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EIU Department of Master of Arts in English

Online English Master of Arts Program

 

 

In our online program

 

  • There is no residency requirement
  • All requirements are completely online
  • Online students pay in-state tuition

 

Yet we provide:

 

 

 

English course descriptions

 

 

MA Concentration Options

Composition & Rhetoric

This concentration's flexible curriculum includes a course in composition theory and pedagogy as well as various special topics courses. Recent courses have focused on genre theory, grammar instruction, visual rhetoric and multimodal composition, and the evaluation of writing. This concentration is ideal for professional educators or students preparing for careers in such fields as grant writing, public relations, technical writing, and publishing.

Requirements: 33 credits

  • Thesis Option: 10 courses + ENG 5950 (Thesis Writing)
  • Non-Thesis Option: 11 courses
  • Required courses:
    • ENG 5000 (Intro to Methods in English Studies)
    • ENG 5007 (Composition Theory)
    • ENG 5011 (Studies in Comp & Rhetoric)

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Creative Writing

Mentored by faculty who are working, publishing writers and editors, students in the creative writing concentration hone their craft in poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and drama through a combination of genre-specific graduate workshops, literature courses, and a professional course that prepares them to send out their first submissions, take on editorial duties at a literary magazine, make applications to M.F.A. and PhD programs in creative writing, and seek out and apply to writing-related jobs.

Requirements: 34 credits

  • Thesis Option: 11 courses + ENG 5950 (Thesis Writing)
  • Non-Thesis Option: 12 courses
  • Required courses:
    • ENG 5000 (Intro to Methods in English Studies)
    • ENG 5020 (Graduate Workshop in Creative Writing)
    • ENG 5025 (Creative Writing Prof. Development. 1 cr.

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Literary & Cultural Studies

Coursework in the literary and cultural studies concentration allows students to focus on a diverse range of topics, periods, genres, media, and theoretical perspectives. Faculty research informs graduate seminars and introduces students to cutting-edge conversations about literary and cultural texts--their historical and social contexts, and the evolving networks of production and consumption in which they circulate.

Requirements: 33 credits

  • Thesis Option: 10 courses + ENG 5950 (Thesis Writing)
  • Non-Thesis Option: 11 courses
  • Required course:
    • ENG 5000 (Intro to Methods in English Studies)

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