Concentration
in English
The Master of Science Degree concentration in English is designed
to improve the critical thinking, cultural literacy, and writing
skills of secondary school English teachers. Applicants will
normally have completed an undergraduate major or minor in English,
but those without such preparation and with outstanding academic
records in any academic discipline are encouraged to apply.
A
minimum of 30 semester hours is required for the Master of
Science degree, including the requirements for the non-thesis
or thesis approach.
Degree
Requirements for the Master of Science with a
Concentration in English
- Professional
Education Requirements
ED 500 Contemporary Educational Issues 3 SH
ED 501 Introduction to Educational Research 3 SH
ED 530 Curriculum of the Secondary School
or ED 531 Teaching Secondary English
- A
six (6) credit thesis or two English electives (6 credits)
and the Comprehensive Exam
- Completion
of the following:
- either
Shakespeare or Chaucer (3 cr) and
- one
other course (3 cr) in Early British Literature and
- one
course (3 cr) in Early American Literature, and
- one
course (3 cr) in Modern British and American Lit. and
- ED
590 or one English elective (3 cr)
Students enrolling in the program must see the Graduate
Coordinator in English for an entrance interview.
Theses
and Comprehensives
Thesis: students who select the thesis option should register
for ENG 591, Independent Thesis Research in English, a six-credit
independent course of study. A student electing to write a
thesis must do so under the guidance of an English Department
faculty member who agrees to direct the student's work. All
thesis topics must be approved by the English Department.
Students choosing to write a thesis should therefore consult
with the graduate advisor as well as the thesis director.
A student writing a thesis in the English Department must
obtain a copy of the "English Department Guidelines"
and follow the procedures described therein.
Comprehensives:
a student who elects to take the comprehensive exam will be
tested on a reading list prepared by the English Department.
The reading list will cover the three areas of literature
described above and will be published during the first week
of the fall semester. The comprehensive exam will be given
from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on the Friday of the first week
in December and the first week in May. Students should indicate
to the Graduate Student Coordinator their intention to take
the test by November 1st for the December exam and by April
1st for the May exam. The Graduate Program Coordinator will
announce the specific time and place for each exam. (Note:
A student with an "Incomplete" grade in any graduate
course at Western Connecticut State
University is ineligible to take the comprehensive examination
until such time as the course has been completed and a grade
assigned.
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