They should particularly note that fitness for advanced study and professional training, not merely high grades or the satisfaction of formal requirements, is the prime requisite for graduate work. Any undergraduate course work to be applied to the M.A. program must be approved in advance by the graduate advisor. Demonstrate reading proficiency in a second language by passing the departmental language examination. Pass the M.A. comprehensive examinations. Graduate Courses in English Registration in the following courses requires admission to Classified standing in the English M.A. program or consent of the instructor.
Graduate seminars offer intensive study of selected authors, works, and topics.
Emphasis in a given seminar may vary from term to term. Detailed descriptions of each term's offerings are published in the Graduate English Newsletter. Seminar in Poetry . Attention to theories of poetics applied to practical criticism. 3 units Engl.