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English (MA) at Dalhousie University

Dalhousie University, Canada

Programme overview

Research and teaching strength in a collegial environment. Our English (MA) graduate program is small and select. You’ll be encouraged to pursue your scholarly interests in-depth and with a high level of professionalism, while being given advantage to excel.

Faculty: Arts and Social Sciences  |  Department: Department of English  |  Duration: 16 months or longer  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: September  |  Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Career pathways

As a graduate, you would be a competitive candidate for PhD programs across Canada and internationally. Many past graduates have been awarded major fellowships in support of their doctoral studies, while others have gone on to successful careers in law, publishing, communications, journalism, and education.

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Application information

Entry requirements

The full-time MA program is designed to be completed in one year, while part-time students normally complete the degree over three years. MA students complete six three-credit hour (ENGL 5000 or higher) courses, most often taking three in the Fall Term and three in the Winter, and With the prior approval of the Graduate Committee, and if the student’s planned area of research makes such a choice appropriate, one three-credit hour course may be taken in another Department. If there is no current offering in the student’s research area, and if a professor is willing and available to take on the extra teaching, one three-credit hour course may be taken as a Directed Reading.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the courses you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate intakes: September, January and May.

General Faculty of Graduate Studies deadlines: September admission June 1 (Canadian applicants) and April 1 (non-Canadian); January admission October 31 (Canadian) and August 31 (non-Canadian); May admission February 28 (Canadian) and December 31 (non-Canadian). Program deadlines may differ. The application fee is $115, payable online with the application.

Apply through the official page: https://apply.dal.ca/apply/

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