A Bachelor's degree or its equivalent, with a minimum grade point average of 3.00 on a 4.0 scale. If your average is below 3.00, you will be considered for conditional admission if sufficient evidence indicates that you can perform well in a graduate program.
Resume or CV
• Your Statement of Purpose: double-spaced, two pages, to introduce yourself and state
your goals while in this graduate program. Upload this form online.
• Your writing sample: Details below. Upload this form online.
• Optional: The optional GTA application.
• Three letters of recommendation.
Online, provide the e-address of each recommender who has agreed to write a letter.
Your recommenders will be e-mailed instructions to upload their letters.
• Transcripts: These must be from each university or college you attended that represent the course work you completed for your bachelor's degree and any advanced degrees since then.
Select as your program choice: English / Literature (M.A.).
Request letters of recommendation and transcripts early to give you time to follow up.
- Request three letters of recommendation
- Request transcripts
Your writing sample should indicate your familiarity with the aims and conventions of literary analysis, it should demonstrate the ability to engage with current critical debates or interact with secondary sources, or both. It should be about 7-10 pages long, citations added as needed, 12-pt. font (Times Roman or Arial), double-spaced, pages numbered, your name and title of paper on first page, above the start of your text.
Minimum TOEFL score for admission without condition is 550 (paper based), or 80 (internet based).
Minimum IELTS score for admission without condition is 6.5.