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English - Master's and Doctorate

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Study English across Fields: 有创意的, Critical, and Composition

The English 研究生 program in the 人文学院 offers both MA and Ph.D. degrees, with emphasis in literature or creative writing. Both provide engaged course and workshop experiences, making for a lively and dynamic intellectual environment. We offer competitive assistantships up to $18,000 for PhD students. Our programs facilitate unique possibilities for scholarly and creative growth, offering classes and public forums on craft and criticism while highlighting the advantages of literary scholars and creative writers studying alongside one another.

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25+研究生部
8研究生 Student Awards & 奖学金
5专业期刊

Literary Study or 创意写作, or Both

With dedicated 研究生部 across primary fields of literary studies, the programs allow graduate students to either specialize in one of these fields or pursue broad preparation as a generalist. Our graduate programs pay particular attention to professional development, including scholarly and creative publishing. With its dual emphases in literature and creative writing, we offer students a uniquely hybrid experience where emerging writers and critics study alongside one another and work with specialist in either fields, preparing student for creative, academic, and professional careers.

The graduate program houses the 作家中心, wherein students pursue emphases in either fiction or poetry. 我们杰出的 faculty offers workshops in fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, along with courses in craft, literary forms, and teaching creative writing. The program is also home to the Mississippi Review, a nationally recognized literary magazine. We also offer advanced studies in children’s literature, with an array of faculty with teaching and research interests in children’s literature. Our graduate students also enjoy research access to the internationally recognized de Grummond Collection of Children’s Literature.

In addition, the program hosts a 访问ing Writers Series, which hosts nationally recognized and award-winning writers to campus for public readings and student-workshops.

The 人文学院’ English Program houses several university, regional, and national journals that focus on creative and scholarly publication. 季度南部, Mississippi Review, the Robert Frost Review, Coastlines, and Product are literary and critical journals housed in our programs in which students have an opportunity to work as assistant editors and staff.

The English program offers study abroad courses every summer through USM’s British Studies Program, a one-month, six-credit program in London, England. 这些课程 are open to graduate students. Courses in frequent rotation include British Children’s Literature and Victorian Gothic Literature. All courses include an exciting slate of activities and site visits inside London, as well as multiple day-trips outside 伦敦的.

English graduate student news and accomplishments

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人文学院

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  • Educator: University to Secondary School
  • Academic and University Press Publishing
  • Professional 有创意的 Writer
  • Higher Education Administrator
  • 有创意的 & Professional Journal Editor
  • Technical or Professional Writer
  • 莎拉·刘易斯,2017年, 
     Associate Editor, the Oxford American
  • Andrea Spofford, 2013年, 
     Associate Professor of English, Austin Peay State University
  • 苏珊·埃利奥特,2016年, 
    Marketing Manager, New Capital Partners
  • 莎拉·韦恩,2013年, 
    Director of McNair Program, University of Wisconsin-Stout
  • 劳拉·哈卡拉,2015年,
    Assistant Professor of English, University of North Carolina at Pembroke
  • Michael Farris Smith, 2002,
    Author of The Fighter, Desperation Road, and Rivers