying for the creative writing
track should send in addition samples of their poetry (10 pages maximum),
fiction or nonfiction prose or a combination of genres (20 pages maximum).
Graduate students in other disciplines interested in applying for a Masters
in English, post-baccalaureate students without departmental affiliation,
and current SSU students pursuing a second BA need not apply through Admissions
and Records (step one above), but must complete all of the English Department's
requirements (step two above). Applicants taking courses through Extended
Education or Open University must apply to both Admissions and Records
and the Department of English (steps one and two above).
The minimum GPA required of applicants within the last 60 units of undergraduate
coursework is 3.0.
To apply on-line, please click on: www.csumentor.edu
MA Concentrations
Although all admitted students earn the MA in English, the Department
offers three distinct concentrations within its graduate program: literary
criticism, creative writing, and English Education/rhetoric.
For questions about the Creative Writing Concentration, please click
on:
MA in English with a Creative Writing Concentration:
FAQs
Admission
Students who possess undergraduate degrees in English are admitted
as classified graduate candidates, and may immediately begin on
their program of study (see "Program Requirements" and "Recommended
Timeline" below). Students who possess undergraduate degrees in other
fields may be required to undertake additional coursework at the undergraduate
level, in which case they are admitted as conditionally classified. If
you are conditionally classified it is your responsibility to you
will be required to complete any pre-requisite coursework by the close
of your first year in the MA program, unless you have been granted additional
time by the Graduate Advisor. If you are
Admitted as conditionally classified, it is your responsibility to:
· contact the graduate advisor early on to discuss your pre-requisite
coursework
· complete this additional coursework by the close of your first
year, unless you have been granted additional time by the graduate advisor
· contact the graduate advisor to file a "Change in Graduate
Status" form with the Graduate Division to establish your status
as a classified student
Once they are registered, all graduate students are asked to email their
SSU account addresses to Merle Williams, Administrative Coordinator, in
order for her to add them to the MA listserv. The "English-grads"
listserv circulates job and course announcements, deadline notices, reminders
of ESA events, and other information deemed useful to the graduate community.
Maintaining Graduate Status
To graduate, you must maintain continuous enrollment at SSU,
not only while you take coursework and while completing a grade of incomplete
in any course, but after advancement to candidacy and during the semester
in which you expect to have your degree granted. You can take a one-semester
leave from the university without endangering your status. If you choose
to take two or more semesters leave, you will need to submit a full application
to reinstate yourself as a student in good standing. In extraordinary
circumstances and with the support of the graduate advisor, students may
petition the Graduate Studies Office for a leave of absence not to exceed
two years.
Students advanced to candidacy (discussed below) who are working on their
completion projects and who do not require additional units to complete
their degree may enroll through the Office of Extended Education in project
continuation (598) for 1 unit. This low-cost option enables students to
remain in good standing and entitles them to library privileges. The unit
does not count toward financial aid.
Finally, it is important to remember that no courses taken more than
seven years prior to completion of your degree may count toward the MA.
Students can seek to revalidate such coursework by consulting with the
graduate advisor, who after reviewing it may require additional reading
or writing before it is again approved for degree completion.
Working with Faculty
Newly admitted students should set up appointments to meet with the
graduate advisor at the outset of the term. Thereafter, continuing students
should consult with the graduate advisor as they plan their research or
coursework each semester. In general it is best to meet with the graduate
advisor in person, although relatively uncomplicated questions may be
answered via email.
Your relationships with faculty mentors are perhaps the most important
affiliations you will develop during your career here. There are two kinds
of mentors: 1) the formal affiliations you establish with the faculty
members you select to serve on your committee and 2) those informal relationships
(which may develop earlier) with other faculty with whom you share research
interests or with whom you have taken classes.
1) The faculty committee. Selecting your committee, which consists of
a director, or first reader, and a second reader is your
responsibility, although you may find consulting with informal mentors
as well as other students helpful. It is also your responsibility to set
up regular meetings with your committee, to keep them informed of your
progress, and to ensure that you provide your readers with adequate time
in which to read drafts of your work (a good rule of thumb is to allow
a two-week turn-around-time, though it is best to clarify expectations
with each member of your committee in turn). Once your committee members
agree to serve, they bear responsibilities toward you in turn. You can
expect to work most closely with your director, who will read and
critique drafts of your work as it develops, and who will guide you as
you undertake the revision process (for further information on the exam
option please read this section, below). The responsibilities of the second
reader are less extensive, although in individual cases, second readers
too, may expect to read multiple drafts of your work. Typically, however,
your second reader will critique your work after you have finished a complete
draft. (In the end, however, it is up to you and your mentors jointly
to determine how often each expects to meet with you and to review your
work. Make sure to get from each a clear sense of their expectations at
the outset.) Students writing theses will meet formally with both
members of their committee during the oral defense, which follows approximately
a week after the thesis itself is turned in, as will those who select
the exam option as their completion project.
2) Informal Mentors. SSU's relatively small size encourages a great deal
of informal exchange between faculty and graduate students. New students
often find mentors in their classroom teachers. One way to get to know
faculty who share your scholarly or creative interests is to work as a
Research Assistant. Research assistants are unpaid, but receive
between one and four units of English 460 as credit for their time. (You
and the faculty person you are working for should meet before the course
begins to clarify the type of work expected and how many units it will
receive. IMPORTANT: the units do not count toward the degree; they do
count toward unit totals for the semester, however, so can be useful for
students on financial aid.) The department is relaxed and collegial, so
you should also feel free to take advantage of faculty office hours, as
well as to introduce yourselves when you find an open door.
Program Requirements
The MA in English requires 34 units. If you have selected the thesis
or creative project as a culminating option, 28 of these units will be
completed through your coursework and the remaining 6 will be taken either
as thesis units (599) or as directed writing units (535). If you have
selected the exam as your culminating option, you will take 34 units of
coursework plus an additional 3 units of English 597 (directed
reading) during your final semester for a total of 37 units.
All graduate level seminars are 4 units, so you can expect to take a
minimum of seven courses toward completion of your degree. In addition
to the 494 reading course recommended for all graduate students studying
for the 494 exam prior to advancement to candidacy, students may take
one course at the 400 level (senior seminar level) toward completion of
their MA. Research assistantship units (460) and the 494 course do not
count toward the 34-unit total; nor, except at the discretion of the graduate
advisor, do independent study units (595).
Up to 9 units of graduate coursework may be transferred from another
institution or transferred from Open University or Extended Education
units taken on campus. Additionally, two courses (8 units) of work outside
the discipline of English may be counted toward your MA. All of these
require approval from the graduate advisor.
To count toward the MA, coursework must be completed at the level of
B- or higher.
For students electing the literary critical and English education tracks
who select the thesis as their culminating project:
1 core course (500): 4 units
6 seminars: 24 units
thesis units (599): 6 units
For students electing the literary critical and English education tracks
who select the exam option as their culminating project:
1 core course (500): 4 units
8 seminars: 32 units
directed reading units (597): 3 units
For students electing creative writing:
1 core course (500): 4 units
2 writing workshops (530): 8 units
2 seminars (500-level coursework): 8 units
2 courses in directed writing (535): 8 units
creative project units (535): 6 units
Suggested Two-Year Timeline for the MA
Fall semester, year one, suggested courses:
· 500
· 494
· One 500-level seminar or graduate writing workshop
Advice: Take the required core course in theory and methods (500), one
seminar (or graduate writing workshop, if you are in creative writing),
and 494. The latter tutorial course is P/NP and will not count toward
your unit total, but it will provide you a framework within which to study
for the 494 qualifying exam. (For further information on this course and
the exam, see "Advancement to Candidacy" below). You should
expect to schedule your 494 exam at the close of this semester or the
beginning of the new term. English 500 also serves as proof of your having
met SSU's WEPT requirement. Proof of competency will not be automatically
recorded. Instead, submit a WEPT waiver form (available at the WEPT office),
with unofficial transcripts to show completion of the course. (For further
information on the WEPT, see "Employment Opportunities.")
Spring semester, year one, suggested courses:
*three elective 500-level seminars or, for creative writers: one 500-level
seminar and 4 units of directed writing and one writing workshop (530)
*file the GS01 at the close of term
Advice: In addition to your coursework, you should begin to think about
your culminating project. Once you have arrived at a focus for this project
at the close of the term, you should constitute your committee. If you
have passed the 494 exam or the Literature GRE and fulfilled your language
requirement, you should file "Advancement to Candidacy" form
(GS01), which is available in the department office or can be downloaded
online, with the office of Graduate Studies.
Over the summer:
*take a language course or study to take the language exam
*refine the scope and focus of your project
*draft an abstract of your project (thesis option) or compose a bibliography
(exam option)
Fall semester, year two, suggested courses:
*one 500-level seminar or, for writers, 4 units of directed writing and/or
one workshop
*3 units of 599 (thesis option) or 3 units of 535 (creative project option),
or, for students who selected the exam option, one additional 500-level
seminar
*file your "Intent to Graduate" form with Admissions and Records
*file the GS01, if you did not do so last semester
Advice: If you are not teaching, consider working as a research assistant
in an undergraduate course pertinent to your research area. You should
divide your time between your final course (or courses) and your culminating
project. Students who have selected the exam option should consider beginning
upon the bibliography of primary readings for their exam this semester.
Spring semester, year two, suggested courses:
*3 units of 599 (thesis option) or 3 units of 535 (creative project option)
or, for students who have selected the exam option, one seminar and 3
units of 597
*thesis defense or public reading or written and oral exams at the close
of the semester
*file the GS02 ("Completion of Requirements" form) with the
Graduate Studies office when you have finished both the written and oral
components of your project
Advice: This semester, your last if you intend to graduate at the close
of two years, should be spent writing and revising your thesis or creative
project or reading for your exam. You should stay in very close touch
with your director, with whom you should set out a writing schedule at
the outset of the term. Make sure to allow time for your committee to
read drafts of your work, and ensure that you schedule your thesis defense
before the end of the semester.
Advancement to Candidacy
Students are advanced to candidacy when they have 1) completed their coursework
(save for completion units), 2) passed either the department's 494 oral
exam or the Literature GRE (minimum score at the 65th percentile), and
3) completed the language requirement. Your advancement to candidacy is
formalized by the filing of a GS01 form with Graduate Studies.
1. Remember that you must earn a B- or better in all of your coursework.
2. The 494 exam. This one-hour oral is best taken at the close of the
first semester or the beginning of the second semester, but must be completed
by the end of your first year of study. The exam is P/NP, and is scheduled
through the graduate advisor, who should be notified of your intent to
sit your exam at least 2 weeks before your exam date. You will sit your
exam with two faculty (whose names you will not know until the outset
of the exam). Please note that the 494 reading
list, consists of readings in both British and American literature
(to be read by all students) and, in addition, shorter lists organized
by track. Although you may study for this exam independently, it is strongly
recommended that you take the 494 tutorial as you prepare to take your
exam. This course, to be taken on a P/NP basis, requires you to meet with
a cohort once each week and to take a minimum of two mock-oral exams with
the graduate advisor. Units do not count toward MA degree requirements.
3. Foreign language requirement. This demonstration of competence may
either be satisfied by two years of college-level modern language courses,
one year of college-level classical language courses, or the successful
completion of a translation exam administered at SSU. Consult the graduate
advisor to determine which option is best for you. Language coursework
can be taken on a P/NP basis. If taken for a grade, coursework must be
at the level of a C- or better. Coursework must be documented on your
undergraduate or graduate transcripts. If you take the translation exam,
you should file your demonstration of competence with the graduate advisor.
Completion Options
With the help of their mentor(s) and the graduate advisor, students
select one of three completion options for the MA degree.
1. Thesis. The thesis is the written product of your systematic exploration
of a significant question. Your work, which when completed should run
anywhere from 50 to 100 pages, should demonstrate both a breadth and depth
of response. In it you should identify your own critical position by entering
into a dialogue with other critics in the field. This understanding and
articulation of the critical landscape should be matched by a complementary
exploration of your own thinking. Although your argument should reflect
your awareness of significant critics who have written on the topic in
advance of your thesis, that is, it should concentrate upon developing
your own ideas in depth and detail. Approximately one week after completing
your thesis you will sit a one-hour defense with your faculty committee.
The defense is not interrogative in the same way that the 494 oral exam
is designed to be; rather, it should allow you to assess the state of
your thinking at the completion of your project and to evaluate the nature
of the thesis itself. Your committee may use this opportunity to suggest
areas of further revision, should you intend to submit a portion of your
work for possible publication.
2. Creative project. Your creative work should constitute a coherent body
of writing
within a genre (fiction, poetry, or nonfiction); or, should it blur genres,
offer awareness as to the nature of its literary blendings. It should
be prefaced by an
introduction that explains the project's aim, influences, scope, and design.
(It is a good idea to consult the finished work of other students to gain
an understanding of the variety of approaches possible in the introduction,
as well as to consult with your director) Your work should aim for originality
as well as facility with language, and should implicitly offer illustration
of significant independent thinking. Toward the close of the semester
you will take part in a public reading of a portion of your work.
3. Exam. The MA exam consists of a series of written questions posed by
your committee and an oral defense approximately one week later in front
of the same committee. Your culminating exam should be depth focused (in
comparison with the 494 exam which is breadth-oriented), and it should
offer a comprehensive investigation of a literary problem or question
you have raised upon a given topic. You should meet with your director
one or two semesters preceding the exam in order to shape your subject
and to fine-tune your bibliography of primary and secondary sources. The
written portion of the exam typically consists of four questions developed
by your director or your committee. You will have four hours in which
to answer two of these. In your defense, your committee will follow up
on the thinking you have developed in these essays.
Employment at the University
A number of positions are available to help defray your expenses as
a student. First-year students often find employment as tutors in the
campus Writing Center. Occasionally faculty may offer modest compensation
in return for grading help. (These arrangements are not funded by the
university but are negotiated instead with individual faculty.) Returning
students may continue tutoring, but they may also work as Teaching Associates
or in several different administrative capacities described below. While
most students do not work as Teaching Associates until their second year,
these positions are open to qualified new students.
Writing Center Positions:
1. Staff. Graduate students in English are eagerly invited to apply to
work as staff members in the SSU Writing Center. Staff members primarily
tutor students who are working on writing projects, working with students
of all class levels and across the curriculum. Extensive training is offered.
As of the fall term 2007, the pay rate is $9 per hour.
2. Assistant Director, Master Tutor. Graduate students with tutoring
or writing-center experience are urged also to apply for the Writing Center's
graduate assistant positions: Assistant Director of the Writing Center,
a half-time (20 hours per week) staff position; and Master Tutor, a 5
to 10 hours-per-week position. Both positions primarily involve extensive
supervisory, training, and mentorship duties but also include some administrative
tasks.
The Writing Center accepts applications year-round, but most hiring occurs
in the latter part of the spring term for the following fall semester.
Interested students should contact the Director of the SSU Writing Center,
Scott Miller, Ph.D., at scott.miller@sonoma.edu or 707-664-4402.
WEPT (Written English Proficiency Test) Coordinator:
3. One position is available each year as Graduate Assistant to the faculty
coordinator of the WEPT. In conjunction with the faculty coordinator,
the graduate assistant helps administer the required graduation writing
exam program for fifteen hours a week at a salary of approximately $3400
per semester. While the position is primarily administrative, advising
of students is also a key component. The position thus offers valuable
experience for those interested in composition and rhetoric studies. This
position is announced each spring for the following academic year; applicants
who can commit to
work both semesters are given preference.
Creative Writing Positions:
4. Graduate students may also apply for two positions available in literary
editing and publishing: Zaum Senior Editor and Volt Production Editor.
The position of Zaum Senior entails overseeing all production, editing,
and marketing of the magazine, as well as managing and guiding the Zaum
editorial staff. Pay ranges from $1200 to $1500 a year, depending on budget
allotment. Volt Production Editor entails all production (layout, proofs,
design) of Volt magazine. Pay averages around $500 a year. To apply for
these positions, contact Professor Gillian Conoley.
5. Teaching Associates
Graduate students are eligible to apply for positions as Teaching Associates
in the Lower Division Composition program. The program provides students
with an excellent opportunity to gain teaching experience in a structured
setting. At the same time, graduate student instructors provide valuable
service to the department. Teaching Associates serve as instructors in
English 99, a 4 unit composition course for incoming freshman who do not
pass the composition/reading placement test. English 99 courses meet for
4 hours per week, with class size limited to 16 students. Teaching Associates
should plan on spending an additional 10-12 hours per week outside of
classroom time upon preparation, grading and office hours. This considerable
workload should be balanced with the demands of the graduate program itself
as well as personal commitments.
In addition to teaching, Associates are required to enroll in English
303, a professional development seminar that meets for one hour per week
and provides support and mentoring. This professional development seminar
is a required condition of your employment. It does not, however, count
as a course toward your degree.
Pay is approximately $955 per teaching unit, or $3, 820 per semester.
Teaching Associates also receive a fee waiver on the state fee portion
of their tuition (set currently at $1260/ semester). Teaching Associates
are members of the UAW union and the terms of their employment are governed
by that contact.
Both entering and continuing students may apply for these positions.
Preference in hiring is given to students with the following:
*coursework in rhetoric or composition theory (English 491 or English
587 are SSU's recommended courses but equivalent courses from other institutions
will be considered)
* experience teaching composition at the college level
* experience in tutoring writing
Students are hired each semester; spring semester appointments are possible
and contingent upon satisfactory teaching evaluations in the fall. Teaching
associates are sometimes asked to teach a second year, although priority
is given to students who have not yet had the opportunity to teach.
Writing and Editing Opportunities
Graduate students may work as interns and editors for SSU's two highly
regarded literary magazines through a course called Small Press Editing.
Volt, a nationally distributed, award-winning (three Pushcart Prizes,
two Best American Poetry Selections, Fund for Poetry Award) magazine edited
by poet and professor Gillian Conoley, routinely publishes some of the
best known writers in the country. Zaum, entirely student edited and produced,
publishes student work and has won several Associated Writing Programs
awards for editorial vision and graphic design. Students who have acted
as interns have gone on to pursue careers in editing and publishing.
for Volt's website click on: www.voltpoetry.com
for zaum's website click on: www.zaumpress.net
English Student Association (ESA)
Sponsored by the department and the university, the ESA is a haven
for students (graduate and undergraduate alike) to meet with one another
outside of the classroom. ESA members enjoy opportunities to discuss academic
subjects in an informal setting, to consider career options, and to meet
with writers, journalists, and scholars. In the past, ESA has hosted lecture
series, field trips, the Shakespeare Festival, and theater and movie nights.
In addition to special events such as these, members meet weekly on Thursday
evenings beginning at 6 pm at Cotati's North Light Bookstore. Drop by
for conversation on film, literature, and life.
For more information, contact: esa@sonoma.edu or Professor Chingling
Wo at wo@sonoma.edu
Reading Series
The creative writing faculty sponsor and host an annual reading series
which draws writers from the rich cultural milieu of the Bay Area as well
as writers from all over the country and abroad. Writers who have read
in the program include many award winning writers (Pulitzer-prize, McArthur
Genius Award, National Book Critics Circle Award, National Book Award)
as well as upcoming new voices. Recent writers have included Yusef Komunyakaa,
Michael Palmer, Lyn Hejinean, Lynn Freed, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Rae Armantrout,
Robert Hass, Brenda Hillman, James Alan McPherson, Lawrence Weschler,
and Yiyun Li. "Each year, we also present a panel of distinguished
editors, agents, and publishers to give students of all concentrations
guidance in getting their work out into the world."
To see or print a copy of the ENGL 494 Advanced Literary Survey reading
list please click on:
ENGL 494 Reading List Option
GRADUATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
500 Research and Critical Writing (4) / Fall
Required for M.A. candidates in English. Advanced study of the use of
reference materials and library resources, and the techniques of critical
and scholarly writing. Exercises are adaptable to the student's area of
emphasis for thesis, creative project or non-thesis option. The course
should be taken during the first semester of classified status. Prerequisite:
graduate status or consent of instructor.
501 Literary Theory and Criticism (4) / Spring
Advanced study of the major texts in critical theory from Plato and Aristotle
to the theoretical pluralism of the present. Examination of the philosophical
bases of the critical act as well as the writing of criticism of selected
literary texts. The course should be taken in the second semester of classified
status. Prerequisite: graduate status or consent of instructor.
530 Workshop in Creative Writing (4)
An advanced workshop in creative writing with in-depth discussions of
individual work. Please see Schedule of Classes for current offering.
May be repeated up to 6 units. Prerequisite: graduate status or consent
of instructor.
535 Directed Writing (variable)
Individual instruction in creative writing. Primarily intended for students
preparing the creative project option to complete the M.A. May be repeated
up to 9 units. Prerequisite: graduate status or consent of instructor.
536 World/Post-Colonial Literature (4)
Studies related to different aspects of postcolonial and world literature,
such as the literature of empire, colonization, and cross-culture encounter
ranging from early modernity to the present, with emphasis on historical
and social contexts and contemporary theoretical methods. Prerequisite:
graduate status or consent of instructor.
539 Seminar: Shakespeare (4)
Critical reading and in-depth analysis of representative modes such as
tragedy and comedy in Shakespeare. Prerequisites: graduate status or consent
of instructor.
578 Project Continuation (1-3)
Required of students working on their thesis or master's project who have
otherwise completed all graduate coursework toward their degree. This
course cannot be applied toward the minimum number of units needed for
completion of the master's degree. Prerequisite: permission of the graduate
coordinator. Cr/NC only.
581 Seminar: British Literature (4)
A single topic of British Literature will be selected for study in depth.
Please see Schedule of Classes for current offering. May be repeated for
credit under different subtitles. Prerequisites: graduate status or consent
of instructor.
582 Seminar: American Literature (4)
A single topic of American Literature will be selected for comprehensive
study. Please see Schedule of Classes for current offering. Course may
be repeated for credit under different subtitles. Prerequisites: graduate
status or consent of instructor.
583 Individual Authors: American (4)
In-depth study of an individual author and related criticism. Please see
Schedule of Classes for current offering. May be repeated for credit under
different subtitles. Prerequisites: graduate status or consent of instructor.
584 Individual Authors: British (4)
In-depth study of an individual author and related criticism. Please see
Schedule of Classes for current offering. May be repeated for credit under
different subtitles. Prerequisites: graduate status or consent of instructor.
587 Seminar: Rhetorical Theory (4)
Study of topics in rhetorical theory specifically as it applies to the
teaching of writing at the college level, including topics such as the
history of invention, contemporary invention heuristics, discourse analysis
theories and recent rhetorical theories. Please see Schedule of Classes
for current offering. May be repeated for credit under different subtitles.
Prerequisites: graduate status or consent of instructor.
588 Seminar: Study of Language (4)
Linguistic theory and its applications to the study of English, with emphasis
on original research and the detailed study of primary materials. Please
see Schedule of Classes for current offering. May be repeated for credit
under different subtitles. Prerequisites: graduate status or consent of
instructor.
595 Special Studies (1-4)
To register for 595, not only must the student have the consent of the
instructor, but the material and course of study should satisfy curricular
needs not covered by currently offered courses. May be repeated for credit
to a maximum of twelve units. Prerequisites: consent of instructor and
department chair. Please see the English Department Office for the Special
Studies form.
597 Directed Reading (3)
For students choosing the examination option to complete the M.A. These
units are taken in addition to the 30 graded units required for the M.A.
Prerequisites: English 500, Classified Status, and an authorized Advancement
to Candidacy form. This course is offered CR/NC only and cannot be applied
toward the minimum number of units needed for completion of the master's
degree.
599 Thesis and Accompanying Directed Reading (3 or 6)
For students choosing the thesis option to complete the M.A. Prerequisites:
ENGL 500, classified status and an authorized Advancement to Candidacy
form.
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