Master of Arts in English
Online Program Overview
Program Objectives
Our Master of Arts in English program will help you enhance your professional skills, prepare you for doctoral work, and help you earn the qualifications necessary to teach college-level courses, including courses at the high-school level through dual enrollment relationships. You’ll work closely with our widely published and passionate faculty who will help you will deepen your understanding and love of literature, literary theory and history. You also will sharpen your critical analysis, research and writing skills. And because our program is offered entirely online, you can earn your degree around your busy schedule.
Graduates are able to: • Write critically and effectively in a variety of writing situations. • Explore and take advantage of publication and presentation opportunities. • Attend national conferences and network with professionals in the fields of English and education. • Understand the various literary periods, authors and theories, and diverse approaches to the study of literature. • Present compelling written and oral arguments about literature and culture. • Engage in extensive research.
Admissions Requirements • Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution. • Undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher preferred. GPAs below 3.0 may be considered.
How to Apply • Submit a Graduate application with a $25 application fee. • Provide official transcripts from all postsecondary institutions. • If seeking transfer credit, you must request a transfer credit evaluation when submitting your transcripts. A student can receive as many as nine semester hours in transfer credits. • TOEFL score of 550 or equivalent electronic score, if applicable. • Three professional or academic letters of recommendation. • Submit a 500- to 1,000-word essay on the following topics: Discuss your favorite work of literature, film, period of history or artist.
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Earn Your M.A. in English Online I can complete my “ Because master’s degree entirely online, I’m able to manage my schoolwork around my full-time job and my kids’ busy schedules.
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Julia Thompson, Student, M.A. in English
Program completion of 18 to 24 months
8-week courses
No GRE required
Explore research and publication opportunities
Start your degree any time
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Through the discussion boards, I have created relationships with my classmates. Many of us even meet face to face to discuss and collaborate on coursework.
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Shannon Hunt, Student, M.A. in English High School English Teacher New Lexington City Schools
Earn your degree around your schedule
CORE COURSES (33 Graduate Credit Hours*) ENG 514 – Graduate Writing and Research During ENG 514, you will be introduced to graduate study, research, writing and methods. In addition to discussing and studying the best practices of the literary profession, you will analyze literary theory through the study of classic texts. ENG 515 – British Literature Survey to 1800 ENG 515 covers the major canonical authors and literary movements of England in the Anglo-Saxon period, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment and the Restoration. You will learn about non-canonical writers, including women and other historically underrepresented authors, and examine the history of English, including its major changes, dialects and usage during these periods. ENG 516 – British Literature Survey from 1800 You will examine the major canonical authors and literary movements of England in the Romantic period, the Victorian era, the Modern Age and beyond. You also will discuss non-canonical writers, including women and other historically underrepresented authors, as well as the history of English and its major changes, dialects and usage during these periods. ENG 520 – American Literature to 1900 In this course, you will study the major canonical authors and literary movements of America, from pre-Revolutionary writers to the present. You also will analyze non-canonical writers, including women and other historically underrepresented authors in a variety of genres, including fiction, poetry and drama, as well as nonfiction.
Capstone Project
ENG 565 – Cinema ENG 565 introduces you to film terminology, effects, craft and theory in order to encourage visual literacy. During this course, you will interpret and write about film using filmmaking principles.
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ENG 568 – Fiction In ENG 568, you will examine the forms and techniques of prose fiction through a particular theme, period or stylistic classification. You also will gain a deeper understanding of fiction itself, the context in which fiction is produced, and methods for conveying an understanding and appreciation of fiction to other readers. ENG 580 – Poetry You will examine the forms and techniques of poetry and pay particular attention to essential poetic elements such as image, metaphor, voice and other formal characteristics. You will gain a deeper understanding of poetry itself, the context in which poetry is produced, and methods for conveying an understanding and appreciation of poetry to other readers.
ENG 620 – Capstone Project This course is required by all students in the Capstone Project option of the M.A. in English. The two parts of the Capstone Project include the following: The submission of a fully revised, highly polished seminar paper of at least fifteen pages originally written for a course in the M.A., and another substantial and integrative project or paper that is aligned with your professional interests. Prerequisites: 27 credits of graduate English courses.
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ENG 590 – Drama In this course, you will explore and discuss conventions of drama and theatre while reading Aristotle’s “Poetics.” This course may be offered as a survey of the form, examining its conventions and their development through history. It may also focus on one particular type of drama such as tragedy, comedy or theatre of the absurd. Performance theory and theatre history may also be emphasized.
ENG 525 – Modernism/Contemporary Literature You will examine the literature of the 20th and/or 21st centuries while gaining a deeper understanding of Modernist and/or Post-Modernist texts, the context in which the texts were produced, and an understanding of the stylistic innovation often associated with these periods. This course also may include discussions in fiction, poetry, drama and/or cinema.
ENG 575 – World Literature You will examine classic and/or contemporary texts of world literature in translation, while analyzing the literature and the culture from which it comes as well as the increasingly globalized nature of literature itself. Each course will have a particular focus or theme.
Thesis Option (six credit hours each) ENG 625 – Thesis The Thesis option is required by all students in the Thesis option of the M.A. in English. You will complete a comprehensive research project that results in a formal manuscript. This option is recommended for students who are considering doctoral work in English and is repeatable for up to six credits. The Thesis option requires six credit of thesis hours. Prerequisites: 24 credits of graduate English courses. * 18 graduate credit hours option is available for 7-12th grade teachers who already hold a master’s degree.
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I have been able to enhance my curriculum to better support the needs of my students.
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Kelly Miller, Student, M.A. in English English Language Arts Teacher Wolf Creek Local School District
Contact Us
Office of Graduate Admissions 614.251.4615 I grad@ ohiodominican.edu I ohiodominican.edu/MAenglish Ohio Dominican University I 1216 Sunbury Road I Columbus, OH 43219 Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Peace.