Current and Upcoming Courses
The courses in the M.A. are designed for various purposes. Gateway courses are meant to introduce or re-introduce you to literary criticism, graduate research, and literary history. Seminars are advanced courses in literature, writing, and special topics. Practica give selected students valuable experience in teaching and editing. Other enriching electives are offered in the History of the English Language and Studies Abroad.
Summer 2013 Courses:
| ENG 5000 |
Practical Literary Criticism |
Tuesday |
| ENG 5860 |
Readings in American Literature II |
Thursday |
| ENG 6310 |
Psychoanalysis and the Stage: The Plays of Eugene O'Neil |
Online |
| ENG 6460 |
Writing and Identity: Composing and New Media |
Wednesday |
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Fall 2013 Courses:
| ENG 5000 |
Practical Literary Criticism |
Tuesday |
| ENG 5040 | History of the English Language | Wednesday |
| ENG 5730 |
Pedagogical Studies |
Wednesday |
| ENG 5800 |
Readings in World Literature I |
Monday |
| ENG 6000 | Jane Austen and Her Contemporaries | Thursday |
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"I consider my masters work at Belmont the most rewarding part of my graduate studies in English Literature. As a member of graduate faculty myself now, I try my best to emulate the exceptional instructional and mentoring practices of my professors at Belmont.”
-Masood Raja, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English, Kent State University
Because "it's never too late to be what you might have been." - George Eliot