Requirements

M.A. in English (concentration in Creative Writing)

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Program Director

Cathleen Calbert Professor English Department   Craig-Lee Hall 365 (401) 456-8678 (401) 456-8027 ccalbert@ric.edu

EIGHTEEN CREDIT HOURS OF COURSES at the graduate level		18
Twelve of the 18 credit hours must be in graduate-level literature courses.
ENGL 581	Workshop in Creative Writing	9
ENGL 592	Master's Thesis	3
Total Credit Hours		30

Thesis Plan

Under the thesis plan (optional for M.A. in English; required for M.A. in English - Creative Writing), students take English 592: Master's Thesis in their final semester of study toward the M.A.degree, during which they complete research for and write a master's thesis on a subject of their choice that has been approved by the departmental graduate committee. Students may also, as an option in a previous semester, take English 591: Directed Reading in preparation for the writing of the thesis. The thesis will be written under the direction of a faculty member of the student's choice and will be read by that faculty member and by a second reader appointed by the departmental graduate committee. For M.A. in English students, the thesis will normally be a substantial critical or research paper (though different kinds of projects are possible) of approximately 50 to 70 pages in length. For M.A. in English - Creative Writing students, the thesis will consist of a substantial body of poetry, fiction, nonfictional prose, or drama. A defense of the thesis before a faculty committee is required in all cases.