Accelerated B.A./M.A. Plan - English

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Accelerated pathway dual degree programs provide academically outstanding students an accelerated pathway to complete an undergraduate and a master’s degree in a reduced period of time. Accelerated pathway programs provide undergraduate students permission to take a specified number of master’s level courses as electives toward completion of their bachelor’s degree. The students then apply to the graduate degree program, and if accepted, the previously completed graduate coursework during the senior year is counted as transfer credit toward the completion of the master’s degree.

If admitted to the accelerated pathway program, the student may take up to 6 credit hours of graduate courses during their senior year. (See list of courses below.) These courses will count as upper-level elective credits toward their bachelor’s degree. The student should then complete the full graduate school application to the master’s degree program during their senior year. If they are admitted to the master’s program, the student will receive transfer credit for the graduate-level work taken during the senior year and will have 24 credits left to complete the master’s degree.

Application Process

Students wishing to apply for the English, BA/MA Accelerated Pathway Program must complete an application to enter the program by March 1 of their junior year. Applications are available from the academic advising office in the English department. To enter the program, a student must have a 3.0 cumulative GPA and submit an application consisting of three documents: a 200-word statement of intent, a 4-7-page critical writing sample, and an unofficial copy of their transcript(s).

Students who are admitted to the accelerated pathway program during their junior year are not automatically admitted to the master’s degree program. They must complete all requirements of the graduate school application and must be formally admitted to the master’s degree program following their final undergraduate year.

Graduate Level Courses Approved for the Accelerated Pathway Program

ENGL 6311 - Research Methods Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 6312 - Hist of Lit Criticism Credit Hours: 3.0
ENGL 6313 - Modern Literary Theory Credit Hours: 3.0
ENGL 6314 - Feminist Criticism Credit Hours: 3.0
ENGL 6315 - Crit Cultural Theory Credit Hours: 3.0
ENGL 6316 - American Folklore Credit Hours: 3.0
ENGL 6318 - Queer Theory Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 6330 - General Linguistics Credit Hours: 3.0
ENGL 6332 - History of Eng Language Credit Hours: 3.0
ENGL 6333 - Descript & Cont Ling Credit Hours: 3.0
ENGL 6362 - Middle-English Literature Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 6363 - Early Modern Literature Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 6364 - Restoration and Eighteenth-Century British Literature Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 6366 - Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century British Literature Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 6367 - Nineteenth-Century American Literature Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 6368 - Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century American Literature Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 6397 - Sel Top-Linguistics Credit Hours: 3.0
ENGL 7334 - Studies in Lang Acq Credit Hours: 3.0
ENGL 7335 - Sociolinguistics Credit Hours: 3.0
ENGL 7336 - Methods of Teaching English as an Additional Language Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 7344 - Discourse Analysis Credit Hours: 3.0
ENGL 7345 - Language Socialization Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 7346 - Grammar and Usage Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 7396 - Topics in Language & Literatre Credit Hours: 3.00