Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences

English (MA) / PC-MTL-TESOL-TETYC (G Certs)

Program Purpose

The MA in English is a 33-semester-hour program that offers both a thesis and non-thesis option. It prepares students for professional careers in writing, editing, information design and related fields; for entry into PhD programs in English and other professional degree programs (such as law); and for teaching English in the two-year college and teaching English to speakers of other languages.

The degree program also provides opportunities for public school teachers to acquire advanced degrees that focus on writing, literature, and English language skills. MA students at ECU have opportunities to explore a variety of interests and then to expand their work in particular areas of study including creative writing, linguistics and TESOL, literatures, rhetoric and composition, and technical and professional communication.


Learning Outcomes

Communication Tools and Technologies (PC Cert)

After completing the Certificate in Professional Communication, students will be able to use appropriate communication tools and technologies to produce different information products.

Composing Effective Documents

All students completing the MA in English will be able to compose effective documents.

Critical Analysis

All students completing the MA in English will demonstrate critical analysis.

Global Awareness (MTL Cert)

Upon completion of the Multicultural and Transnational Certificate, students will be able to articulate a sophisticated understanding of the concept of global awareness.

Information Synthesis

All students completing the MA in English will be to synthesize library, fieldwork, or other resources.

Linguistic Theory in Language Teaching and Learning

Upon completion of the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Certificate, students will be able to articulate the application of linguistic theory in language teaching and learning.

Methods and Practices (TETYC Cert)

Upon completion of the Teaching English in the Two-Year College certificate, students will be able to apply methods, materials, and assessment practices which support learning in the two-year college.

Oral Communication

All students graduating with an MA in English will be able to communicate their research/creative activity in a presentation and answer questions about their research/creative activity.

Original Research/Creative Activity

All students completing the MA in English will be able to conduct original research/creative activity.

Scholarly/Theoretical Perspectives

All students completing the MA in English will be able to compose effective documents that incorporate and synthesize scholarly and theoretical perspectives.

Synthesis of Theories/Practices (TESOL Cert)

Upon completion of the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Certificate students will be able to Synthesize (a) research approaches in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) and (b) TESOL methods/approaches to explain how theories and practices inform one another.