Graduate Areas of Concentration

Literature and culture; rhetoric, writing, and culture; film and visual studies

The School of Writing, Literature and Film offers graduate work leading to a Master of Arts degree in English. The major area of concentration may be literature and culture; rhetoric, writing, and culture; or film and visual studies. Graduate work in the school may also be applied to a Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies degree or to minors in other advanced degree programs.

Major Code: 8900

MA: Rhetoric and Writing

• Conduct research or produce some other form of creative work.
• Demonstrate mastery of subject material.
• Conduct scholarly or professional activities in an ethical manner.
• Explain, evaluate, and practice divergent pedagogical methods.
• Describe rhetoric contextually and/or comparatively.
• Historicize and theorize emerging forms of composition and expression.

MA: Literature and Culture Film

• Conduct research or produce some other form of creative work.
• Demonstrate mastery of subject material.
• Conduct scholarly or professional activities in an ethical manner.
• Contextualize contemporary literature and/or film in a long continuum.
• Describe literature and/or film in terms of major periods, practices, and genres.
• Evaluate the significance of individual works in their cultural and intellectual contexts.

Major Code: 8900