Department of English

M.A. in Teaching

The teaching track's combination of seminars in rhetoric and composition, literature, literary theory, and teaching World Literature, in addition to the Supervised Teaching Practicum help prepare students to teach at the secondary level or advance to PhD study and graduate teaching.

I Required Foundation Courses (6 hours)

Eng.600: Introduction to Graduate Study
Eng. 721: Seminar in Literary Criticism

II Required Composition Core (9 hours)

Eng. 722: Topics in Rhetoric and Composition Theory
Eng. 723: Topics in Technology and Rhetoric
Eng. 724: Topics in Rhetoric and Composition Pedagogy

III Required Literature Core (12 hours, selected from the following)

Eng. 703: Seminar in Renaissance Literature
Eng. 707: Seminar in Romantic Literature
Eng. 709: Seminar in Victorian Literature
Eng. 711: Seminar in American Literature to 1865
Eng. 713: Seminar in American Literature 1865-1914
Eng. 715: Seminar in 20th-Century English and American Literature
Eng. 729: Seminar in Teaching World Literature

IV Required Capstone Courses (6 hours)

Eng. 798: Master's Thesis or Three-Paper Option
Supervised Teaching Practicum (one of the following): Eng. 680, 681, 682, 683, 684 (click for more information)

V Additional Requirements

Comprehensive Examination
(Reading competence in a second language is strongly recommended but not required)

 

For additional information:

 

Dr. Greg Zacharias,

Director of Graduate Studies

Department of English, CA 303D

Hitchcock Communication Arts
Creighton University
Omaha, NE 68178
Phone: (402) 280-2729
Fax: (402) 280-2143

gwzach@creighton.edu

 

 

For information, contact Jackie Masker, Senior Administrative Assistant, at 402.280.2822 or jackie@creighton.edu