Master's Degree Program

This page provides an overview of the Department of English's Terminal Master's degree. For information on the MA/PhD degree program, see Doctorate Program.

• 10 graduate courses or 8 courses (24 credits) and a Master's Thesis (6 credits). 
• Students may transfer credit for 2 graduate-level English courses taken at other schools or at UMass before their formal admission to the Graduate English Program (courses counted toward a completed degree are not eligible for transfer).
• While in the MA program at UMass Amherst, students may also take two courses in departments outside of English.