Composition & Rhetoric Bridge Program
Graduate students who apply to and are accepted into both the English Department's Graduate Program in Literary Studies at the Master’s level and the Doctoral Program in Composition and Rhetoric may take advantage of the Composition and Rhetoric Bridge Program. A participant in the Composition and Rhetoric Bridge Program receives an M.A. degree in either Literary Studies or Afro-American Studies, and then joins the Program in Composition and Rhetoric within the Department of English for a Ph.D. Students applying for entry into the Literary Studies Program must indicate their interest at the time of application. Students in Afro-American Studies should indicate their interest no later than the end of their first year of Master's work. Bridge students should complete Introduction to Composition Studies (English 700) and Critical Methods in British and American Literature (English 723) as part of their first-stage level coursework. Certification in a foreign language is also strongly advised.
Department of English
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Madison, WI 53706
608-263-3761
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