The Master of English is awarded to candidates who complete 32 units of graduate coursework and submit an acceptable master's thesis essay.

Coursework and Thesis
  • 32 units of primary coursework, usually completed over the course of two academic calendar years or six quarters (with part-time enrollment assumed as one course per quarter) and one intervening summer session (with enrollment in three courses taught during a six-week session);
  • Complete 6 units of ENGL 206 in the first year (2 units per quarter).
  • Complete 6 units of ENGL 207 in the second year (2 units per quarter).
  • Complete ENGL 208 in the sixth quarter of instruction.
  • Complete the master's thesis essay by the end of the sixth quarter.

 

ENGL 205 and 208 meet once a week during the regular academic school year. During the summer period, students will be enrolled in three sections of English 205 that each meet once a week.  Past titles of English 205 include: 

  • Poetic Occasions
  • Milton
  • U.S. Fiction 1915-1940
  • Shakespeare
  • Female Gothic
  • Korean Wave Fiction
  • African American Literature
  • Hamlet & Revenge,
  • Modernism
  • Proletarian Aesthetics
  • Poetic Rhythm
  • Chaucer
  • Irish Drama
  • Gothic Theology
  • Arthurian Romance
  • American Gothic
  • 18th Century Novel(ties)
  • Young Adult Fiction
  • 20th Century African American Literature
  • Victorian Vision

ENGL 206 meets 3-4 times a quarter, at the discretion of the program director.

ENGL 207 is a course where students enroll with their thesis advisor. Class meetings are the discretion of the thesis advisor. 

Academic Course Plan

First Year
Fall Quarter Winter Quarter Spring Quarter
English 205 (4 units)  English 206 (2 units) English 205 (4 units) English 206 (2 units) English 205 (4 units) English 206 (2 units)

 

Summer Term (After End of First Year)

                        Approximately end of June through end of August                     3 classes that meet once a week
                                           English 205 (4 units)                                                                                   English 205 (4 units)                                            English 205 (4 units)

 

Second Year
Fall Quarter Winter Quarter Spring Quarter
English 205 (4 units) English 207 (2 units) English 205 (4 units) English 207 (2 units) English 208 (4 units) English 207 (2 units)

 

 

For any questions, please contact the Master of English Program Coordinator at maribev@uci.edu