A graduate in fine arts program is a two year degree plan which includes courses such as studies in poetry, short stories and fiction. Literary criticism, screenwriting, adapting literature, creative writing and often times memoir writing are course options offered.
This program specializes in all genres of literature. You can expect a wide variety of college graduate course offerings including: American literature, African American studies, English, French, Italian, classics, comparative literature to name a few. The program will challenge your analytical thinking and helps to develop your interpretation of how language is used and shaped in all dimensions of writing.
This concentration will provide you with an in-depth understanding in the tools of language analysis. Courses will include study in syntax, phonetics, semantics among other areas of language development and use. Typically, college and universities offer enough course study area to choose courses to suit your individual interests and needs.
The demand is high for teachers who can teach English as a second language. The course of study involves literature and foreign languages and specialized options in linguistics and methods and practice in teaching languages. Some social sciences and electives in education may also be required.
If you are interested in writing with a combination of rhetorical and composition theory and practice this graduate study program is for you. Covering a wide variety of topics, course may include public and academic writing, theories of different genres of literacy, gender and writing, race and cultural aspects as well as studies of the use of emerging technologies in composition. Other optional courses might include American studies and the teaching of rhetorical composition.
A graduate degree in teaching English is an option for you if you are currently a secondary school English teacher on an initial teacher's license. Courses include variations on writing courses, curriculum, leadership classes, ethnic or culturally diverse literature, instruction and assessments of diverse learners and the study of different literary periods and authors and research.