English- Master of Arts, M.A. in Teaching, Ph.D.

For information, contact:
Director of Graduate Studies
Department of English
513-529-7530
www.MiamiOH.edu/english/graduate

Admission Requirements

Admission to the Master of Arts program requires three letters of recommendation with recommendation form, a writing sample, a personal statement of intent, and approval of the department committee on admissions. 

Admission to the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program requires a baccalaureate degree and licensure for teaching in public schools. Admission also requires the completion of the Master of Arts in Teaching English application, a professional resume, the completion of a recommendation form by a school official, and an application appointment with the Ohio Writing Project Director, 513-529-5245.

Admission to the doctoral program requires an M.A. (or equivalent), three letters of recommendation with recommendation form, a writing sample, a personal statement of intent, and approval of the department committee on admissions. 

English- Master of Arts

Program Requirements

General program requirements include reading proficiency in a language other than English before the final examination, either tested by examination or confirmed by two years of credit in college level language courses. Students whose native language is other than English are exempt from the language requirement. 

M.A. with literature concentration (thesis option)

(36 semester hours)

ENG 603Literary Theories and Their Histories4
ENG 605Issues in the Profession (Choose six)2
ENG 700Research for Master's Thesis6
Select at least six of the following, in consultation with DGS24
Topics in Literary and Cultural Studies
Studies in Renaissance Literature
Studies in the Restoration and the 18th Century, 1660-1789
Studies in 19th-Century English Literature
Studies in 20th and 21st Century British and Irish Literature
Studies in American Literature, 1865-1919
Studies in Modern American Literature, 1919 to Present
Intra-disciplinary Seminar in English Studies
Histories and Methodologies in Literary and Cultural Studies
Total Credit Hours36

M.A. with literature concentration (without thesis)

(36 semester hours)

ENG 603Literary Theories and Their Histories4
ENG 605Issues in the Profession2
ENG 704Non-Thesis Project6
Select six of the following, in consultation with DGS24
Topics in Literary and Cultural Studies
Studies in Renaissance Literature
Studies in the Restoration and the 18th Century, 1660-1789
Studies in 19th-Century English Literature
Studies in 20th and 21st Century British and Irish Literature
Studies in American Literature, 1865-1919
Studies in Modern American Literature, 1919 to Present
Histories and Methodologies in Literary and Cultural Studies
Total Credit Hours36

M.A. with composition and rhetoric concentration

(36 semester hours)

ENG 605Issues in the Profession2
ENG 700Research for Master's Thesis6
Select two of the following:8
Histories and Theories of Composition 1
Histories and Theories of Rhetoric 1
Empirical Research Methods in Composition 1
Contemporary Theories of Rhetoric 1
Five elective courses in ENG 20
Visual Rhetoric
Print and Digital Editing
Grant and Proposal Writing
Usability and User Experience
Writing for Global Audiences
Ethics and Digital Media
Introduction to Language and Linguistics
Intra-disciplinary Seminar in English Studies
Studies in Composition Research and Pedagogy
Histories and Theories of Composition 1
Histories and Theories of Rhetoric 1
Empirical Research Methods in Composition 1
Contemporary Theories of Rhetoric 1
Special Topics in Rhetoric
Issues in Professional Writing
Total Credit Hours36
1

Can only be used once towards major requirements.

English- Master of Arts in Teaching

Program Requirements - Non-GRE

General admission requirements include a valid teaching license, admission to the graduate school and a completed Master of Arts in Teaching in English application at https://www.miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/teaching/index.html. Program requirements consist of core classes, elective workshops and classroom research reaching 32 semester hours.

(32 semester hours)

ENG 622The Teaching of Writing6
Electives in writing and reading courses15
Teacher Research courses9
Final Teacher Research project, paper, and presentation2
Total Credit Hours32

English- Doctor of Philosophy

Concentrations are offered in composition and rhetoric, and in American and English literature.

Program Requirements

Composition and Rhetoric

ENG 605Issues in the Profession2
Six seminars in composition and rhetoric, including four foundation courses24
Three open elective seminars in ENG12
ENG 850Research for Doctoral Dissertation22
Total Credit Hours60

American and English Literature

ENG 603Literary Theories and Their Histories4
ENG 605Issues in the Profession2
Eight seminars, including one in ENG 75032
ENG 850Research for Doctoral Dissertation22
Total Credit Hours60

Fulfillment of the departmental historical distribution requirement is expected.

For both concentrations, course of study must be approved by the Graduate Committee.

For students in American and English Literature, the language requirement is met by

     reading proficiency in two languages other than English; or

     reading proficiency in one language other than English and six semester hours of graduate credit in an approved cognate field.

For students in Composition and Rhetoric, the language requirement is met by

     reading proficiency in one language other than English, or six semester hours of graduate credit in an approved cognate field.

Also required for both concentrations are a comprehensive examination, written and oral; a dissertation; and an oral defense of the dissertation.

Graduate assistants and teaching associates teaching in the college composition program must take ENG 731, as well as two teaching workshops, ENG 606 and ENG 607.