The English MA program in the School of Theatre, English, and Creative Writing is designed to provide students with an intensive introduction to graduate-level work in English studies, within a flexible program. Students can draw on the program's strengths in the following fields:

• Studies in Canadian Literatures
• Colonial, Postcolonial and Diasporic Studies
• Early Modern Studies
• Sexuality and Gender Studies
• Transnational Nineteenth-Century Studies.

Students can also pursue a wide range of research topics in consultation with faculty members actively engaged with the literatures of different historical periods and geographical locations, and with current debates in such areas as critical theory, cultural studies, gender studies, and queer theory.

Administrative Staff

Director
Sally Hickson (425 MacKinnon, Ext. 53881)
shickson@uoguelph.ca
Graduate Program Coordinator
Gregor Campbell (MCKN 431, Ext. 53255)
gregorc@uoguelph.ca
Graduate Program Assistant
Pamela Keegan (427 MacKinnon, Ext. 56315)
pkeegan@uoguelph.ca

Graduate Faculty

This list may include Regular Graduate Faculty, Associated Graduate Faculty and/or Graduate Faculty from other universities.

MA Program

Admission Requirements

The normal requirement for admission to the English MA program is the equivalent of an Honours degree in English studies from a recognized institution with at least 78% or higher in the last two years of study. Students with degrees with excellent academic records in other disciplines will also be considered. Successful applicants will be admitted in the Fall Semester, the Program’s only entry point. Program offices should be consulted for admission deadlines. If the applicant's first degree was completed in a country where English is not the first language, English-language proficiency must be documented at the time of application.

Program Requirements

Students enrol in one of two study options:

1. course work and major research project, or
2. thesis.

Thesis

Students complete four courses (4 x 0.50 credit); plus a thesis of 20,000 to 25,000 words (80-100 pages).

Course Work and Major Resarch Project (MRP)

Students complete six courses (6 x 0.50 credit); plus ENGL*6803 Major Research Project.

Collaborative Specializations

International Development Studies

English participates in the International Development Studies (IDS) collaborative specialization. Applicants for this collaborative specialization enter through one of the participating departments; course selections are based, in part, on the applicant's primary discipline. Please consult the International Development Studies listing for a detailed description of the collaborative specialization including the special additional requirements for each of the participating departments. 

Courses

The content of the courses listed will vary according to the research interests of the faculty involved in offering the course. Specific course descriptions for a particular offering of the course will be available from the Graduate Program Coordinator one year in advance of the course being offered.