MA in English - Concentration in the Teaching of Writing and Literature Postgraduate Programme By George Mason University |TopUniversities

MA in English - Concentration in the Teaching of Writing and Literature

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Programme overview

Main Subject

Education and Training

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

At the center of graduate English studies at Mason is the study of imaginative literature across time and geography. Whether the object is British, American, Anglo-phone, or even world literature in translation, the Department of English offers a broad array of graduate courses in literary history and interpretation. Just as the discipline of English has expanded beyond literature to embrace the text provided by film, new media, and folklore, it has also moved to encompass other ways of writing besides criticism, such as ethnography and professional and technical writing. It includes the study of linguistics. The MA in English concentration in the teaching of writing and literature is an innovative degree that combines course work in literature and composition with seminars in pedagogical methods. It serves well as a gateway to primary or secondary education, community college teaching, or further graduate work in such fields as composition and rhetoric.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Education and Training

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

At the center of graduate English studies at Mason is the study of imaginative literature across time and geography. Whether the object is British, American, Anglo-phone, or even world literature in translation, the Department of English offers a broad array of graduate courses in literary history and interpretation. Just as the discipline of English has expanded beyond literature to embrace the text provided by film, new media, and folklore, it has also moved to encompass other ways of writing besides criticism, such as ethnography and professional and technical writing. It includes the study of linguistics. The MA in English concentration in the teaching of writing and literature is an innovative degree that combines course work in literature and composition with seminars in pedagogical methods. It serves well as a gateway to primary or secondary education, community college teaching, or further graduate work in such fields as composition and rhetoric.

Admission Requirements

6.5+
Other English Language requirements: Students are required to have paper-based TOEFL of 570 and 230 on the computer-based TOEFL ; overall band score of 59 on the Pearson Test of English.

Jan-2000

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