MA in Applied English Linguistics: Requirements for the Degree
The Department recommends the MA in English degree after the student has satisfactorily completed the following requirements:
(a) a minimum of 27 credit hours of approved graduate course work, plus prerequisites if necessary; 12 of the 27 credit hours are taken in the core courses, 15 credit hours in elective courses.
(b) certification of reading knowledge of one modern foreign language, the choice to be approved by the MA (AEL) advisor if the language is other than French, German, Russian, or Spanish; nonnative English speakers automatically count English as the language that satisfies this requirement.
(c) a final comprehensive examination.
There is no thesis requirement.
The prerequisite courses (English 324 and English 330, or equivalents) are acceptable regardless of whether they were taken for graduate or undergraduate credit. But it happens occasionally that a student has taken one or more of the core or elective courses in the MA program while enrolled as an undergraduate; in such cases, the student will be asked to take additional relevant course work as a graduate student in order to fulfill the minimum credit hours requirement for the degree. These decisions are made in consultation with the MA (AEL) advisor.
(rev. 8/2005)
