3.1 About the MFA Degree The English Department offers a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing and Environment. Students must complete a minimum of 54 credit hours of graduate coursework including six credits in Engl 699 with a minimum of 22 graduate credits (not counting thesis credits) at Iowa State University regardless of … Continue reading 3.1 Master of Fine Arts Programs
The MA degree programs have a research element in addition to the required number of credit hours. These guidelines will help you complete your thesis or creative component. 2.7.1 General guidelines The MA in English (Literature; Literature and the Teaching of Reading); the MA in Rhetoric, Composition, and Professional Communication; and the MA in TESL/Applied … Continue reading 2.7 Guidelines for Thesis and Creative Component (MA)
MA students establish their Program of Study Committee and submit the online Graduate College Program of Study and Committee (POSC) Form via their AccessPlus account along with the appropriate Degree Planning Sheet (DPS) and other required POS documentation by the announced deadline in the appropriate semester. The Graduate Program Administrative Assistant (englgrad@iastate.edu) will post the deadline on our … Continue reading 2.6 The Program of Study Committee and the POSC Form (MA)
Students admitted to graduate study for the MA in TESL/Applied Linguistics (TESL/AL) can declare up to two of the seven elective disciplinary specializations or choose the Open Option and not declare a specific specialization: Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) Language Assessment English for Specific Purposes (ESP) Literacy Literature in ESL Corpus and Computational Linguistics Teaching English to L1 … Continue reading 2.4 MA in TESL/Applied Linguistics Degree Requirements
Students admitted to graduate study for the MA in Rhetoric, Composition, and Professional Communication (RCPC) do not declare a specialization but may choose electives from a particular area of concentration to strengthen their understanding of that area (e.g., teaching multimodal composition, teaching professional communication, teaching speech communication, developing professional documents, understanding and using communication technology, analyzing visual … Continue reading 2.3 MA in Rhetoric, Composition, & Professional Communication Degree Requirements
Students admitted to graduate study for the MA in English choose one of two disciplinary specializations: Literature or Literature and the Teaching of Reading (LTR). 2.2.1 Degree Requirements Requires 30 credits of coursework. Students who choose the Literature specialization will cultivate broad expertise in English and American literature and film and their historical, cultural, and theoretical contexts. … Continue reading 2.2 MA in English Degree Requirements
2.1 About the MA programs The English Department offers three Master of Arts degrees: MA in English MA in Rhetoric, Composition, and Professional Communication (RCPC) MA in Teaching English as a Second Language/Applied Linguistics (TESL/AL) Students must complete a minimum of 27 credit hours of graduate coursework plus three hours of credit in Engl 599 … Continue reading 2.1 Master of Arts Programs
English Department Jennifer Kilborn, Graduation Support Staff (jkilborn@iastate.edu) 1.10.1 Graduation deadlines and resources It is your responsibility to know and follow these deadlines and procedures imposed by the English Department, the Graduate College, and the Graduation Office. Missed deadlines may result in graduation being cancelled and postponed to a later semester. Administrative procedures for graduation … Continue reading 1.10 Graduation
1.9.1 Graduate student international travel Per Graduate College guidance, the following information refers to graduate students who will be traveling outside of the United States. All students must register for ISU-related international travel. If a graduate student is traveling to complete coursework, and ISU is not paying for any part of their travel, they need … Continue reading 1.9 Graduate Student Travel and Support
1.8.1 Appointment types 1.8.2 Applications for graduate assistantship support 1.8.3 Credit hour load requirements 1.8.4 Credit hour load limits 1.8.5 Eligibility guidelines 1.8.6 Maintaiing eligibility 1.8.7 Work at ISU external to English Department 1.8.8 University employment that exceeds the standard half-time appointment 1.8.9 Graduate assistantships of 3/4-time or hourly work beyond a 1/2-time assistantship 1.8.10 … Continue reading 1.8 Graduate Assistantships