Courses

The most extended piece of written work required of MA students during our program is the MA Essay, in which a student develops an extended argument over 25-30 pages. Although the English Department’s ADGS administers the MA Essay Program — a four-credit course that can be taken in either the Fall or Spring semesters — students work primarily with a faculty sponsor who has knowledge of the essay topic. The sponsor assigns the student’s grade for the MA Thesis Tutorial, though the final essay is also evaluated by a second reader. (A third reader is added if there is a substantial divergence between the evaluations given by the sponsor and second reader.)