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ADMISSION TO & DEGREE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MASTERS PROGRAM
APPLICATION PREPARATION
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3 letters of recommendation required for students
applying from any university other than CSUS
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it is best to have letters sent to the Graduate
Coordinator, English Department, CSUS, Sacramento, CA 95819
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include transcripts for all colleges and universities
attended
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indicate somewhere in personal statement which
emphasis you are pursuing--literature, composition, or creative
writing
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Creative Writing applicants must submit a sample
of either poetry (5-6 poems) or prose (no more than 15 pages of
fiction) either with the application or under separte cover to
the Graduate Coordinator of English (screenplays, children's lit,
or science fiction will not be considered)
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all applications must be complete before the Graduate
Studies Office will forward to the department--be sure everything
is included before the submission deadline
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
In order to be admitted to the status of classified student in
English, all students must have completed the following courses
or their equivalents if arriving from another English program:
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2 British literature courses one of which must
concern material before 1800 and one of which must be upper division
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2 American literature courses one of which must
concern material before 1900 and one of which must be upper division
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Advanced Composition (upper division, w/ a B or
better)
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Shakespeare (upper division)
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an additional 12 upper division units
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3.0 upper division English GPA
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2.75 overall GPA in last 60 units of undergraduate
study
Students studying at CSUS and pursuing the English major instituted
in 2004 will be held to the following requirements, regardless of
area of graduate interest (literature, creative writing, or composition):
Three of the following four literature surveys:
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40A Introduction to British Literature I
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40B Introduction to British Literature II
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50A Introduction to American Literature
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50B Introduction to American Literature II
English 120A (Advanced Composition) completed w/ a B or better
English 145 B or C (Shakespeare)
Four upper division English literature
courses
One upper division English course of student's choosing
GPA:
3.0 average in all upper division English classes
Total: 30 units
None of these requirements is subject to waiver.
STUDENTS APPLYING TO THE CREATIVE WRITING EMPHASIS
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submit a sample of either fiction (no
more than 15 pages) or poetry (5 or 6 poems) to the graduate
coordinator under separate cover from application. Please do not
submit screenplays, nonfiction, children's literature, or science
fiction.
FOREIGN STUDENT ADMISSION
In addition to the requirements listed above, students from foreign
universities must take the TOEFL test, which is administered in
different formats (students need take only one format of the exam).
Required scores for each format are as follows:
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Paper Based TOEFL = 600, with a score of 5 on the Test of Written
English (TWE)
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Computer Based TOEFL = 250, with a score of 5 on the Test of Written
English (TWE)
* Internet Based TOEFL (IBT) = 100, with a minimum of 25 on the
writing section
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
To earn a Master of Arts in English students must fulfill the following:
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pass the Writing Proficiency Exam
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complete a minimum of 30 units of graduate course
work (for specifics see individual plans for required classes
and areas)
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follow the steps for filing forms as indicated
on chart at front of the Graduate Booklet
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complete a thesis or pass the comprehensive exam
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