• 专业概况
• 所属院系
• 中国学生入学要求
• 课程信息

专业概况

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The Master of Arts degree in English introduces students to advanced teaching and scholarly research in literature and language. The MA is designed to broaden students’ intellectual interests and, thus, encourages them to explore a wide variety of literary periods and rhetorical issues. It prepares students for continued graduate study at the doctoral level, but also for work in a variety of other roles: public history and professional writing, arts and educational administration, grant writing and fundraising, publishing (digital and traditional), and other forms of public humanities work.

The Master of Arts specializing in literature or rhetoric and composition requires completion of thirty credit hours of course work and reading knowledge of one foreign language. Students in literary studies take a qualifying examination and have the option of also writing a thesis. Students in rhetoric and composition complete a thesis or portfolio as their capstone project.

The Master of Arts specializing in English Studies requires thirty-six credit hours of course work. The English Studies concentration is designed for working professionals, especially high-school teachers, interested in a substantial MA program to enhance their credentials and broaden their knowledge in the areas in which they teach and work.

The MA in literary studies or rhetoric and composition studies is a two-year degree. The MA in English Studies is designed to be a two and a half year degree.

RHETORIC AND COMPOSITION

The Master of Arts specializing in literature or rhetoric and composition requires completion of thirty credit hours of course work, reading knowledge of one foreign language, and the successful defense of a master’s thesis. Students in literary studies have the option of taking a comprehensive examination as an alternative to the thesis

所属院系

进入哪个院系学习？ College of Liberal Arts

中国学生入学要求

为来自中国的学生设计 Applicants must have completed 2.7 (on a grading scale with 4.0=A; approximately a "B-" average) on the last two years of bachelor’s coursework; 3.0 on all previous graduate work (approximately a "B" average). English Language Requirement: 550 on the paper based TOEFL; 80 on the internet based TOEFL; 6.5 on the IELTS; 5.0 on the iTep Academic Plus Exam; C1 required on the Cambridge English Exam.

课程信息

学制：全日制(30 学分)

学费：US$30,000.00 (¥ 190,857) /年

开学时间：2022八月23日

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留学地点：College of Liberal ArtsSouthern Illinois University,CARBONDALE,Illinois,62901, United States