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M. A. Program in
Composition/Rhetoric/Literacy (CRL)
Course
Distribution for All Composition, Rhetoric, and Literacy Students (3
credit hour courses)
Required Courses
Issues in C/R/L: 3 hrs
Teaching College Composition and Literature: 3 hrs
One course in History of Rhetoric/Composition Theory or History of
Modern Composition Studies: 3 hrs
One course in Literary Criticism and Theory: 3 hrs
Elective Courses
(a) Two courses in Literary and Cultural Studies, in two different
Areas among the following:
American Studies
Early English Studies
Modernity and Theory
Native American Studies
Women's Writing
(b) Three courses
different from the required courses and the first two electives.
(Students may select courses in C/R/L, Literary and Cultural Studies,
or appropriate courses offered by other departments. Selections must be
approved by the student's thesis committee.)
Thesis
Option: The Thesis Committee, Thesis Proposal, and Thesis Defense
will be as described for the Critical Thesis Option for Literacy and
Cultural Studies. (6 hrs)
Total credit for M.A.
- Thesis Option in Composition, Rhetoric, and Literacy: 33
Non-thesis Option in Literary and Cultural
Studies
In addition to the
Required Courses and the first seven Elective Courses, a
student in the Non-thesis Option must take (a) one additional course in
the Area of Concentration and (b) the M.A. Examination.
(a) One Additional
Course in Area of Concentration
This must be in addition to, and other than, the Required and Elective
Courses done in the first 27 credit hours. The Additional Course in the
Area of Concentration must be at the 5000 or 6000 level and cannot be a
directed reading.
(b) M. A.
Examination
The M. A. Examination is the culmination of the student's course work
in the Masters Degree Program. It should therefore test: (a) the
overall knowledge of his or her chosen Areas (fields) which the student
has acquired cumulatively up to that point through course work and
independent preparation; and (b) his or her skills as a researcher,
scholar, and critic.
The M. A. Examination will be written, and it should preferably be
taken in the semester immediately after the one in which course work is
completed, and no later than the second semester after completion of
course work.
As early as possible in their career, but not later thant the semester
prior to that in which the examination is taken students in the
Non-Thesis Option should develop with their advisor:
(a) two focus areas
in C/R/L;
(b) a three-member Comprehensive Examination Committee. It should be
noted that this committee functions very much like the Thesis Committee
for students pursuing the Thesis Option; and
(c) a reading list of 30 items from the Area of Concentration/focus
area and 10 items from the other Area, with a balanced selection of
book-length primary texts and scholarly books and articles.
The Examination
Committee will compose and evaluate a written examination based upon
the approved reading list. The Examination will require three
essay-type answers, two of which will be on two different topics in the
Area of Concentration, and one of which will be in the other Area. No
answer should exceed 10 double-spaced typed pages (approximately 2500
words). The Committee will choose two questions from the Primary Area
and one question from the Secondary Area of exam questions for the
exam. The exam shall be presented to the student at 8am on a
workday morning and the written answers to their quesitons shall be
returned to the Graduate Office at or before 5pm on a workday two
consecutive days following the day the exam was received (for a total
of 3 consecutive days). Students who prefer a weekend exam may obtain
the exam at 5pm on Friday and must return the exam by 1pm on Monday.
The Examination
will be graded Fail, Pass, and Pass with Distinction. Students are
allowed only two attempts at the Examination, in successive semesters.
During the semester in which the student schedules the Comprehensive
Examination, he or she will register for a directed reading (3
credit-hours) in the Area of Concentration with the faculty member
serving as the chair of the Examination Committee.
Credit for Required
and Elective Courses: 27 hours
Credit for Additional Course in Area of Concentration: 3 hrs
Credit for Directed Reading in Area of Concentration: 3 hrs
Total credit for Non-thesis Option in C/R/L: 33 hrs
Literary and Cultural Studies
Composition, Rhetoric, and Literacy
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