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Composition Program Requirements
The English Department at Ball State University offers an
M.A. in English (Rhetoric and Composition) and a Ph.D. in English with
a concentration in Composition.
Program Requirements:
M.A. in English(Rhetoric and Composition)
| ENG 604 Technology and English Studies |
3
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| ENG 620 Linguistics and the Study of
English |
3
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| ENG 690 Seminar in Composition |
3
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ENG 691 Advanced Composition
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| ENG 693 Writing in the Profession |
3
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| ENG 694 The Classical Rhetoric of Composition |
3
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| ENG 699 Contemporary Composition |
3
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| Electives |
8-11
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ENG 697 Research Paper (3)
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ENG 698 Thesis (6) |
3-6
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32 hrs
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Ph.D. in English with Concentration in Rhetoric and Composition
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| Reading competency in one foreign language |
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| ENG 601 Research in English Studies (composition) |
3
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| ENG 604 Technology in English Studies |
3
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| ENG 605 Teaching and English Studies (composition)
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3
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| ENG 606 Literary Theory 1 |
3
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| ENG 620 Linguistics and the Study of
English |
3
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| ENG 690 Seminar in Composition |
3
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| ENG 692 Writing Technologies |
3 |
| ENG 693 Writing in the Profession |
3 |
| ENG 694 Classical Rhetoric |
3
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| ENG 695 Medieval and Early Modern Rhetoric |
3
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| ENG 696 Nineteenth Cent. Rhetoric |
3
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| ENG 697 Contemporary Rhetoric |
3
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| ENG 699 Contemporary Theories of Composition |
3
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| EDPSY 641 Statistical Methods |
3 |
| DISS 799 Doctoral Dissertation
(1-10) |
10
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| Literature courses (excluding ENG 601, 605, 606 and
607) |
12
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| Electives |
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90 hrs
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Foreign Language
Reading competency in one foreign language.
Comprehensive Examinations
Students take comprehensive examinations covering the concentration and
cognates. Oral examinations follow the writtens.
Dissertation
Candidates for the Ph.D. must complete a dissertation on an original topic
under the guidance of a committee of faculty. An oral defense follows
the completion of the dissertation.
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