文学文学硕士

文学选择硕士通常是个人追求最终申请博士学位的追求。近年来，我们课程的毕业生已获得著名的博士学位。全国各地的节目。不太频繁地，该学位是由中学教师和考虑从事私立中学教学工作的学生寻求的。通常情况下，在一月份申请的35-60名学生中，有10-20名学生进入该计划。硕士课程的学生选择了美国，英国，比较和种族文学以及批判理论，文化研究，诗学，环境文学，后殖民研究等领域的研究生研讨会，通常在三个学期后的密集课程中，他们的工作达到顶峰。研究论文。
English is one of the largest and most dynamic departments at the University of Montana. Undergraduates choose from emphases that include literature, film studies, creative writing, English education, and linguistics, while also having an opportunity to minor in Irish Studies or literature. The English Department also houses the Montana Writing Project, which collaborates with educators and students at all levels across the state, as well as the Composition program, serving close to twenty percent of the student body each year. Graduate degrees are offered in Creative Writing (our nationally ranked MFA program), Literature (MA), and English Education (MAT).The M.A. in Literature Option is often pursued by individuals thinking of eventually applying to a Ph.D. program elsewhere, in recent years, graduates of our program have gained admission to prestigious Ph.D. programs around the country. Less frequently, this degree is sought by secondary teachers and by students thinking of a career in private secondary teaching. In a typical year, 8 students enter the program out of the 18-30 who applied in January. M.A. students select graduate seminars in American, British, comparative and ethnic literatures, as well as in critical theory, cultural studies, poetics, environmental literature, postcolonial studies and other areas, after three semesters, typically, of intensive coursework, their work culminates in a research thesis or portfolio project.