Master of Arts in English
The MA degree in English will provide students with the theoretical and practical tools involved in advanced literary studies in English. Graduates of the MA program will be prepared for a variety of professions that value strong communication skills and a facility in writing and textual analysis—such as education, journalism, professional writing, publishing, law, consulting, or marketing—or for PhD research. The MA will emphasize a breadth of knowledge in the form of course work, and also encourage students to produce original, publishable research. Our mission is to train students to be successful scholars, who are capable of contributing to important literary and cultural knowledge, both within our field and within the culture at-large, and of disseminating their skills and knowledge widely. The MA in English offers graduate studies within a stimulating and flexible environment, with the opportunity to engage in interdisciplinary work. Courses in English and interdisciplinary approaches, historical periods and movements, genre, author studies, national and international literatures, and diversity facilitate a range of focuses and options as well as the potential for exciting intersections with the Studies in Cultures and Texts MA and other IGS courses.
The degree draws on the expertise of 17 faculty with national and international publications in every period of English literature from medieval to postmodern. Research focuses include: Medieval and Renaissance studies; 17th-century women’s writing; contemporary women’s writing; Restoration and 18th-century theatre; developments in the novel; Romanticism and the gothic; national and international literatures including American, Canadian, British, African, South Asian, New Zealand and South African; studies in the suburban culture of North America; modernity and postmodernity; diaspora studies; Indigenous writing in Canada; women’s literature; postcolonial studies; holocaust studies; life-writing; film and media studies; critical and literary theory; feminist and gender theory.
There are two ways to fulfill the requirements for an MA in English:- course-work option.
- thesis option.
Students are expected to complete their program (either option) within 12 months (3 terms).
For additional information:
http://www.ubc.ca/okanagan/creativeandcritical/gradstudies/gradprograms/english.htmlLast reviewed 
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