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Welcome To
Graduate Studies in the Department of English |
Graduate
study in the Winthrop University English
Department presents an opportunity for you to work
with a dedicated and gifted faculty in small classes
and to receive an unusual level of personal
attention. 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
novelists and poets.
In recent years, we
have hosted a number of important conferences, and
several scholarly journals have
been founded or published here. Currently we are
proud to be the home of both The Mark Twain
Annual and the quarterly Working Papers
on Irish Studies.
At the same
time, Winthrop is primarily a teaching
institution, and the Department of |
Winthrop English
graduate students work together in class during
Dr. Gloria Jones and Dr. William Naufftus's "The
Neo-Victorian Novel" class. |
English is committed to
teaching excellence. We
note that five of our members have won prestigious
teaching awards and that teaching is at the center
of every faculty member's work.
The Master of Arts program consists
of either 30 semester hours with a
thesis or 36 semester hours without one.
While our program emphasizes the study
of literature, students are able to take
courses in creative writing, composition
and rhetoric, and linguistics;
collateral courses are also available in
supporting areas or documents.
In recent years, about half of the
students who receive an M.A. have also
been admitted to doctoral programs,
usually with assistantships.
We welcome inquiries about our
program. Please direct any requests for
information to me as graduate director.
You can e-mail me at
naufftusw@winthrop.edu
or call me at
(803) 323-4570.
Additional information concerning
application deadlines, student housing,
or tuition and fees can also be obtained
by using the links to the left or by
writing directly to:
Graduate Studies
209 Tillman Hall
Winthrop University
Rock Hill, SC 29733
or by calling
(803) 323-2204 or
(800) 411-7041.
Sincerely,
William F. Naufftus, Ph.D.
Director, Graduate Studies for the
Department of English |
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