📚About the Program
Master’s in English at East Carolina University
Are you interested in literary and film analysis, cultural studies, creative writing, language studies, or the study of writing and rhetoric in a wide variety of contexts? Are you interested in teaching English or improving your own writing? The MA in English program offers eight concentrations: English studies, creative writing, literature, linguistics, multicultural/transnational literatures (offered online), teaching English to speakers of other languages(TESOL), rhetoric and composition, and technical and professional communication (offered online). Students interested in combining courses from several areas can choose the concentration in English Studies. Our campus MA program includes a number of assistantship opportunities that provide students with experiences tutoring, teaching, editing, publishing, and contributing to scholarly and community engagement projects. Students in the MA program have opportunities to work with several journals, scholarly projects, and the university writing program through tutoring and teaching writing foundations courses. The Department of English is home to three prestigious journals. The North Carolina Literary Review is the premiere journal celebrating the writers and artists of North Carolina. Explorations in Renaissance Culture is a nationally and internationally recognized journal for the study of early modern literature, history, and culture. Tar River Poetry is a nationally and internationally recognized journal that publishes original works by leading poets. Students also have opportunities to work with The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne and its online project Digital Donne as well as with the Stuart Wright Collection and the Contemporary Writers Series. Students will also have opportunities to conduct research related to the theory and practice of writing and literacy practices given the university's commitment to writing through the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP).
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