Master of Arts in English

Lamar University

The Lamar University Master of Arts in English is versatile and interdisciplinary. This program offers opportunities for intensive study of language and literature in a variety of representative courses across our disciplinary areas of study, which include world literature, British and American literature, composition and rhetoric, media studies, technical and professional writing, and creative writing in multiple genres. Specifically, the degree plans for this program are designed to train you as a literary scholar and critic, to prepare you for postgraduate research or to equip you as a certified, master-level teacher of English. In this program, you can study literature, writing, rhetoric or combination. Upon graduation, you may choose to enter a professional field or continue on to postgraduate studies for a career in higher education.

College of Arts and Sciences