Admissions Requirements -
Regular admission -
In addition to meeting the admission requirements of the School of Graduate Studies, applicants for regular standing in the M.A. program in English must present either an undergraduate major in English from an accredited college or university with a major average of 3.2 or better (on a 4.0 scale), or five appropriate upper-division courses in English with an average of 3.5 or better in those classes. Applicants must also present an academic paper on a subject in English using secondary sources, and demonstrate an overall undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 or better. Applicants with deficiencies in their undergraduate preparation may be required to take additional courses.

Conditional admission -
Applicants whose overall grade point average is between 3.0 and 2.7 may be admitted to conditional standing by action of the English department graduate committee if they meet the other requirements above. To attain regular standing, students must be reviewed by the graduate committee and maintain a 3.5 GPA or better in the first three graduate courses (9 credit hours) taken, which must include the appropriate methods and materials class and at least one other 7000-level course.

Nonnative speakers of English seeking regular admission to any graduate program in English must also meet one of the following minimum language proficiency requirements: TOEFL IBT 100, IELTS 7.5, PTE-A 68, or satisfactory completion of LEAP Level 4 TOEFL substitution. Applicants may be interviewed by a representative of the department. To be considered for conditional admission, nonnative speakers of English must also present a score of TOEFL IBT 80, IELTS 6.5, PTE-A 53 or be enrolled in the LEAP Program for the TOEFL substitution.

TOEFL PBT - 600