English, MA at Tulane University

Programme overview

Programs Introduction The Department of English offers two Master’s degree programs: a one-year, two-semester 4+1 M.A. program for Tulane undergraduate English majors, and a three-semester external M.A. program for English or Literature majors with B.A. degrees from Tulane or from other institutions. Each has its own admission requirements and its own timetable to completion. Students who have earned M.A. degrees in our programs have gone on to doctoral programs and law schools. They have embarked on careers as journalists as well as editors at magazines and publishing houses.

Faculty: School of Liberal Arts | Duration: 30 credit hours (three semesters) | Study mode: full-time | Location: New Orleans, LA, United States

What you will study

Students may take up to two graduate courses in other Tulane departments for transfer credit towards the English M.A. degree. Student must petition the English Department's Director of Graduate Studies to have an extra-departmental course approved for M.A. credit. No graduate courses are offered during the summer term.

Career pathways

They have embarked on careers as journalists as well as editors at magazines and publishing houses. But some of our graduates go on to careers not directly related to the degree.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Each has its own admission requirements and its own timetable to completion. More information on "+1" year tuition is available on the School of Liberal Arts' Applying to an SLA Graduate Program page. More information on tuition is available on the School of Liberal Arts' Applying to an SLA Graduate Program page.

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

Each school at Tulane administers its own graduate and professional admission process.

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