MA - Master of Arts
The faculty adviser for all M.A. candidates will be the Program Director, who is responsible for ensuring that students complete their degree requirements in timely fashion and for providing students with general academic advice. All M.A. candidates will be required to develop a plan of study in which they provide an integrated, coherent rationale for their studies as they relate to their course work, participation in the Humanities Graduate Seminar, and Major Research Paper.
Requirements for obtaining a MA in Humanities:
- Course Requirements
Students will be required to take: - The equivalent of three full graduate courses consistent with their plan of study.
- At least two of the three courses will be in Humanities.
- One of the three courses may be a Directed Reading course (Humanities 5000), as approved by the Program Director.
- Major Research Paper
Students will be required to demonstrate in a Major Research Paper their grasp of a subject within the interdisciplinary study of culture in Humanities. The Major Research Paper may be related to the work that students have done in one or more of their courses, but it must demonstrate independent research. It is normally to be completed by the end of the summer of the first year of study. The Major Research Paper will be formally evaluated and graded by two Humanities faculty chosen by the Program Director in consultation with the student. One of these faculty members will serve as supervisor, the other as second reader. - Major Research Paper
- MRP Proposal
- Humanities Graduate Seminar
MA candidates will be required to take part in a non-credit seminar.
- MA Program Guidelines for Stages of Progress
