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The combined bachelor’s-master’s program in English is an accelerated program designed
specifically for students who have displayed academic excellence as undergraduate
English majors.
Qualified students will take 12 credits of graduate-level (5000-6999) courses during
the senior year. After completion of the baccalaureate degree, students will apply
to the MA in English program and, if admitted, will complete the remaining 21 credits
of graduate courses for the master’s degree in one additional year of study. This
program will allow students to move more efficiently through two degrees and thereby
jump-start professional development. Graduates from this program will be well prepared
to pursue a PhD in English or a related field; to seek a teaching position at the
post-secondary level; or to pursue any number of careers that require writing, editing,
or research skills.
Completion of 75-90 undergraduate credits toward the BA in English.
Overall GPA (transfer and FGCU credits) of at least 3.2.
GPA in the major of at least 3.5 (this includes all 3000 and 4000-level courses with
the AML, ENL, LIT, ENG, ENC, or CRW prefixes).
At least 18 credits of 3000- and 4000-level courses in English, including ENG 3014
Introduction to Literary and Cultural Studies, completed or in process.
Writing sample of 8-10 double-spaced pages of literary analysis, preferably including
research.
Personal statement of 2-3 double-spaced pages about career and personal goals connected
with pursuing graduate work in English. This statement should explain the motivation
for pursuing a Master's degree at FGCU, goals connected with pursuing this degree,
and the intended focus of graduate studies.
Names and email addresses of two recommenders at FGCU to support the application.
Minimum score of 153 on the Verbal Reasoning portion of the GRE.
Minimum score of 3.5 on the Analytical Writing portion of the GRE.
Each student is responsible for completing application materials for the MA in English
within one semester of graduation from the BA program to ensure continuous enrollment
under the current catalog. Students who do not successfully complete the application
to the MA program within one semester of graduation from the BA program will be dropped
from the combined BA/MA program and would then be required to complete all 33 credit
hours to satisfy the English MA requirements. Students will be accepted into the MA
program if they have fulfilled all of the requirements for admission. Upon acceptance
into the graduate program, students will be classified as Graduate. Students will
complete an additional 21 graduate credits to satisfy the MA in English as outlined
in the catalog. Graduate credits taken while an Undergraduate will be double-counted
to reach the 33 required credits for the MA English as approved by the English MA
Coordinator.
In order to finish the combined degree in five years, students in the combined program
must complete at least 12 credits of 5000-6999 level courses in English as undergraduates
before entering the master’s program.
Candidates for the combined program will apply during the junior year. Application
materials (see above) except the GRE scores are submitted to the English MA Coordinator.
The GRE scores are submitted to Graduate Studies. The English MA Coordinator will
inform Graduate Studies of candidates, and Graduate Studies will forward GRE scores
to the English MA Coordinator.
Combined program applications are reviewed by a committee of English graduate faculty.
The English MA Coordinator is responsible for communicating with the student regarding
the committee’s decision. The English MA Coordinator will notify the Office of the
Registrar when the UGGR (UG-GR combined program) attribute needs to be added, removed,
or ended on a student record.
Students accepted into the combined program meet with the English MA Coordinator to
plan course schedules. The English MA Coordinator arranges for the student to be
registered in the approved graduate courses. Students will remain classified as Undergraduates
until the bachelor’s degree is awarded. Graduate courses applied to the undergraduate
degree must be manually entered in Degree Works as a force complete. The English MA
Coordinator will work with the academic advisor for the BA English program to manage
the force complete process.
A minimum grade of B is required for each graduate course to be double counted. The
12 credits to be double counted are as follows: ENG 6058 Lit., Language, and Society
(offered every Fall semester) plus 9 credits from the MA English program (with prior
approval of English MA Coordinator), excluding 6910 (Directed Independent Research)
designations. Students interested in becoming a teaching assistant should take ENC
6745 Seminar in Composition Pedagogy (offered every Spring). Students are encouraged
to take ENG 6940 English Master’s Internship.
Students who begin the combined program as undergraduates but either opt not to enter
the master’s program or do not receive a B or higher in each of the graduate courses
taken as undergraduates could still earn the BA in English at the end of their senior
year, if they have completed the 120 credits required for undergraduate degree and
satisfied all other degree requirements.
Consistent with its mission and guiding principles, Florida Gulf Coast University
is committed to academic excellence and continuous quality improvement, as supported
by a sound teaching-learning process. Within this process, students and instructors
share responsibility for learning that is a movement from the simple to the complex,
the concrete to the abstract, and the dependent to the independent. The Academic Learning
Compact (ALC) initiative supports the teaching-learning process by clearly identifying
expected core student learning outcomes in the areas of content/discipline knowledge
and skills, communication skills, and critical thinking skills; aligning curricula
with expectations; and using assessment to guide continuous improvement.
Content/Discipline Knowledge and Skills
Graduates will be able to:
Evaluate and analyze literary and cultural texts in their appropriate contexts.
Conduct scholarly research on topics in literary and cultural studies.
Use accepted and appropriate formatting.
Apply appropriate critical approaches to analyzing literary and cultural texts.
Content/Discipline Knowledge and Skills are assessed at the college and departmental
levels through essays, exams, and other projects completed in the following courses:
ENG 3014 and ENG 4930.
Communication Skills
Graduates will be able to:
Write for specific audiences and purposes with respect for diverse perspectives.
Organize ideas and information logically.
Articulate ideas and information clearly and coherently using the conventions of standard
English grammar
Communication Skills are assessed at the college and departmental levels through essays,
exams, and other projects completed in the following courses: ENG 3014 and ENG 4930.
Critical Thinking Skills
Graduates will be able to:
Formulate an argument of appropriate scope and depth and articulate it clearly.
Engage with complex ideas or aspects of a text within a specific and rich context.
Support the development of ideas through analysis of relevant details from primary
and secondary sources
Participate in a relevant scholarly conversation.
Critical Thinking Skills are assessed at the college and departmental levels through
essays, exams, and other projects completed in the following courses: ENG 3014 and
ENG 4930.
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