Dual Degree: English BA-MA
Student Learning Outcomes
Students graduating from this program will:
- Create sophisticated academic arguments that situate texts within aesthetic, social, and historical context.
- Produce work in dialogue with current and historical conversations in the field.
- Evaluate and engage methodological approaches appropriate to academic discourse.
- Develop and defend, both orally and in writing, their critical perspectives.
- Synthesize an understanding of interrelations across diverse fields of study.
- Demonstrate a broad grounding in the diversity of fields in English studies.
- Produce written work in a vivid, appropriate style that demonstrates mastery of mechanics and grammar.
B.A. / M.A. English Dual Degree
The English B.A. / M.A. dual-degree program is a pre-professional program that offers students an opportunity to complete an advanced degree in an accelerated fashion. This allows students to shorten their time to degree. This program is ideal for students interested in careers in editing, museum studies, or non-profit work. It is also ideal for students who aim to study law, medicine, or library science.
B.A. students must apply for the B.A. / M.A. English dual-degree program when they have completed 45 credit hours. Applicants should carry at least a 3.75 GPA within the major and must have completed three of the five required literature courses. Students should submit the following materials with their application: an academic, research-based writing sample from a UMKC English course, and two recommendations from UMKC Department of English faculty. The GRE examination requirement for graduate applications is waived.
B.A. English Requirements
Students pursuing this dual-degree must satisfy all requirements of the Bachelor of Arts: English. Students pursuing this dual-degree are required to take 36 credit hours within the major as detailed in the table below.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| I. Introductory Course | 3 | |
| Choose one of the following courses: | ||
| Literary Monstrosities | ||
| Popular Literature | ||
| World Literature in English | ||
| Introduction To Fiction | ||
| Introduction To Poetry | ||
| The Craft of Creative Writing | ||
| Women Writing/Women Reading | ||
| Writing Tutor Training Seminar 2 | ||
| Science Fiction | ||
| Asian American Literature | ||
| Myth and Literature | ||
| Foundations Of Ancient World Literature I | ||
| Introduction to Journalism | ||
| II. Literary Surveys | 12 | |
| Choose four of the following courses: | ||
| American Literature I 2 | ||
| British Literature I 2 | ||
| American Literature II 2 | ||
| Shakespeare 2 | ||
| British Literature II 2 | ||
| African American Literature I 2 | ||
| African American Literature II 2 | ||
| Classical Literature In Translation 2 | ||
| III. Rhetoric and Writing | 6 | |
| Choose two of the following courses: | ||
| Writing Tutor Training Seminar | ||
| Writing And The Academy | ||
| Professional and Technical Writing | ||
| Theory And Practice Of Composition | ||
| Language, Literacy, Power | ||
| Rhetorics of New Media | ||
| Rhetorics of Public Memory | ||
| Introduction To Linguistics/Language Science | ||
| Structure Of English | ||
| History Of The English Language | ||
| Women And Rhetoric | ||
| Multimodal Writing and Rhetoric | ||
| Composing Digital Environments | ||
| Technical Communication | ||
| Girls, Literacies, and Print Culture 2 | ||
| Studies in Digital Humanities 1 | ||
| Studies in Rhetoric and Composition 1 | ||
| IV. Electives | 6 | |
Choose two of the following courses: | ||
| American Literature I 2 | ||
| Creative Writing I Fiction | ||
| Creative Writing Poetry | ||
| Literary Nonfiction | ||
| British Literature I 2 | ||
| Bible As Literature | ||
| American Literature II 2 | ||
| Shakespeare | ||
| Arthurian Legends | ||
| Modern Irish Literature | ||
| British Literature II 2 | ||
| African American Literature I 2 | ||
| Race and Literature | ||
| African American Literature II | ||
| Contemporary American Literature | ||
| Introduction to American Studies | ||
| Special Readings 1 | ||
| The Novel Before 1900 | ||
| Studies in Poetry | ||
| The Novel After 1900 | ||
| Introduction to Latinx Literature | ||
| Ancient World in Cinema | ||
| Classical Literature In Translation 2 | ||
| Ancient Greek and Roman Medicine | ||
| Old English | ||
| Histories Of Writing, Reading, And Publishing 1 | ||
| Girls, Literacies, and Print Culture 2 | ||
| Theory and Criticism in English Studies | ||
| External Internship | ||
| Publication Practicum | ||
| Publication Practicum | ||
| Publication Practicum | ||
| Special Readings 1 | ||
| Paleography | ||
| Classical Studies 1 | ||
| Early Modern Studies 1 | ||
| 18th-Century Studies 1 | ||
| Medieval Studies 1 | ||
| 19th-Century Studies 1 | ||
| Studies in Authorship 1 | ||
| Studies in Genre 1 | ||
| 20th- and 21st-Century Studies 1 | ||
| Senior Tutorial | ||
| Concepts of the Hero in Ancient Literature and World Cinema | ||
| Total Credits | 27 | |
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| M.A. Foundation (take all three courses) | 9 | |
| Students must complete at least 90 credit hours before enrolling in graduate courses for the M.A. Any exceptions to this policy must be approved by the English Department's Director of Graduate Studies. | ||
| Graduate Study In English | ||
| Theory and Criticism in English Studies | ||
English Graduate Course Elective | ||
| Total Credits | 9 | |
| 1 | At least one of the three electives must be at the 400-level. One of the three electives must cover periods prior to 1900. No courses in expository writing or journalism may be used to fulfill elective requirements. Elective courses may be offered on a rotation basis. Please consult with your advisor for availability. |
M.A. English Requirements
Students pursuing this dual-degree program must satisfy all requirements of the Master of Arts: English, including the foreign language requirement. Of the 31 credit hours required for the M.A. in English, 9 credit hours will be applied from the courses required for the B.A.in English, as listed above.
For detailed course requirements, see the Master of Arts: English Degree Requirements page.