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Admission Process for Graduate Program in English:

You may听听or by filling out and sending in an application (found in the back of the graduate catalog). A $35 application fee is due at the time of application. In order to complete your application, you will need to see that the following materials are sent to the College of Graduate Studies, Sam H. Ingram Building, MTSU Box 42, Murfreesboro,TN 37132:

• All undergraduate and graduate transcripts
• Three letters of recommendation (These can be emailed to听[email protected])
• GRE scores (We look primarily at the Verbal and Analytical portions of the General exam; the English subject test, though not required, is recommended.)
• A short statement of purpose (500 words or so) in which you present your reasons for wishing to pursue graduate studies in English (your professional plans, areas of interest, etc.) as well as any relevant experience that prepares you for graduate studies.

APPLICATION DEADLINES听for fall semester admission:

February 1st for those wishing to be considered for graduate assistantships

March 1st for all others

APPLICATION DEADLINES听for spring semester admission must be completed by October 1.

For more information, visit the English Department section of the听,听, and听Admissions to the College of Graduate Studies.

Assistantships

If you would like to be considered for a graduate assistantship, in addition to the material required for the general application, you will need to fill out an application for an听听and send it to the Director of Graduate Studies in the English Department (P.O. Box 70, Department of English, 麻豆视频, Murfreesboro, TN 37132) along with a short statement of purpose (500 words or so) in which you present your reasons for wishing to pursue graduate studies in English (your professional plans, areas of interest, etc.) as well as any relevant experience that prepares you for graduate studies.

M.A.-level graduate assistants:
Until students have completed 18 hours of course work, they are generally assigned as tutors in the Writing Center for 20 hours a week. Some students may be given 20-hour assignments to work as a classroom assistant for particular professors. Once students have completed 18 hours of course work, they may serve as teaching assistants, under the guidance of our supervisor of teaching assistants. During their first year in the program, they are required to enroll in Seminar in Teaching Composition (ENGL 6821/7821).

Our M.A. assistants receive a stipend of $6500 distributed over a nine-month period with a waiver of tuition fees and out-of-state fees if the GA is a non-resident.

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Awards

In addition to providing full tuition to graduate assistants, MTSU rewards excellence by offering the Albert and Ethel Carver Smith Award ($2,000). The English Department offers the following to qualified graduate students:

• The Peck Award
• The Neil D. Frazier Writing Award
• The William R. Wolfe Graduate Writing Award
• The John McDaniel Excellence in Teaching Awards
• The Kevin J. Donovan Graduate Award for Excellence in Scholarship

Other Resources

Please visit the department's听听page for more information.

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