MA English at West Virginia University

Programme overview

The MA in English at West Virginia University requires 30 graduate credit hours in English courses at the 500 level or above, completed either as coursework only or as 24 coursework credits plus a thesis. Graduates are expected to show advanced knowledge of the literary and linguistic histories of English-speaking communities and to teach post-secondary writing.

Faculty: Eberly College of Arts and Sciences | Department: English | Duration: 30 credit hours | Study mode: full-time | Location: Morgantown, WV, United States

What you will study

Foundation of 6 hours (ENGL 609 College Composition Pedagogy plus ENGL 680 Introduction to Literary Research or ENGL 682 Recent Literary Criticism), an 18-hour core including at least two seminars (such as Rhetoric, American Studies, Renaissance, Romanticism or Current Directions in Literary Study), and 6 hours of thesis or additional English courses.

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Application information

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.

Graduate applications are made through the WVU online graduate application with a $75 application fee (waivers for WVU and WVU Medicine employees, active military and veterans, AmeriCorps and Peace Corps members); minimum cumulative GPA 2.75 on a 4.0 scale for regular admission, and some programmes require higher. International graduate applicants also pay the non-refundable $75 fee.

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