Master of Arts in English

Master of Arts in English provides an opportunity to talented and highly self-disciplined individuals to earn an MA tailored to fit their lifestyles, interests, and goals and to develop their writing, critical thinking, and literary analysis skills to an exemplary level through study under successful and dedicated instructors from a range of backgrounds and aesthetic perspectives.

Our program offering includes four (4) concentrations: Literature, Children’s and Adolescent Literature, Rhetoric and Writing, and Creative Writing.

The mission of the MA program is directly related to the mission of the university in that it enhances individuals’ abilities to think creatively and critically, to effectively communicate, to be technologically literate, to appreciate and contribute to the cultures of their communities and beyond, and to possess awareness and sensitivity to global issues.

Many Arts and Humanities courses serve the entire campus as General Education requirements or as requirements for disciplines outside the School of Arts and Humanities.

Art allows students to choose from four areas of concentration: Art History, Ceramics, General Art, and Painting and Drawing.

Communication offers Emphasis Areas in Applied Communication, Media Studies, Performance, Professional Writing, and Speech.

English offers concentrations in Creative Writing, Film Studies, and Literature.

Modern Languages allows students to do a Spanish or French emphasis or to study both languages equally.

Music majors select concentrations in instrumental or vocal music or Jazz Studies.

The MFA in Creative Writing offers talented writers and students of literature an opportunity to study with faculty who are successful authors and teachers.