Master of Arts [M.A] [English] From Virginia Commonwealth University

The M.A. in English is designed for students pursuing advanced English studies, and students may choose to focus their course work in either literature or writing and rhetoric. The M.A. in English with a research concentration is designed for students pursuing advanced English studies with an emphasis on research, criticism and methodology.

• Develop advanced reading and writing skills
• Engage in theoretical and/or textual/bibliographical scholarship
• Conduct original research and advance an original argument under faculty direction
• Explain and defend original research in a formal presentation or defense
• Survey the professional and academic work to which the degree leads