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Degree Patterns
The graduate program in Eglish at CSU, Chico features three degree patterns as well as certificate programs in Publishing and Editing. For more information on Advancement to Candidacy and Graduation Requirements, see these links.
The information here is provided via the most recent copy of the CSU, Chico University Catalog. To view the catalog in its entirety, click here. As per graduation requirements, advisory meetings are mandatory. For more detailed information regarding your prospective graduation plan contact your Graduate Coordinator.
The Master of Arts degree in English offers patterns in British and American Literature, Creative Writing, and Language and Literacy. Two Graduate Cretificates are offered by the department as well: The Certificate in Literary Publishing and Editing and The Certificate in Teaching College-Level Writing.
Course Requirements for the Master's Degree: 30 units
Continuous enrollment is required. A maximum of 6 semester units of transfer and/or CSU, Chico Open University course work may be applied toward the degree.
Graduate Time Limit:
All requirements for the degree are to be completed within five years of the end of the semester of enrollment in the oldest course applied toward the degree. See "Graduate Education" in the University Catalog for complete details on general degree requirements.
The Master's program in English is available to students whose undergraduate record qualifies them according to the standards set forth by the Office of Graduate Studies and the Department of English. Students who don't have the equivalent of a major in English must complete the equivalent of a general English minor.
Requirements for the MA Degree in English:
Completion of all requirements as established by the department graduate committee, the graduate advisory (thesis) committee, and the Office of Graduate Studies, to include:
1. Completion of an approved program consisting of 30 units of 400/500/600-level courses as follows:
1 course selected from:
| ENGL | 661 | Seminar in Literary Criticism | 3.0 | FS |
| ENGL | 662 | Contemporary Theory and Textual Criticism | 3.0 | FS |
1 course selected from:
| ENGL | 641 | British Medieval Literature | 3.0 | FS |
| ENGL | 642 | Renaissance British Literature | 3.0 | FS |
| ENGL | 643 | 17th-Century British Literature | 3.0 | FS |
| ENGL | 644 | Restoration and 18th-Century British Literature | 3.0 | FS |
| ENGL | 645 | British Romantic Literature | 3.0 | FS |
| ENGL | 646 | British Victorian Literature | 3.0 | FS |
| ENGL | 651 | American Literature: Beginnings to 1865 | 3.0 | FS |
Note: Students may also take ENGL 648, 652, 654, 656, or 657 if the reading list covers primarily texts written prior to 1900.
1 course selected from:
| ENGL | 699P | Master's Project | 1.0 | -6.0 FS |
| ENGL | 699T | Master's Thesis | 1.0 | -6.0 FS |
Students who plan to do a creative project (ENGL 699P) must have permission to do so from the creative writing coordinator and must have completed the requirements for the Creative Writing Pattern.
Twelve units selected from one of the patterns listed below. Specific courses for each pattern will be chosen in consultation with the Graduate Coordinator. With the permission from the Graduate Coordinator and thesis/project committee, students may also take related courses beyond their chosen patter requirements.
Prerequisites for Students Who Don't Have an English Major or Minor
Required:
ENGL 340 or equivalent
ENGL 276 and ENGL 277, unless student has had a good survey of British and American literature in the last two years.
Electives:
One course selected from each of the following areas:
Language: ENGL 371, ENGL 375, ENGL 475, or ENGL 477
Major Figures: ENGL 440, ENGL 441, or ENGL 442
Composition and Rhetoric: ENGL 335
Periods: ENGL 445, ENGL 446, ENGL 447, ENGL 448, ENGL 449, ENGL 450, ENGL 458, or ENGL 459
Genres: ENGL 451, ENGL 452, ENGL 453, ENGL 455, ENGL 456, ENGL 457, or ENGL 461