Course Requirements: A minimum of 30 hours of course work, including:

• 1 (one) 700-level seminar.
• At least two courses in fields of literature and culture before 1800.
• At least two courses in fields of literature and culture after 1800.

Up to eight credit hours in graduate courses outside the department may, with the prior approval of the Director of Graduate Studies, be counted toward the degree.

Foreign Language: one, reading proficiency; language competency will be verified by the relevant foreign language department or program at IUB.

Thesis: Optional; if elected, 4 hours of credit.

Final Examination: None.

Note: While readings courses (focused on particular historical and geographic areas of study) will transparently fulfill the historical distribution requirements, some seminar courses may fulfill these as well, depending on their content; see the Director of Graduate Studies for approval. Students intending to apply for the Ph.D. program should take two 700-level seminars as part of their M.A. programs.

Course Requirements: A minimum of 30 credit hours, including:

• 1 (one) 700-level seminar.
• At least three courses in a single area of concentration to be chosen in consultation with the Director of Graduate Studies (for example, a genre such as the novel, a period such as the Middle Ages, a specialty such as postcolonial studies, American literature and culture, feminist theory, or composition, rhetoric and literacy).

Up to eight credit hours in graduate courses outside the department may, with the prior approval of the Director of Graduate Studies, be counted toward the degree.

Foreign Language: One, reading proficiency; language competency will be verified by the relevant foreign language department or program at IUB.

Thesis: Optional; if elected, 4 hours of credit.

Final Examination: None.

Note: Students wishing to enter the doctoral program on completion of this M.A. must apply for admission. For admission to the Ph.D. program with concentration in literature, candidates must have satisfied the distribution requirements for the M.A. in Literature.

Course Requirements. A minimum of 30 hours of course work, including:

• G500 and G780.
• At least 12 further hours in English language courses, of which at least one course must be selected from among G601, G602, G651, and G655.

Foreign Language: One, reading proficiency; language competency will be verified by the relevant foreign language department or program at IUB.

Thesis: Optional; if elected, 4 hours of credit.

Final Examination: A four-hour written examination (see Director of Graduate Studies for details).

Course Requirements: A minimum of 60 credit hours, including:

• 16 hours of writing workshops in the candidate's genre.
• W611-W612 or W613-W614.
• 16 hours from among the department's literature and language courses.
• At least eight hours of which must be at the 600 level or above; either W664 or W680.

Those teaching in W103 are required to take W554 in their first semester of teaching. Students can take up to 12 credit hours in W699. The remaining credit hours are elective. At least 48 hours of the degree requirements must be completed in residence. For further information, consult the Web site of the Program in Creative Writing.

Thesis: Required; the student must submit a book-length manuscript for 4-12 hours of credit.

Final Examination: None required.