Department of English and Foreign Languages

The Master of Arts degree in English is designed to provide advanced study and research in English through the study of literary genres, special topics in British and American literature, and cross-genre investigation of themes and literary modes - with special attention to critical thinking, analyzing, and writing about literature. The program requires thirty-six (36) semester hours of credit at the graduate level, including six (6) hours of a thesis. These hours include a nine (9) hour core and twenty-one (21) hours of electives.  The degree program also requires a minimum of thirty (30) semester hours at Fayetteville State University; an optional thesis on a subject connected with the student’s major field of study demonstrating research and interpretive skills, and an oral defense of the thesis; a four-hour written comprehensive examination on the content of the M.A. (to be taken and passed before defending the thesis or after completing all thirty-six hours of coursework). Students may elect the non-thesis option by taking two additional courses, for a total of thirty-six (36), and passing a six-hour comprehensive examination. Students electing the non-thesis option are strongly urged to take one or both of the pedagogy courses, ENGL 516 and ENGL 517.

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Course Descriptions

• English and Foreign Language Courses

Offered Degrees

• Licensure in English as Second Language
• Master of Arts in English. Non-Thesis Option
• Master of Arts in English - Thesis Option

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• Licensure in English as Second Language
• Master of Arts in English. Non-Thesis Option
• Master of Arts in English - Thesis Option

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• Licensure in English as Second Language
• Master of Arts in English. Non-Thesis Option
• Master of Arts in English - Thesis Option