Language Degrees Online

MAJOR TRACK ELECTIVE COURSES : (15 credits) To be taken from five of the six different periods selected from the following list:
ENGL3351 Medieval Literature ENGL3368 Victorian Era II
ENGL3353 Chaucer ENGL3369 American Lit I
ENGL3355 Renaissance Lit. ENGL3370 American Lit. II
ENGL3357 Shakespeare I ENGL3371 Modern Novel I
ENGL3358 Shakespeare II ENGL3372 Modern Novel II
ENGL3359 17th Century Lit. ENGL3373 Modern Poetry I
ENGL3361 Milton ENGL3374 Modern Poetry II
ENGL3363 18th Century I ENGL3375 Modern Drama I
ENGL3364 18th Century II ENGL3376 Modern Drama II
ENGL3365 Romantic Era I ENGL3377 Bible & Its Influence
ENGL3366 Romantic Era II ENGL3381 Popular Fiction
ENGL3367 Victorian Era I ENGL3382 Special Topics in Black Literature

2 MAJOR ELECTIVE COURSES: (9 credits) To be taken from the following:
ENGL3200 English Grammar ENGL3382 Special Topics in Black Literature
ENGL3317 Women in Literature ENGL3383 Ethnic Lit. of U.S
ENGL3321 Psychological Fiction ENGL3384 Postcolonial Lit.
ENGL3325 Creative Writing I (Fiction) ENGL3385 Literary theory
ENGL3326 Creative Writing II (Fiction) ENGL3386 Special Topics on British & American Lit.
ENGL3327 Creative Writing I (poetry) ENGL3387 Special Topics on World Literature
ENGL3328 Creative Writing II (Poetry) ENGL3388 Regionalism in American Literature.
ENGL3329 Advanced English Grammar ENGL3390 Contemporary Fiction I
ENGL3377 Bible & Its Influence ENGL3391 Contemporary Fiction II
ENGL3381 Popular Fiction

The completion of at least 27 credits from the list of English and comparative literature course offerings. (Students are permitted considerable freedom in choosing courses.)

Additionally, under the supervision of a mentor, each MA candidate must write a 3-credit research thesis based on a small body of works (for example, three stories in Canterbury Tales, a handful of poems, several plays) from two different literary periods.

M.A. in English Language and Literature at Wroxton, England

The University’s Wroxton College offers a graduate program in English language and literature at its campus located in Wroxton, England. Courses are conducted by a full-time resident British tutorial staff and are supplemented by guest lectures by distinguished British scholars. These scholars, who are faculty members at such institutions as University of Liverpool, Cambridge University, University of Birmingham, King’s College, Oxford University and University of Exeter, are among the world’s foremost critics of Elizabethan and Jacobean literature.

This master’s program in England is conducted only during Wroxton College’s annual summer session. The graduate program in English language and literature at Wroxton College is flexible to the extent that a graduate student may study one or more summer sessions in England and subsequently complete the graduate degree requirements at the University’s School of Communication Arts at the Metropolitan Campus in New Jersey. Students have the alternative option of studying summers only at Wroxton College in England to complete the graduate degree requirements for a Master of Arts with a major in English language and literature.

Students must have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, with at least 24 credits in English.

Students are advised to develop a reading proficiency in one or more foreign language.

Submission must be made of an official score report for the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test taken within the last five years. (The GRE requirement is waived for applicants who have completed a master’s degree.)

Three letters of recommendation must be provided.

Applicants who have not completed all requirements for admission to the degree program may be permitted to enroll in classes for credit on a non-matriculated or non-degree basis.

The school offers a major in English language and literature with a concentration in English language and literature or writing. The University’s basic core curriculum normally requires two semesters of English of all students, including ENGL1101, ENGL1102 English Composition I, II.

Competency in reading, writing and speaking is expected in courses throughout the University. Students revealing serious deficiencies will be assigned to appropriate courses. Students planning to major in English language and literature are required to complete the liberal arts core curriculum and 36 credits in either literature or writing. Qualified students may complete part of their undergraduate degree requirements at Wroxton College in England.

Foundation courses for all advanced literature study in English should be taken during the sophomore year or in the fifth semester at the latest.

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