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Program Coordinator: Dr. Ruth Haber
508-929-8706
email: rhaber@worcester.edu
Admission Requirements: In order to be admitted to
the English Concentration, a candidate must meet the general
requirements for admission to the Master of Education degree
program. The applicant shall, prior to admission into the
concentration, have earned 18 semester hours of credit in
English, excluding English Composition, at an accredited institution
of higher education.
Requirements of the Program:
Education foundation courses: 6 credits
ED 981 Advanced Foundations of Education
ED 982 Research in Education
English concentration courses: The student will select,
with the approval of a graduate advisor, 18 credits from the
graduate English courses listed in the catalogue. Three additional
graduate courses in English or other area are also required.
Comprehensive Examination/Thesis Option: Upon completion
of their course work, candidates must successfully fulfill
a last requirement in the form of either two substantial area
examinations or a thesis. While the general focus of the examinations
and the thesis must deal with literature, the individual student
and his or her advisor together will decide on the specific
subject to be explored.
English Courses (Graduate)
EN 900 History and Structure of the English Language
The phonology, syntax, and lexicon of English from its proto-Indo-European
origins to its contemporary dialects.
3 credits.
EN 902 Approaches to the Literary Experience
An introduction to practical criticism which applies a broad
spectrum of critical approaches to a selected group of
literary examples.
3 credits.
EN 905 Modern Rhetorical Theory
Examines history of and recent developments in modern rhetorical
theory and composition studies.
3 credits.
EN 910 Literature of the English Renaissance
Advanced examination of Tudor and Jacobean literature, emphasizing
More, Wyatt, Surrey, Sidney, Spenser, Marlowe, Nashe, Shakespeare,
Donne, and Jonson.
3 credits.
EN 912 Shakespeare
This course will examine various aspects of Shakespeare’s
plays and poems.
3 credits.
EN 925 Eighteenth-Century Novel
Explores the origins of the novel genre.
3 credits.
EN 931 Nineteenth-Century Novel
Explores British prose fiction of the nineteenth century.
3 credits.
EN 934 The Romantics and the Victorians: 1798-1901
An historical and critical survey of the prose and poetry
of the nineteenth century including Wordsworth, Coleridge,
Byron, Shelley, Keats, Tennyson, Arnold and Browning.
3 credits.
EN 935 Modern Drama
A survey of British, American, Irish, and continental drama
from Ibsen through O’Neill.
3 credits.
EN 941 Modern Poetry
A study of the major figures who shaped American and British
poetry between 1910 and 1950.
3 credits.
EN 942 Three Modern Poets
Illustrates how modern poetry differs from that of earlier
periods through study of W.B. Yeats, Wallace Stevens, and
T.S. Eliot.
3 credits.
EN 945 Contemporary Poetry
Concentrates on poets whose major work was written after World
War II.
3 credits.
EN 950 The Romantic Flowering in American Literature
The development of Romantic idealism in the origins of American
fiction and poetry.
3 credits.
EN 952 Realism and Naturalism
Realism as practiced by Twain and clarified by Howells, following
the transition of realism to naturalism under Norris and Dreiser.
3 credits.
EN 955 American Novel I
The development of the American novel from Charles Brockden
Brown through Melville and Hawthorne.
3 credits.
EN 957 American Novel II
The development of the American novel from naturalism and
realism to the latest fiction of the twentieth century.
3 credits.
EN 958 Women in American Literature
An advanced study of works by and about women in American
literature, including Rowson, Foster, and Brown.
3 credits.
EN 995 Seminar
An exploration of the works of one or two major authors in
depth.
3 credits.
EN 998 Special Topics
An exploration and consideration of a theme or topic of mutual
interest to instructor and students.
3 credits.
EN 999 Thesis Research & Writing
Guided work relating to the student’s thesis.
3 credits
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