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Diego State University
 Graduate Degree Program Information The Department of English and Comparative Literature, SDSU Welcome to the West Coast's Most Dynamic Graduate Literary Program! |
 The Department of English and Comparative Literature offers graduate
study leading to a Master of Arts in English and the Master of Fine
Arts in creative writing. The M.A. student can choose one of five areas
of specialization: American literature, British literature, children’s
literature, comparative literature, or rhetoric and writing. The M.A.
is a 30-unit degree program particularly well-suited for students who
anticipate further graduate work in a literature or rhetoric
Ph.D.program or who intend to teach English in a community college or,
after obtaining a credential, in a secondary school. The M.F.A. in
creative writing is a 54-unit program which offers study in poetry
orfiction with a balance between studio and academic, traditional
andexperimental, commercial and aesthetic approaches. The program has
two stages: graduate seminars followed by intensive study with one or
more professors in tutorials and thesis preparation. The M.F.A. is a
professional program intended for full-time students who wish to
receive a terminal degree in creative writing. Both our MFA and MA programs provide the essential
education, technical training and creative experience necessary for
professional activity or college-level teaching. Each year, in addition
to the resident faculty, the department invites approximately
twenty writers and editors to the campus for readings and residencies.
The department offers a wide range of courses and approaches to the
study of literature and writing, many of which are outlined in English
600, Introduction to Graduate Study, required of all entering M.A.
students. Faculty publications
in literature and rhetoric are similarly
diverse. They include major literary biographies, historical studies,
critical analysis from various current perspectives (cultural studies,
feminist theory, gender studies, ethnic studies, deconstruction,
semiotics, and new historicism, among others), reviews of and
interviews with contemporary writers, as well as a broad spectrum of
original poetry and fiction. The department also sponsors the literary
periodicals Fiction International, Poetry International, and The
Pacific Review. |
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The Master of Arts in English, MA
The Graduate Director for the M.A. program is Professor
Clare Colquitt. Please call the department at (619) 594-5443 to
schedule an appointment.
The Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, MFA emphases include: fiction & poetry
The Graduate Director for the M.F.A. program for Fall
2008 is Sandra Alcosser. Please call the department at (619) 594-5443
to schedule an appointment.
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| The Department of English & Comparative Literature | San Diego State University | 5500 Campanile Drive | SDSU Mail Code MC 6020 | 226 Arts and Letters | San Diego, CA 92182-6020 | Office Hours: 8:00 am to 4:30 pm | Phone: (619) 594-5443 | Fax: (619) 594-4998 | email: EandCL@mail.sdsu.edu |
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