The program`s formal requirements are the completion of 10 term courses, including 56:350:503 Introduction to Graduate Literary Study and at least one course in philology, and a final comprehensive examination in English and American literature. No more than 6 credits of C or C+ may be used in meeting the requirements of the master`s degree.
Students may enroll in a maximum of four graduate-level writing courses, which may include one term of independent study, in addition to five graduate-level literature courses and a linguistics or rhetoric course, in order to complete the 30 credits required for the master`s degree in English. Permission of the instructor and the graduate program director is required for enrollment in the third and fourth writing courses. Students who complete four writing courses may be allowed to offer a substantial collection of poetry, prose, or playwriting in partial fulfillment of the final comprehensive examination requirement.
Up to 6 credits approved by the graduate program director and the graduate dean may be transferred from another graduate school once the student has satisfactorily completed 12 credits in the master`s program in Camden.
