English – M.A.
The Master of Arts degree in English from Kent State University offers students broad learning in English studies while providing concentrated study in one area.
Duration
1 year
Starting Date
January, June, August
Tuition Fee
$ 17,982 per full
Location
Kent, United States
About the program
The English major from Kent State University comprises the following concentrations:
- The Concentration for Teachers is for educators interested in advanced study of literature and writing. Coursework focuses on current scholarship and approaches to literature and writing. While not a degree in literary and composition pedagogy, the concentration is designed to encourage the application of current literary and writing research to the work responsibilities of the practicing teacher.
- The Literature and Writing concentration prepares students for further graduate study in English and related fields, for professional training in such fields as library and information science and for careers in teaching. The program achieves this goal with distribution requirements, electives and a required focus in either literary traditions, critical theory or rhetoric and composition.
Learning Outcomes
Graduates of this program will be able to:
- Demonstrate the ability to think critically about the literary texts they read and interpret.
- Demonstrate how to write coherently and clearly about research topics and other topics.
- Demonstrate an understanding on how disciplines are interconnected.
- Apply appropriate research methods to objects of study.
- Demonstrate effective teaching skills and knowledge of appropriate teaching theories, if on appointment.
Courses included:
- Rhetorical Theory: greek and Roman
- Rhetorical Theory:18th, 19th and 20th Centuries
- Role of Composition
- Linguistics for Rhetoricians
- Literacy functions, Practices and History
- Writing Activity as Social Practice
- Writing Technologies