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186 ARTS AND SCIENCES
Language and Literature and in Rhetoric and Writing. The
M.A. concentration in Language and Literature, and the M.A.
concentration in Rhetoric and Writing must be taken under
Plan II, according to the regulations set forth in earlier pages
of this catalog and in accordance with the requirements set
forth below.
Graduate Minor
Students who wish to declare a graduate minor in English
must notify the Director of English Graduate Studies before
completing 6 of the required 15 hours in English graduate
work. Students must complete the following requirements for
the English Graduate Minor for Plan II.
Requirements (Plan II): 15 hours distributed as follows:
English 500, Introduction to the Professional Study of
English
12 hours of 500 and/or 600-level English Department
classes, selected under advisement of the Director of
English Graduate Studies.
M.A. Concentration in Language and
Literature (32 hours)
The M.A. Concentration in Language and Literature emphasizes
research and writing, originality and tradition to promote
well-rounded scholars in British and American literature,
literary history and criticism, and language theory. Applicants
should already possess a Bachelor’s degree in English or a
related discipline. The degree requires 32 hours of coursework,
a Foreign Language, a Master’s Examination, and a
Portfolio of 2 essays.
The 32 hours of coursework are distributed across core
requirements and electives. Core requirements include
English 500 (Introduction to Professional Studies); English
595 (Master’s Colloquium); and English 596 (Portfolio),
along with one 4-hour graduate-level seminar and an English
pedagogy class. The remaining credit hours are made up by
electives distributed across different periods of literary history
in courses numbered 500 or above.
All students in the M.A. Language and Literature concentration
must meet a foreign language requirement; take and
pass the MA 50-item exam; and submit a two-essay portfolio
for evaluation and final approval. The Graduate Committee
must approve the portfolio before the Master’s degree can
be conferred.
MA in English, Concentration in
Rhetoric and Writing (32 hours)
Optional emphases in Teaching and Professional
Writing
A Master’s of Arts in English with Concentration in Rhetoric
and Writing prepares graduates for careers in professional
writing and post-secondary teaching. Students interested in
teaching study pedagogical theories and develop practical
applications in traditional classrooms and in online or tutoring
venues. Students interested in professional writing enroll in
writing workshops, where they strengthen existing abilities
and sharpen technical expertise in a variety of genres; internship
placements in workplace professional writing venues
are optional.
Students may choose an emphasis in Writing or Teaching; all
students work under Plan II (no thesis); a portfolio (English
596) is required.
9 hours of core required courses: 542 and 543; 537 or 538
or 539.
10 hours of three courses, including one 4-hour seminar, chosen
from at least two of the groups A-F listed in the English
Department Graduate Studies Handbook.
12 hours of general electives: Four courses from among 538-
545, 513-520, 587, or other courses in English as approved
by their Committee on Studies (COS) and the Graduate
Director; students may offer up to 6 hours of courses from
departments outside of English as Electives as approved
by their COS and the Graduate Director; students may offer
up to 6 hours of English 597 (Problems) for work related
to teacher training or professional writing experience, as
approved by their COS and the Graduate Director.
1 hour of Masters Portfolio, English 596: In the semester
before graduation, students prepare a portfolio of work under
the direction of their COS which is presented for evaluation in
the ninth week of the student’s final semester of attendance.
Emphasis in Teaching (12 hours)
Teaching Emphasis students take 537 or 538 or 539 (depending
on what they take for the Core Requirement above) plus
9 hours in other pedagogy-based courses offered in English,
the College of Education, or other departments as approved
by their COS and the Graduate Director; up to 6 hours may
be offered as Teaching Practicum (English 597, Problems).
Emphasis in Professional Writing (12 hours)
Professional Writing Emphasis students must take 539,
either in the Core Requirement or as an elective, plus 9 or
12 hours (depending on where they count 539) from 513-
520, 587. Professional Writing Emphasis students may take
up to 6 hours of courses in other departments as approved
by their COS and the Graduate Director; up to 6 hours
may be offered as Professional Writing Internship (English
598, Internship, CR/NC) as approved by their COS and the
Graduate Director.
M.A. Concentration in Medieval
Studies
The M.A. concentration in Medieval Studies is designed for
students who wish to pursue an interdisciplinary Master’s
degree in medieval English literature. The course of study
offers a multicultural and interdisciplinary foundation for the
study of the Middle Ages and hence would appeal to students
who wish to continue their studies in the medieval period
above the B.A. level but below the Ph.D. It will also appeal to
secondary school teachers who are seeking a multi-disciplinary
content-intensive M.A. degree. Finally, the M.A. concentration
prepares the student for the Ph.D. Concentration in
Medieval Studies.
This concentration requires 34 hours of interdisciplinary
course work, of which 22 hours must be in English. Please
see the department’s Web site and Graduate Studies
Handbook for specific policy and procedures.
M.F.A. in Creative Writing (49 hours)
The UNM Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing is
designed for students committed to pursuing the writing life.
This three-year degree combines studio-based workshops
in fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction with craft seminars
and coursework in literature, teaching pedagogy, and professional
writing. Students also spend each of their final two
semesters working individually with a faculty mentor towards
the development of a book-length manuscript suitable for
publication. Our widely published creative writing faculty,
along with a distinguished visiting writers series, a faculty and
student reading series, the acclaimed Taos Summer Writing
Conference, and a national literary magazine, all make for an
exciting atmosphere for the study of writing.
Applicants to the M.F.A. program should already hold a
Bachelor’s degree. The program requires 49 hours of coursework
(excluding dissertation hours); a comprehensive exam;
and a creative dissertation. There is no foreign language
requirement for the completion of the M.F.A.
The M.F.A.’s 49 hours of coursework are distributed over core
requirements that include English 501 (Introduction to the
UNM CATALOG 2006–2007 Symbols, page 611.