En Route Masters Degree
Students enrolled in the Ph.D. Program in English may apply for an en-route Master's degree. Students interested in this degree must first have already completed 45 GPA hours, all with a B or better, of which no more than 12 hours are from transfer credits. The student must also have passed the 1st exam and have a B or better in ENGL 79500. After ensuring that that they have met these requirements, students then approach a faculty member to supervise their MA capstone paper or project (an MA thesis equivalent). Ideally, this professor should be one the student has worked with in the past, and the thesis equivalent may build on but must significantly devlop a paper originally written for a course. It is expected that the paper be 20-25 pages in length. In collaboration with the supervisor, students choose an additional faculty member to serve as a second reader. Please be aware that professors do have the right to refuse to take on this extra work. Once students have completed the paper/project and it is acceptable by both the supervisor and reader, they fill-in the en-route MA approval form and have the supervisor and second reader sign it, and submit it along with the paper to the APO for Program approval. The APO will submit an application for an en-route MA to the Office of the Registrar on behalf of the student.