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Admissions Requirements

Admission Eligibility

Any English major may apply to the program during the Spring semester of their junior year. (In some cases students may be able to apply in their senior year; please contact the Program Coordinator for information.) You must have an excellent academic record and the ability to balance your coursework in a fast-paced program.

To be considered for admission, you must:

--have earned 75 units with a 3.0 GPA at the time of application

--complete 90 units by the time you are admitted (Fall of senior year)

--complete at least 12 units of upper-division in English or American literature courses at the UA prior to entering the program.

We recommend that you speak with your academic advisor about your interest in the program early to plan your courses accordingly.

Application Process

Your online application will include the following:

Names of 2 members of the English Department faculty we can contact about your qualifications for the AMP (we suggest these be faculty members who taught you in upper-division courses)

A brief (no more than one page) discussion of the interests you plan to pursue as an MA candidate and any future plans the MA might enhance or contribute to

Two clean copies of  papers you have written for upper division English classes

 

Standardized Tests

None

 

Funding Opportunities

The Academic Unit has not provided this information. 

Admissions Deadlines

March 1st

 

International Conditional Admission

International applicants will not be considered for conditional admission by this program.

Other Information

The GRE Institution Code for The University of Arizona is 4832

Completion Requirements

Minimum Credit Units

30 

Core Coursework Requirements

Program Requirements

To receive your M.A. in English degree, you will:

--enroll in and complete 30 units of graduate courses, 12 of which must be taken during your senior year of undergraduate study (can be counted toward both B.A. and M.A. degrees); 18 units to be completed during your second year in the program

--pass either the M.A. examination or the MA portfolio

To be confirmed for Graduate Status at the beginning of your second year in the program, you must:

--maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above in 12 credits of graduate courses you took during your first year

--file an approved Plan of Study after consulting with the Program Director

 

While there are no required courses, students may choose, in consultation with the director, among the following 3 unit ENGL courses below.  There is no minimum grade required for any course as long as the student's total gpa is 3.0 or above:

501    Advanced Creative Writing Nonfiction Writing
            
503    Latina Feminisms in the Americas
            
505    History of the English Language
            
506    Modern English Grammar
            
510    Teaching of Composition
            
514    Advanced Scientific Writing
            
515    History of Criticism and Theory
            
518    Introduction to Psychoanalytic Theory
            
520    History of the German Language
            
522    Asian American Literature
            
524    Studies in Southwest Literature
            
526    Medieval English Literature
            
527    Chaucer
            
529    Chinese Immigrant Literature and Film
            
531    Advanced Studies in Shakespeare
            
533    Studies in the Renaissance
            
541    Studies in the Restoration and Eighteenth Century
            
543    Mexican-American Literature in English
            
544    Media Archaeology: Moving Image as Evidence
            
549A    Folklore
            
552A    Mixed Media Stories: Stories in Text and Film
            
555    Introduction to Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language
            
555A    Studies in Nineteenth-Century British Literature
            
557A    Modern British Literature
            
557B    Contemporary British Literature
            
561A    French Linguistics
            
565    Studies in American Literature to 1900
            
566    Studies in Twentieth-Century American Literature
            
567    Topics in French Linguistics
            
573    Semiotics and Language
            
577    Studies in American Indian Literature
            
580    Second Language Writing
            
587    Assessment in Second/Foreign Language Learning
            
588    European Literary-Political Cabaret
            
589    Internet Technologies in Second/Foreign Language Education
            
593    Internship
            
596A    British Literature
            
596B    Studies in Colonial and Post-Colonial Literature and Theory
            
596F    American Literature
            
596G    Comparative Literature
            
596J    Second Language Acquisition Research
            
596K    Methods and Materials of Literary Research
            
596L    Theories of Criticism
            
596O    Topics in Second Language Teaching
            
596P    Women's Life Writing: Autobiography, Diary, Oral History, Biography....
            
                    
596Y    Topics in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching
            
597Q    Qualitative Research in Rhetoric and Composition
            
597R    Research Methods in Rhetoric and Composition
            
597S    Methods of Rhetorical Analysis
            
598    Approaches to Teaching Writing
            
612    Grammatical Analysis
            
613    Methods of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
            
615    Second Language Acquisition Theory
            
620    Cultural Dimensions: Second Language Acquisitions
            
646    Ancient and Contemporary Voices
            
680    Reader Response Theories
            
693A    Applied ESL
            
696A    Latina/o Literary and Cultural Studies
            
696D    History of Rhetoric
            
696E    Studies in Rhetoric and Composition
            
696F    Literature and Creative Writing
            
696G    Queer Theories
            
696J    Sexuality and Aesthetics
            
696M    Gender, Sexuality, and International Migration
            
696S    Historical Studies in Rhetoric and Composition
            
696T    Contemporary Rhetorical Theories

 

Elective Coursework

Students can take any 2 (6 units of coursework) courses outside of the English Department found in UAccess Catalog upon approval from the director.

 

Additional Requirements

None

 

Student Handbook

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.

 

Additional Information

This is an Accelerated Master's Program (AMP).

The Graduate College offers exceptional undergraduate students in selected majors the opportunity to earn both a bachelor's degree and master's degree in as few as 5 years. The Accelerated Master's Program is for the top undergraduates in participating majors who plan to continue in a graduate program in the same, or closely related, UA discipline.

Programs will select from among a qualified pool, based on the following criteria. Individual programs may have more stringent or additional requirements:

• Completion of a minimum of 75 undergraduate credit hours will be required at the time of application; a minimum of 90 undergraduate credit hours will be required at the time of entry into the AMP. If the student's GPA falls below 3.30 at the time s/he has completed 90 units, the student will not be admitted into the program. Courses taken for audit may not be included in the total number of units counted for eligibility or admission.
• Completion of at least 12 earned units of undergraduate course work in the major at the UA.
• Units still graded Incomplete, units graded Pass/Fail or units taken as audit will not count toward the requirement of the 12 undergraduate units in the major.
• Completion or near completion of general education requirements.
• Submission of a graduate application and payment of a graduate application fee.
• Demonstration of the maturity necessary for success in an accelerated, highly competitive program.
• Expectation to complete the undergraduate degree within four years. The undergraduate degree requirements must be completed before the student is eligible to have the Master's degree awarded.
• Interested students should verify departmental requirements as they may have additional or more stringent requirements than the Graduate College minimum requirements.

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