ENGLISH GRADUATE PROGRAMS
Program Details:
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- Please see the Department website for more specific details.
- Program Director: Dr. Evan Radcliffe,
610-519-4648
- On-campus only
Application Details:
- Application Requirements:
- Online application form
- Transcripts
- 3 recommendation letters
- Writing sample
- The writing sample should be a work of literary analysis that is 10 - 20 pages long. It should demonstrate your ability to articulate a clear, specific argument and to support that argument through close readings of a literary text or texts. It is preferable if the sample also makes reference to secondary critical sources, but this is not a requirement.
- Statement of goals (1-2 pages)
- Please address the following items in your Statement of goals: the reason(s) you wish to pursue advanced study in literature; specific areas of literary study and/or specific intellectual issues on which you hope to concentrate; how the academic work you've done has prepared you for graduate study; how 棉花糖直播 in particular might help you develop your intellectual interests; and what you would like to do with your MA.
- GRE (General) optional
- 棉花糖直播鈥檚 graduate programs in the liberal arts and sciences use a holistic application review process, seeking to take into account each applicant鈥檚 individual qualifications and varied circumstances, and understanding that no single set of standards can fit every applicant equally well. Therefore, applicants to GRE-optional programs may choose not to take the GRE or to submit GRE scores, but are welcome to submit those scores if they feel they enhance their applications.
- $50 non-refundable application fee
- Deadlines: Admission is conducted on a rolling basis for all deadlines except those tied to funding consideration. Applications may close early under rolling admissions if all available seats are filled prior to the stated deadline.
- Spring: December 1
- Fall, with funding consideration: March 1
- Summer: May 1
- Fall: August 1
- Funding available: Yes
- Deadline March 1, for Fall admittance only. Learn more about funding opportunities.
- Credits and Tuition:
- 30 credits
- $925 per credit, plus $100 general fee per semester
- Tuition and fees subject to change.
- Application Requirements:
- Online application form
- Transcripts
- Personal Statement
- Describe what brought you to apply to this program, including your preparation for graduate study in English or other pertinent experience you have had.
- $50 non-refundable application fee
- Deadlines: Admission is conducted on a rolling basis. Applications may close early under rolling admissions if all available seats are filled prior to the stated deadline.
- Spring: December 1
- Summer: May 1
- Fall: August 1
- Spring: December 1
- Funding available: No
- Credits and Tuition:
- 15 credits
- $925 per credit, plus $100 general fee per semester
- Tuition and fees subject to change.
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