The Center for Writing Studies is an interdisciplinary
program that offers a specialization in Writing Studies for graduate students
through four different University programs: the Department of English,
the College of Education, the Department of Speech Communication, and
the Division of English as an International
Language.
Program Requirements for the Center
Specialization Requirements
Master’s Project Option
Department of English Requirements
Other Department Requirements
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Program Requirements for the Center
To qualify for a specialization in Writing Studies within a department,
graduate students must complete the following Center for Writing Studies'
requirements for the M.A. The graduate students must also meet the requirements
of their home department.
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:: Specialization
Requirements
: English 505/C&I 563: Writing Studies I: Social Contexts and Functions
of Writing (4 credits)
: English 506/C&I 564: Writing Studies II: Writing Processes and Their
Development (4 credits)
: One additional elective course in Writing Studies chosen from a list
approved by the Center for Writing Studies in consultation with a Writing
Studies faculty member (4 credits)
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:: Master’s
Project Option
For students who decide in consultation with a Writing Studies faculty
member that a Master's Project would best complete their program, an independent
study may be chosen to fulfill the elective requirement. To so qualify,
the independent study must result in a Master's Project that, when completed,
would be deposited in the Writing Studies office. The Master's Project
is a 4 credit independent study project related to pedagogy, administrative
problems, or research in Writing Studies. Students may develop and test
instructional materials, design and evaluate an administrative procedure
or program, or design and conduct a research project.
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:: Department
of English Requirements
Currently, the majority of Writing Studies’ graduate students enter
the program through the Department of English. In addition to satisfactory completion of the M.A. specialization requirements for
Writing Studies (listed above), the candidate for the MA degree must fulfill the following requirements:
: 32 credits of course work (400 or 500 level)
: Satisfactory completion of a Special
Field Examination
: Demonstrated reading knowledge of a foreign language
For more information consult the Department
of English website.
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:: Other
Department Requirements
M.A. requirements for other departments are available on their home websites:
: Department of
Speech Communication
: College
of Education
: Division
of English as a Second Language
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