Master of Arts [M.A] [English] From University of North Carolina

The MA degree in English from University of North Carolina Wilmington requires a total of 36 hours of graduate coursework. These hours must be distributed according to the following guidelines:

• 30 of the required 36 hours must be taken in residence.

• As many as 6 of the 36 hours may be transferred from another regionally accredited institution, subject to the approval of the English Department's Graduate Coordinator. A student enrolled in the UNCW English Graduate Program who wished to take one or more graduate English courses elsewhere for graduate credit must obtain prior approval from the Graduate Coordinator and the Dean of the Graduate School.

• Students may substitute one course (3 hours) from outside the department for an English course with the prior approval of the Graduate Coordinator.
• Students must successfully complete a qualifying written comprehensive examination. Normally the examination is taken in the third semester of full-time enrollment.