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English - Ph.D. Program Requirements

ENGLISH PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (27 credits)
Course Title Credits
ENG 76706 Methods in the Study of Literature
3
  61094* Introduction to Research in the Teaching of College Writing
0-3
Literary Traditions Focus**
 

  Literary Traditions courses
12
    Rhetoric and Composition courses
3
    Literary Criticism and Theory
3
    Electives
6
Theory and Criticism Focus
 
    Literary Criticism and Theory courses
12
    Rhetoric and Composition courses
3
    Literary Traditions courses
6
    Electives
3
TOTAL 27

* Required of all students on appointment who have not had college teaching experience.

**Students are required to pass a foreign language requirement, pass qualifying examinations in 3 areas and successfully defend a dissertation.