Doctor of Arts in English

The Doctor of Arts in English prepares graduates to teach in two-year and four-year colleges. Thus the program requires breadth of study in English and American literature, interdisciplinary course work, course work in pedagogy and supervised teaching internships. Students will undertake directed research in one or both required doctoral papers.

Admission

For classified admission to the D.A. program, applicants must satisfy the following criteria:

An accumulative grade point average of 3.5 in English courses.
Scores at or above the 50th percentile on the verbal section of the GRE general test and at or above the 50th percentile on the GRE subject test on literature in English.
Three letters of recommendation, preferably from professors who know the student's recent academic work. Priority will be given to experienced, successful teachers.
Students admitted conditionally without GRE scores must take the tests the first time they are offered following the student's admission. Continuation in the program is subject to a student's meeting this requirement.
General Requirements
The Doctor of Arts in English requires a minimum of 48 semester credits beyond the M.A. degree in English (or 78 semester credits beyond the B.A. degree). Credits completed as part of a student's M.A. program will be applicable in satisfying some of the following credit requirements for the D.A. degree:
```
Pedagogy component	                   12 cr
Interdisciplinary component	           12 cr
Language and literature component	   45 cr
Elective credits in any component	    9 cr
```
Not more than nine semester hours beyond the M.A. may be transferred from other institutions.
At least two consecutive semesters of full-time residence study are required.
Students must maintain a 3.5 grade point average to qualify for the D.A. degree. Three grades below B during the entire program will automatically disqualify a student.
Special Requirements
- 1. Students must complete two supervised teaching internships. The student must submit a detailed written prospectus for each proposed internship for approval by the Graduate Committee prior to the semester of the internship. An unacceptable D.A. internship will be interpreted the same as a course grade of C.
- 2. Students will write two Doctor of Arts papers, choosing from the following options:
  - a. One pedagogical or interdisciplinary
  - b. One from the choice not taken above or a creative or critical literary paper.
  The doctoral papers will be evaluated by at least three members of the graduate faculty, including a representative from outside the Department of English. An unacceptable D.A. paper will be interpreted the same as a course grade of C.
- 3. A colloquium presentation on a topic of their current research, given in the penultimate or ultimate semester of full-time study, allows students to obtain experience in presenting the results of their research to their peers.
Course Work
Pedagogy Component
A minimum of 12 semester credits beyond the B.A., including the following requirements:
```
ENGL 631	Seminar in Teaching Writing	     3 cr
ENGL 700	Supervised Teaching Internship	     6 cr
	        An additional pedagogy course 
	        approved by the department	     3 cr
```
Interdisciplinary Component
A minimum of 12 semester credits beyond the B.A.
Students will design an interdisciplinary component appropriate for their interests and professional needs. The Graduate Committee must approve a written prospectus for this component before the student begins the course work. In this component students are expected to explore relationships between English and another discipline (e.g., art, drama, rhetoric, psychology, history, philosophy).
Language and Literature Component
A minimum of 45 semester credits beyond the B.A., including the following requirements:
```
ENGL 613	Methods of Scholarship in Language 
                and Literature	                          3 cr
English 611	Literary Theory and Criticism	          3 cr
Course work in language studies	                          9 cr
```
Course work in language studies must include three courses chosen from the following list:
```
ENGL g401	Advanced Composition and Prose 
                Analysis 
ENGL g481	Advanced Grammar	
ENGL g485	Linguistic Analysis	
ENGL g486	Old English
ENGL g487	History of the English Language	
ENGL 685	Seminar in Linguistics
SPCH g436	Rhetorical Criticism
                OR
SPCH g437	Rhetorical Theory
Course work in literature	                          21 cr
```
Courses will include at least four graduate seminars in literature. One of these seminars must be in literature before 1800 and one must be in literature after 1800.
```
Elective course work in language and literature	           9 cr
```
Comprehensive Examination
The comprehensive examination, taken after the student has completed at least 32 semester credits beyond the M.A. degree, includes the following sections:
```
a.	Language studies
b.	Genre
c.	Literature before 1800 or after 1800.
```
The comprehensive examination may be repeated one time, within 12 months.
Foreign Language Requirement
Students must demonstrate proficiency in one foreign language, either modern or ancient, before the program of study is complete. Students may satisfy this requirement in one of the following ways:
1. By passing four semesters of one foreign language with an average grade of B.
2. By passing a two-part examination adminstered by the Foreign Language Department with a grade of B.
3. By having completed an undergraduate major in a foreign language.