Degree: Master of Arts Department: English & Foreign Languages Building 50, Room 211 (850) 474-2923 College: Arts & Social Sciences

ADMISSION
Students applying for admission to the graduate program must meet the general University requirements for GPA and GRE scores. In addition, applicants must present a minimum of 20 semester hours of undergraduate work in English at the junior/senior level and two letters of recommendation. Students may be requested to submit with their applications approximately 1500 words of writing which includes scholarly documentation of research. Students who meet other requirements, but lack some of the required undergraduate preparation, may be granted provisional or probational admission to the M.A. program. All students admitted on probation must satisfactorily complete specific requirements stipulated by the departmental graduate committee before full admission.

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
The M.A. in English is a program of advanced study of English language and literature. In addition to general University requirements, students seeking the M.A. in English must meet the following requirements. The M.A. in English requires a minimum of 33 semester hours of course work, 15 of which must be in courses at the 6000 level. No more than 3 semester hours at the 4000 level may be approved as part of the program if they are annotated for graduate credit and are assigned to one of the blocks below. After they have completed 24 semester hours of graduate level work, all M.A. candidates are required to make a scholarly or creative presentation to their peers and the faculty, and to submit a master's thesis.

At the time of admission, students will indicate their choice of a program specializing either in literature or in creative writing.

Topics courses with different area of emphases may be repeated for a maximum of 9 semester hours of credit with the permission of the student's advisor.

Course descriptions are listed alphabetically by prefix at Course Listings/Descriptions.

Core Requirements (12 sh)

	ENG 5009	Introduction to Advanced Literary Study	3
	ENG 6018	History of Literature Criticism I	3
	ENG 6019	History of Literature Criticism II	3
	ENG 6971	Thesis Course offered as 1-6 sh per semester	3

SPECIALIZATION AREAS
Literature Specialization (21 sh)

Block I
	ENL 6297	Topics in British Literature from the Romantics to the Present	3
Block II
	ENL 6298	Topics in British Literature from the Romantics	3
Block III
	AML 6455	Topics in American Literature	3
Block IV
Choose one course:
	CRW 6XX6	Workshop in Teaching Creative Writing	3
	CRW 6130	Workshop in Fiction Writing	3
	CRW 6216	Workshop in Creative Non-Fiction Writing	3
	CRW 6331	Workshop in Poetry Writing	3
	CRW 6934	Special Topics in Creative Writing	3
	CRW 6956	Workshop in Editing	3
	ENG 5068	Topics in Language & Linguistics	3
	LAE 5336	Topics in Teaching Methods	3
	LIT 5018	Topics in Fiction	3
	LIT 5037	Topics in Poetry	3
	LIT 5047	Topics in Drama	3
	LIT 5105	Topics in World Literature	3
	LIT 5397	Topics in Non-Fiction	3
5000/6000 English Electives (9 sh)

In addition to satisfactory completion of required coursework and completion of a thesis, before graduation, students must demonstrate reading competency in one foreign language. This competency may be demonstrated by:

1. Earning two credits of a single foreign language in high school or one credit in high school and the second semester of the same foreign language at an accredited postsecondary institution.
2. Completion of two semesters (8-10 semester hours) of a single foreign language at a postsecondary institution with a grade of "C" or higher.
3. Earning a satisfactory score on a standardized test of reading competency in the chosen language. These tests include, but are not limited to, the following:
   1. CLEP subject matter examinations
   2. MAPS-Latin examination published by the College Entrance Examination Board
   3. Proficiency examination at UWF

Creative Writing Specialization (21 sh)

Choose 9 sh in three of the following four blocks:
Block I
	ENL 6297	Topics in British Literature to the Romantics	3
Block II
	ENL 6298	Topics in British Literature from the Romantics to Present	3
Block III
	AML 6455	Topics in American Literature	3
Block IV
	ENG 5068	Topics in Language & Linguistics	3
	LAE 5336	Topics in Teaching Methods	3
	LIT 5018	Topics in Fiction	3
	LIT 5037	Topics in Poetry	3
	LIT 5047	Topics in Drama	3
	LIT 5105	Topics in World Literature	3
	LIT 5397	Topics in Non-Fiction	3
Creative Writing Courses (12 sh)
Choose from:
	CRW 6xx6	Workshop in Teaching Creative Writing	3
	CRW 6130	Workshop in Fiction Writing	3
	CRW 6216	Workshop in Creative Non-Fiction Writing	3
	CRW 6331	Workshop in Poetry Writing	3
	CRW 6934	Special Topics in Creative Writing	3
	CRW 6956	Workshop in Editing	3

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