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ADMISSION TO & DEGREE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
MASTERS PROGRAM
APPLICATION PREPARATION
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- GRE not required
- 3 letters of recommendation required for students applying from any
university other than CSUS
- it is best to have letters sent to the Graduate Coordinator, English
Department, CSUS, Sacremanto, CA 95819
- include transcripts for all colleges and universities attended
- indicate somewhere in personal statement which emphasis you are pursuing--literature,
composition, or creative writing
- 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)
- 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:
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 I
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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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