text: Program M.A. in English Studies College of Liberal Arts Southern Illinois University Carbondale
  M.A. in English Studies Southern Illinois University Carbondale
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  The Master of Arts specializing in English Studies requires thirty-six credit hours of course work. The English Studies concentration is designed for working professionals, especially high-school teachers, interested in a substantial MA program to enhance their credentials and broaden their knowledge in the areas in which they teach or work. A flexible examination, oral or written, serves as the terminal event in the degree program.
  The MA in English Studies is designed to be a two and a half year degree. The department also offers at least three graduate-level courses in the summer, each in a different area on the English Studies checklist. At least one of these summer courses and one of the evening courses during the regular academic year is a pedagogy seminar, a course focused on the history and practice of teaching a canonical text.
  Applicants must have completed 2.7 (on a grading scale with 4.0=A; approximately a "B-" average) on the last two years of bachelor's coursework; 3.0 on all previous graduate work (approximately a "B" average). English Language Requirement: 550 on the paper based TOEFL; 80 on the internet based TOEFL; 6.5 on the IELTS; 5.0 on the iTep Academic Plus Exam; C1 required on the Cambridge English Exam.