Admission and Application

Admission Requirements for the Master of Arts in English

Any person admitted to the Master’s program in English must hold a bachelor’s degree. An applicant who receives regular admission status must also meet the following requirements:

Regular Admission

  1. hold a BA in English or English Education with a minimum 3.0 GPA in the major, or
  2. hold a B.A. or B.S. in a field other than English, have completed 12 hours of English
    coursework at the junior/senior level with an earned GPA of 3.0 on this coursework
    (no grade lower than a B) AND have earned a 3.0 GPA in the major.

Note: Students who have GPAs in the major between 2.75 and 2.99 or GPAs in the 12 hours of English junior/senior coursework in the 2.75-2.99 range will be considered for regular admission if they submit a GRE verbal reasoning score of 150 minimum. The GRE is NOT required for students who meet the 3.0 GPA, degree and course requirements listed above.

A student in regular admission status is eligible for a graduate assistantship.

Contingent Admission

Students holding degrees in fields other than English or English Education and who do not have the required 12 hours of junior/senior coursework in English but do have a 3.0 GPA in their major may be admitted to contingent status and must complete the missing hours of junior/senior coursework in English within their first year of enrollment in the graduate program. To move to regular status and to remain in the program these students must earn a minimum 3.0 GPA on the missing hours of junior/senior coursework with no grade lower than a B.

 

A student in contingent status is eligible for a graduate assistantship. Students may not be moved from contingent status to provisional status.

Provisional Admission

Students who have a GPA in the 2.75-2.99 range in their major and/or in the 12 hours of junior/senior coursework in English and do not have a 150 score on the verbal reasoning portion of the GRE may be admitted to provisional status. These students must take 9 hours of graduate coursework in English in their first year of enrollment and earn a minimum 3.0 GPA in graduate English coursework, with no grade less than a B.  Students who do not satisfy this requirement will not be allowed to continue in the program.

Students in provisional status are not eligible for graduate assistantships.

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