ENGLPHD - English
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Students who have earned the M.A. in English at the University of Arizona:
Must complete at least 15 units of 500- or 600-level course beyond the requirement for the MA, for a total of 45 units (including 9 minor units).
At least 33 units (11 courses) of the 45 must be in regularly scheduled in our program literature classes, unless otherwise approved by the Program Director.
Complete at least 18 units of dissertation units.
Must pass the Comprehensive Examination.
Must satisfy the Foreign Language requirement. Students are strongly encouraged to satisfy the foreign language requirement in their 3rd year (if they enter with the BA) or their 1st year (if they enter with the MA); dissertation proposals cannot be submitted until the requirement is met.
Write a dissertation acceptable to the Department of English.
Students who earned the M.A. in English (Literature) elsewhere:
Must complete a minimum of 30 units (10 classes) of course work at the University of Arizona.
At least 18 units (6 courses) must be in regularly scheduled literature classes, unless otherwise approved by the Program Director.
The additional 15 units towards degree requirements is typically transferred from the M.A.
Must satisfy the Foreign Language requirement. Students are strongly encouraged to satisfy the foreign requirement in their 1st year (if they enter with the MA); dissertation proposals cannot be submitted until the requirement is met.
Must pass the Comprehensive Examination
Complete at least 18 units of dissertation units.
Write a dissertation acceptable to the Department of English.
Note: Students who wish to transfer credit from their M.A. Program must submit a Transfer Credit form in GradPath before the end of their first year of study in order to have the courses evaluated for transfer eligibility. The credits must be approved by their major or minor department and the Graduate College. The minimum grade for transferred credits must be an A or B or the equivalent at the institution where the course was taken. Transferred units may not count toward more than one doctorate.
While there are no required courses, students may choose, in consultation with the director, among the following 3 unit ENGL courses listed below in the semesters they are offered. There is no minimum grade required for any course as long as the student's total GPA is 3.0 or above.
501: Advanced Creative Writing Nonfiction Writing
503: Latina Feminisms in the Americas
505: History of the English Language
506: Modern English Grammar
510: Teaching of Composition
514: Advanced Scientific Writing
515: History of Criticism and Theory
518: Introduction to Psychoanalytic Theory
520: History of the German Language
522: Asian American Literature
524: Studies in Southwest Literature
526: Medieval English Literature
527: Chaucer
529: Chinese Immigrant Literature and Film
531: Advanced Studies in Shakespeare
533: Studies in the Renaissance
541: Studies in the Restoration and Eighteenth Century
543: Mexican-American Literature in English
544: Media Archaeology: Moving Image as Evidence
549A: Folklore
552A: Mixed Media Stories: Stories in Text and Film
555: Introduction to Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language
555A: Studies in Nineteenth-Century British Literature
557A: Modern British Literature
557B: Contemporary British Literature
561A: French Linguistics
565: Studies in American Literature to 1900
566: Studies in Twentieth-Century American Literature
567: Topics in French Linguistics
573: Semiotics and Language
577: Studies in American Indian Literature
580: Second Language Writing
587: Assessment in Second/Foreign Language Learning
588: European Literary-Political Cabaret
589: Internet Technologies in Second/Foreign Language Education
593: Internship
596A: British Literature
596B: Studies in Colonial and Post-Colonial Literature and Theory
596F: American Literature
596G: Comparative Literature
596J: Second Language Acquisition Research
596K : Methods and Materials of Literary Research
596L: Theories of Criticism
596O: Topics in Second Language Teaching
596P: Women's Life Writing: Autobiography, Diary, Oral History, Biography
596Y: Topics in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching
597Q: Qualitative Research in Rhetoric and Composition
597R: Research Methods in Rhetoric and Composition
597S: Methods of Rhetorical Analysis
598: Approaches to Teaching Writing
612: Grammatical Analysis
613: Methods of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
615: Second Language Acquisition Theory
620: Cultural Dimensions: Second Language Acquisitions
646: Ancient and Contemporary Voices
680: Reader Response Theories
693A: Applied ESL
696A: Latina/o Literary and Cultural Studies
696D: History of Rhetoric
696E: Studies in Rhetoric and Composition
696F: Literature and Creative Writing
696G: Queer Theories
696J: Sexuality and Aesthetics
696M: Gender, Sexuality, and International Migration
696S: Historical Studies in Rhetoric and Composition
696T: Contemporary Rhetorical Theories
Students who have earned the MA in English at the University of Arizona can take 12 units of any graduate coursework outside of English, found in the catalog, upon approval of the director.
Students who earned the MA elsewhere must complete 30 units of graduate coursework at the University of Arizona. Students can take 12 units of any graduate coursework outside of English, found in the catalog, upon approval of director.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT:
English Ph.D. students must fulfill a foreign language requirement to demonstrate their ability to use the language in research. Students are strongly encouraged to satisfy the requirement in their 3rd year (if they enter with the BA) or their 1st year (if they enter with the MA); dissertation proposals cannot be submitted until the requirement is met. The Graduate Program Coordinator for the department has the responsibility of administering this requirement.
About the Requirement
You may fulfill the requirement by demonstrating reading competence in any language other than English relevant to your research.
Acceptable Languages
Greek, Latin, French, German, Spanish, Russian, and Italian automatically qualify as acceptable languages for the requirement. If you wish to fulfill the requirement in another language you should consult with the Coordinator of Graduate Studies well before you expect to complete the requirement. In practice, you may elect any language in which a) a suitable examiner can be found or b) appropriate courses are offered at the university.
Fulfilling the Requirement
You may satisfy the foreign language requirement by:
Receiving a grade of Pass on the departmental translation test
Earning an "A" in either a senior-level or graduate literature course in the language
Earning an "A" in one of several graduate-level translation courses offered every Spring
Translation Test
The foreign language requirement may be fulfilled through a translation test (this by far the most common way of fulfilling it). The following guidelines govern the test:
The exam will be a two-and-a-half hour translation test (from the foreign language into English). You will be given a passage of scholarly writing and a passage of literary writing (350-500 words each) in the foreign language and asked to choose one of them to translate. You may use a dictionary and verb book.
The grader will not know the name or the level (M.A. or Ph.D.) of the candidate.
The grade of PASS satisfies the language requirement for both M.A. and Ph.D. students.
To assist you in preparing for the departmental exam, the Coordinator of Graduate Students maintains files of sample passages in the languages for which the department itself administers and grades the exam (French, Spanish, German, Italian, and Latin). The actual exam passages need not be selected from the works from which the sample passages come; the purpose of the samples is to suggest the kinds of materials on which your can expect to be tested, and the level of difficulty.
If you fail the exam, you should consult with your Program Director to see how you can satisfy the foreign language requirement, either by retaking the exam or in some other way, such as through course work.
You are limited to two attempts for the departmental exam. If you fail the exam a second time you must register for a graduate translation/reading course in order to fulfill the requirement.
The following criteria will be used in grading the exam:
FAIL: The translation shows a general misunderstanding of the basic events of the passage or is repeatedly inaccurate. Verb tenses and idioms are repeatedly mistranslated. The translation is overly literal, displaying no sense of the nuances of the original. The translation is incomplete.
PASS: The translation is complete and accurately conveys the sense of the passage, without distortions (although minor lapses are permitted). Basic verb tenses and idioms are translated correctly. The translation is not overly literal and is written in fluent, idiomatic English.
9+ units
All PhD students must declare a minor and will need to indicate the courses used to fulfill that minor to the Graduate College. Students can elect to minor in English or a department other than English. Nine units are generally required for a minor, but may be more depending on each departments requirements. A member of the minor department or program must serve on the student's comprehensive examination committee and approve the units taken for fulfillment of the minor.
Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.