MA Year One Thesis Option

MA Program Requirements

The Graduate School at Auburn has several policies regarding GTAs that place limits on credit hours and summer courses. The following schedule meets these requirements, and we encourage you to adhere as closely as possible to this schedule. While individual situations may alter the specifics, please remember that master’s students may not hold a GTA for more than two academic years. Additionally, all GTAs must complete 18 hours of coursework in the Department of English by the end of their first year to renew their GTA. Finally, all graduate work toward a master's degree must be completed within a period of five calendar years.

**Schedule:**
Fall:	Spring:
9 credit hours: Graduate English Course (ENGL 7040 for GTAs) Graduate English Course Graduate English Course	9 credit hours: Graduate English Course ( Graduate English Course Graduate English Course
Additionally for GTAs: Co-teach ENGL 1100 (10 hrs/week) Tutor in the English Center (4 hrs/week) Attend the Practicum (2 hrs/week for 12 weeks)	Additionally for GTAs: Co-teach ENGL 1120 (10 hrs/week) Tutor in the English Center/work as Project Assistant (4 hrs/week) Attend the Practicum (2 hrs/week for 12 weeks)

**Requirements to Manage:**
Fall:	Spring:
Foreign Language Requirement: you must demonstrate reading proficiency in one foreign language before graduation. Identify and plan the way you will fulfill this requirement.	Identify your Graduate Advisory Committee and Thesis Director File your Plan of Study with the Graduate School and the CGS. The Department of English recommends that you file a plan of study the second semester of your first year; the Graduate School require that you file no later than the semester before graduation. FAILURE TO SUBMIT THIS FORM ON TIME MAY DELAY GRADUATION. Identify three comprehensive exams areas by the end of the semester, notify the CGS of your planned areas, an submit reading lists for exams in the Fall.

**Things to Consider:**
Fall:	Spring:
Apply to be a Project Assistant for Spring semester. Consider whether to pursue a concentration in Creative Writing or Rhetoric and Composition.	Apply for a competitive GT 100 position in the English Center for next Fall (additional hours on top of the three course teaching load). Apply for a position as Web Assistant or English Center Technical Assistant or for next year (each position carries a two course reduction per academic year). Use the summer to study and to define areas of interest for your Comprehensive Exam Subject Areas. Apply to the Graduate School for travel or research money.

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Last updated May 15, 2006