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.