have completed a four-year college course of study and hold an acceptable baccalaureate degree from an institution accredited by a regional accrediting association, or shall have completed equivalent academic preparation as determined by appropriate campus authorities. At CSU, Chico applicants to a master's degree program must have a grade point average of at least 3.0 in the last 30 semesters (45 quarter) units attempted and at least 2.75 in the last 60 semester (90 quarter) units attempted.
Completion of a departmentally administered essay assignment, by those required to take TOEFL, during registration week of the first semester. Remedial work in composition will be required for those whose writing is judged inadequate by essay readers, and a student may not be advanced to classified status until an acceptable level of proficiency is reached.
Two letters of recommendation, preferably from English department faculty who know the student's work, to the departmental Graduate Coordinator.
A post baccalaureate grade point average of at least 3.0 in a minimum of 12 departmentally specified units of letter-graded, graduate-level course work.
Completion of departmental literacy requirement.
Completion of ENGL 276 and ENGL 277, Survey of British Literature, or its equivalent. Students coming to Chico from undergraduate institutions that offer an undergraduate comprehensive examination in literature or a course of the same kind as the Survey of British Literature are requested to submit, when possible, as one of their letters of recommendation, a statement from a faculty member directly involved with that examination or course.
TOEFL – paper - 550
TOEFL - internet based test (IBT) - 80
IELTS - 6.5