A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.
Program
- Award
- Master of Arts
- Credential class
- ceterms:MasterDegree
- Total credits (published)
- 33
- Catalog edition
- 2026-2027 Catalog
- Checklist type
- degree-program
- Description
- In addition to the standard admission requirements set by Worcester State at http://worcester.edu/Graduate/ , applicants to the Master of Arts in English must have either earned an undergraduate degree in English or completed at least 18 semester credit hours of English courses, not counting first-year English composition classes or English for English Language Learners, at an accredited institution of higher education. Applicants without undergraduate training in the English discipline are strongly advised to take survey courses in American and English literature and a course in undergraduate literary theory as part of the required 18 undergraduate credits.
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 168430
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_168430_da2cd9bf
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 61
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
Requirements of the Program
0 items
English Foundation courses
1 item
- 3
English Elective courses
electives · 1 item
- Students will select, with the approval of a graduate advisor, 21 credits from the graduate English courses listed in the catalog.Not resolved to a course21
Additional electives
electives · 1 item
- Students will select, with the approval of a graduate advisor, 9 graduate credits in English or another area.Not resolved to a course9
Thesis/Exam Option
0 items
Upon completion of their course work, candidates must successfully fulfill a last requirement in the form of either two substantial area examinations or a thesis. While the general focus of the examinations and the thesis must deal with literature and/or rhetoric, the individual student and his or her advisor together will decide on the specific subject(s) to be explored.
1 item
- As published: “Thesis Research & Writing (option in place of an elective course.)”3
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