Fast Track 4+1
Fast Track 5 Year BA/MA in English with a Concentration in Literatures & Cultural Studies
The BA/MA degree option in English is designed to provide qualified students the means to complete the requirements for both the BA and MA in a period of five years. A key feature of the option allows students to get a head start on fulfilling the course requirements for the MA by taking up to 12 hours of graduate-level courses (that will count as dual undergraduate and graduate credit) during their senior year. These 12 hours of dual-credit courses will allow students to both finish the requirements for the BA and begin the requirements for the MA in English. Students who pursue this option can be registered in any of the five English concentrations at the BA level but would be taking graduate courses toward the English MA in the Literatures & Cultural Studies Concentration. The graduate hours taken while still enrolled as an undergraduate could be applied toward the specific Area requirements of the English BA degree plan (where applicable) or as general electives.
The Process:
Apply Spring semester Junior year (to Graduate Coordinator and Department Chair)
Fast-track Admission Requirements:
- Must be declared in the BA in English (any concentration; excludes teacher certification) at UTRGV.
- Must have 90 hours completed towards the BA in English with at least 30 hours completed at UTRGV.
- Must have a minimum average GPA of 3.25 in the major.
- Must have a minimum university GPA of 3.5.
Application Materials:
Statement of Interest/Purpose
Transcripts
Writing Sample (from ENGL course)
Apply junior year to MA Program (if accepted, grad hours carry over)
Schedule:
Fall senior year: two graduate courses (course should line up with BA & MA requirements to satisfy both degrees) & two UG courses
Spring senior year: two graduate courses (courses should line up with BA & MA requirements to satisfy both degrees)
Summer after BA: two graduate courses
Fall MA (year 5): three graduate courses
Spring MA (year 5): three graduate courses & complete Portfolio, or two graduate courses & Thesis
Two Year Rotation
FALL Year 1
ENGL 6300: Intro to Literary Studies & 3 Under-grad courses
ENGL 6308: Mexican American Literature
SPRING Year 1
ENGL 6302: Studies in Literary History
ENGL 6306: Studies in Comparative Literature
SUMMER 1 Year 1
ENGL 6315: Cultural Studies
SUMMER II Year 1
ENGL 6304: Studies in British Literature
FALL Year 2 – THESIS TRACK
Choose one Rhetoric/Composition Graduate Course
Choose one Linguistics Graduate Course
ENGL 7300: THESIS I
FALL Year 2 – PORTFOLIO TRACK
One Rhetoric/Composition Graduate Course
Two ENGL Electives
SPRING Year 2 – THESIS TRACK
ENGL 6301: Studies in Literary Theory
ENGL 6312: Studies in Single Author
ENGL 7301: THESIS II
SPRING Year 2 – PORTFOLIO TRACK
ENGL 6301: Studies in Literary Theory
ENGL 6312: Studies in Single Author
One Linguistics Graduate Course
PORTFOLIO
Please click below for more information and to apply:
https://www.utrgv.edu/graduate/for-future-students/fast-track-programs/index.htm