The seminar course can serve to fulfill these period requirements. A minimum of 24 quarter hours in English, exclusive of EH 101, 102. The minor requires at least three courses numbered 300 or higher. The Master of Arts degree program in English is designed to meet the needs both of students pursuing a terminal M.A. and those planning to work toward the Ph.D. and a career in university teaching. The terminal M.A. serves such various career tracks as junior college or secondary-school teaching and writing or editing in the business or corporate community.
Creative writers find the degree meaningful in careers both in and out of the academic community.
For Creative Writing Concentration, at least 20 quarter hours of course work in English beyond the freshman level. A score of at least 500 on the Verbal subtest of the GRE General Test. For the Literature Concentration, a minor in English or at least 28 quarter hours of course work in English beyond the freshman level, at least 16 of these hours in upper-division literature courses. Students lacking the literature component can qualify by completing additional upper-division courses in literature. Provisional Admission with fewer quarter hours than those stipulated requires specific approval of the Department's Graduate Committee.