English - M.A. | Framingham University

English - M.A.

Unlock Your Potential with a Master’s Degree in English!

Where can a Master’s in English take you? Join us to explore cutting-edge advances in literary studies, enhance your writing and research skills, and advance your career. Your next chapter starts at FSU!

Career Opportunities. A Master’s in English opens doors to a wide range of professional possibilities. With strong analytical and communication skills, you'll be well-equipped to pursue roles in administration, teaching, higher education, publishing, technology, library and information science, public relations, consulting, marketing, and more.

Guidance from Expert Faculty. Join us to learn from dedicated faculty, who are specialists in British, American, and World Literatures; Digital Humanities; and Composition Theory. You'll find a supportive environment for pursuing independent research, culminating in a capstone thesis.

Boost Your Professional Status. Are you a secondary education English teacher looking to start an affordable and flexible master’s program or further your education with PDP points, a master’s + 15, or a master’s + 30? Click here to apply!

Earn a Valued Credential. Are you looking for a part-time graduate program with conveniently scheduled courses in a range of modalities that will allow you to pursue your passion for literature while completing a degree respected in numerous fields? Click here to apply!

Accelerate Your Studies with Our 4+1 Option: Earn both a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Master of Arts with a Concentration in English in just five years. Click here to apply!

Admission Requirements

For candidates who have completed a bachelor’s degree with a major in English:

The applicant must complete the online application form and submit the $50.00 deposit.
The applicant must have earned a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university;
An overall undergraduate grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.70 on a 4.00 scale in a degree program acceptable to the admissions committee;
Must have a GPA of 3.00 or higher in the undergraduate major;
A 500-800 word statement of purpose;
Three letters of recommendation—at least two must be from English faculty members from Framingham State or the student’s previous institution.
A writing sample in one of the following formats: an undergraduate literature essay; a sample of professional prose; an essay written in response to a writing prompt provided by the English Department admissions committee

For current Framingham State University students with a major in English:

The applicant must complete the online application form.
The applicant must have earned a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university;
An overall undergraduate grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.70 on a 4.00 scale in a degree program acceptable to the admissions committee;
Must have a GPA of 3.00 or higher in the major;
A 500-800 word statement of purpose;
Three letters of recommendation—at least two must be from English faculty members from Framingham State or the student’s previous institution;
An undergraduate literature essay submitted as a writing sample

Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to gain an enhanced professional and scholarly identity through a mastery of disciplinary knowledge. Their expertise will allow them to:

Articulate one’s own critical and theoretical orientations within historical and contemporary scholarship
Critique the aesthetic effects of specific literary forms with attention to the interplay between content and form
Identify how theoretical and disciplinary issues differ between two or more specialized areas of literary study
Critique the complexity of human experience informed by the representation of gender, sexuality, class, race, religion or ethnicity in literary texts
Manage a large-scale independent thesis project from conception to defense
Prepare for a range of professional pursuits or further graduate study

Program Requirements

Students have the opportunity to develop and refine their writing and communication skills, think critically and creatively, and use emerging technologies in the pursuit of advanced research.

View Program Curriculum

Emma Lyons

"The 4 + 1 program helped me save money and time because I took two of my graduate courses as an undergraduate. I’m pursuing my passions in Renaissance and African American literature and studying cutting-edge literary theory."