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English

Degree: Master of Arts
Major: English
Concentrations:
     Literary Studies
     Literary Studies with Creative Writing Emphasis
     Composition/Rhetoric and Professional Writing

Susan Bazargan, Ph.D., Coordinator of Graduate Studies in English
Phone: 581-2428
Web Page: http://www.eiu.edu/~graduate/english.html

Graduate Faculty:
Dana Ringuette, Department Chairperson
Abella, O.; Allison, J.; Bazargan, S.; Beebe, R.; Boswell, P.; Bredesen, D.; Buck, R.; Campbell, J.; Carpenter, D.; Christhilf, M.; Coleman, L.; Engles, T.; Guzlowski, J.; Hanlon, C.; Hoberman, R.; Irwin, B.; Kilgore, J.; Kory, F.; Leddy, M.; Loudon, M.; Markelis, D; Martone, J.; McCormick, F.; McGregor, F.;  Moore, J.; Murray, R.; Panjwani, J.;  Radavich, D.; Raybin, D.; Searle, W.; Shonk, T.; Stevens, C.; Suksang, D.; Swords, S.; Sylvia, R.; Vietto, A.; Watkins, J.R.; Weasmer, J.; Zahlan, A.

Program Plans

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Courses

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ENG 4750
Studies in African-American Literature.  (3 credits)
ENG 4752
Studies in Drama.  (3 credits)
ENG 4760
Studies in Professional Writing.  (3 credits)
ENG 4761
Creative Nonfiction Writing.  (3 credits)
ENG 4762
Poetry Writing.  (3 credits)
ENG 4763
Fiction Writing.  (3 credits)
ENG 4764
Play Writing.  (3 credits)
ENG 4775
Studies in Literary Criticism.  (3 credits)
ENG 4801
Integrating the English Language Arts.  (3 credits)
ENG 4850
Studies in Third World Literatures.  (3 credits)
ENG 4901
History of the English Language.  (3 credits)
ENG 4903
Young Adult Literature.  (3 credits)
ENG 4905
Studies in Children's Literature.  (3 credits)
ENG 4906
Problems in the Teaching of English.  (3 credits)
ENG 4950
Literary History and Bibliography.  (3 credits)
ENG 5000
Introduction to Methods and Issues in English Studies.  (3 credits)
ENG 5001
Studies in Old and Middle English Literature.  (3 credits)
ENG 5002
Studies in Renaissance Literature.  (3 credits)
ENG 5003
Studies in Seventeenth-Century British Literature.  (3 credits)
ENG 5004
Studies in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century British Literature.  (3 credits)
ENG 5005
Studies in Nineteenth-Century British Literature.  (3 credits)
ENG 5006
Studies in Twentieth-Century British Literature.  (3 credits)
ENG 5008
Studies in Colonial American Literature.  (3 credits)
ENG 5009
Studies in Nineteenth-Century American Literature.  (3 credits)
ENG 5010
Studies in Twentieth-Century American Literature.  (3 credits)
ENG 5011
Studies in Composition and Rhetoric.  (3 credits)
ENG 5061
Special Topics in Literature and Literary Theory.  (3 credits)
ENG 5091
Studies in Language, Linguistics, and Literacy.  (3 credits)
ENG 5500
Practicum in Teaching Composition.  (1 credits)
ENG 5502
Mentored Composition Teaching.  (3 credits)
ENG 5940
MA Exam Tutorial.  (3 credits)
ENG 5950
Thesis.  (3 to 6 credits)
ENG 5960
Professional Writing Internship.  (3 credits)
ENG 5990
Independent Study.  (1 to 6 credits)
ENG 5997
Study Abroad.  (3 to 6 credits)