The Master of Arts degree in English is designed for students who wish to expand their repertoire of literary, rhetorical, and pedagogical knowledge, often in preparation for careers in teaching, editing, or public service.
Close faculty-student mentoring relationships and small class sizes allow our graduate students to develop their critical, creative, and professional skills to an extent many larger programs cannot match.
Graduate Program Director:
Dr. Dustin Hoffman
hoffmandm@winthrop.edu
803/323-2545
GA Positions
Students have the opportunity to work in their departments and around campus as graduate assistants.
Quality Program
Each member of the graduate faculty holds a Ph.D. and is an active scholar in his or her field. The department also includes widely-published fiction writers and poets.
Travel Support
Travel support is available for graduate student presentations or performances.
"My skills as a scholar, writer, student, and just as a person improved vastly, and I really do attribute it to the rigor of the program and the professors. My degree has allowed me to climb to higher positions in my career quicker and has given me the tools I need to take on multiple responsibilities and challenges."
M.A. in English graduates go on to careers in a wide variety of English-related fields or continue to further their education and earn doctorates in English. Here are some directions our students have gone in:
Highly competitive doctoral programs
Careers in secondary education and college teaching
Professional writing
Creative writing
Digital content creation
Editing