Master of Arts
Developing critical awareness
The Master of Arts (MA) program develops scholars with a critical and comprehensive awareness of English studies. While offering specialization in one of various areas of strength in the department, the program requires a breadth requirement through course work and thereby grounds students’ interests in a wide and flexible understanding of English studies.
Program Requirements
This program offers a course work option and a project option, with an optional specialization in print culture, for a minimum of 32 units.
MA students are strongly urged to take a diverse range of courses across periods, areas, methods, and critical approaches as part of their graduate studies in English.
Course Work Option
Students must complete
and an additional 24 graduate units
Project Option
Students must complete
and an additional 20 graduate units
and a project
Specialization in Print Culture
This specialization permits interdisciplinary specialization in the politics of print culture (1700–1900), focusing on the changing role of printed texts in an emerging commercial society. The print culture specialization can be done as either a course option or a project option. Learn more about the specialization in print culture.
Course Work Option
Students must complete
ENGL 820 - Studies in Print Culture Theory (4)
and an additional 20 graduate units (at least 12 units of print culture-designated courses)
Project Option
Students must complete
ENGL 820 - Studies in Print Culture Theory (4)
and an additional 16 graduate units (at least 12 units of print culture-designated courses)
and a project
Program Length
Students in the course work option are expected to complete the program requirements in three terms. Students in the project option are expected to complete the program requirements in three to six terms.