Department of English and Philosophy

TLC 2255 • 678-839-6512
www.westga.edu/english

Professors:

L. Crafton, M. Crafton (Interim President), C. Davidson (Director of the School of the Arts), M. Doyle, P. Erben (Director of Graduate Studies), G. Fraser, R. Hendricks, E. Hipchen, A. Insenga, D. MacComb, M. Mitchell, D. Newton (Associate VPAA), M. Pearson (Chair), A. Umminger

Associate Professors:

S. Boyd (Associate Chair), K. Casper, D. Bremyer, M. Franks, R. Harrison, L. Haught, J. Masters, L. Miller, E. Mock (Film Studies Coordinator)

Learning Outcomes

Graduate students will demonstrate:

Advanced mastery of content within the discipline by answering comprehensive questions about specific writers, genres, texts, and literary periods that they have studied
That they have achieved refined skills in professional and scholarly writing presuming a command of pertinent critical assumptions, methodologies, and practices
A facility in relating the facts and ideas of the discipline to cognate fields and exploring their correspondence, particularly within the context of western intellectual history
A keen awareness of contemporary issues in the study of literature, including those which emanate from an understanding of the differences among cultural value systems

Programs

Master of Arts

English, M.A.