Prerequisites - 21 semester hours at the 3000-4000 levels:
- At least 18 hours of AML/ENL/LIT/ENG (with sufficiently high grades—"sufficient high" meaning more A's than B's in literature courses)
- 3 hours of literary interpretation / literary theory (ENG 4013 or 4014 or equivalent) with a grade of B or better
Major Requirements - 6 semester hours:
- LIT 6246: Major Authors (Au))
- ENG 6109: Contemporary Literary Criticism/Theory, or ENG 6108: History of Literary Criticism/Theory (TC)
Major Electives - 28 semester hours:
- 2 courses before 1800 and 2 courses after 1800 (1850 +/- for American Literature courses) (EB18 & EA18)
- 12 semester hours (4 courses only) at the 5000 level maximum (the program does not necessarily recommend students taking any 5000-level courses)
- 2 British Literature courses (EENL)
- 2 American Literature courses (EAML)
- 5 Major Electives
| AML 6455 | 3.0 Studies In American Lit | ENL 6455 | 3.0 Studies In British Lit |
| CRW 6025 | 3.0 Topics:Creative Writ | LIT 5934 | 1-3 Spec Top:Literature |
| CRW 6130 | 3.0 Fiction Workshop | LIT 6017 | 3.0 Studies In Fiction |
| CRW 6331 | 3.0 Poetry Workshop | LIT 6037 | 3.0 Studies In Poetry |
| ENC 6700 | 3.0 Theory:Composition | LIT 6047 | 3.0 Studies In Drama |
| ENG 6138 | 3.0 Studies In Film | LIT 6654 | 3.0 Comparative/World Lit |
| ENC 6702 | 3.0 Five Problems | LIT 6905 | 1-3 Directed Independent Stdy |
| ENC 6706 | 3.0 Grammar/Rhetoric | LIT 6934 | 3.0 Spec Top:Literature |
| ENG 6941 | 3.0 DIS:Prac/Tch Comp | LIT 6941 | 3.0 Practicum:Teach Lit |
*graduate coordinator's approval required prior to enrolling in ENG 6941, LIT 6905, LIT 6941, and ENG 6971
Graduate Program Option:
ENG 6971 3.0 Thesis
Other Requirements:
- Grades of B- or above are required in all courses.
- 33 semester hours are required for the degree; a minimum of 24 hours of course work must be completed at the UNF campus.
- All students should apply for graduation during registration for the last semester of courses at UNF. Deadlines are published in the course schedule booklet each semester. Students can apply to graduate in subsequent semesters.