The request to revise the Children’s Literature Concentration of the MA in English

Date: September 24, 2014
To: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
From: Office of Academic Affairs
Approved On: August 20, 2014
Approved by: Graduate Council
Implementation Date: Spring 2015

Note: Deletions are strikethroughs. Insertions are underlined.

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Children’s Literature Concentration

This concentration is premised on the assumptions that children’s literature is an integral part of many literary traditions and that students studying children’s literature should develop an understanding of the connection between children’s literature and other forms of literature. The Children’s Literature Concentration requires a total of 36 hours with courses meeting the following requirements: ENGL 6101 (Introduction to English Studies) and ENGL 6160 (Introduction to the English Language) which are required of all English MA students; Students

will take ENGL 6103 (Introduction to Children’s Literature and Culture); 12 additional hours in children’s literature (selected from the list below); two courses in literature (other than children’s literature), two one courses in writing/rhetoric, and six hours of electives to bring the total number of hours to thirty-six.

ENGL 6103 Worlds of Juvenile Literature

12 hours in children’s literature courses selected from:

ENGL 5050 Topics in English (Children’s Literature topics)

ENGL 5102 British Children’s Literature

ENGL 5103 American Children’s Literature

ENGL 5104 Multiculturalism and Children’s Literature

ENGL 6070 Topics in English (Children’s Literature Winners topics that relate to Children’s Literature)

ENGL 6104 Major Figures and Themes in Children’s Literature

ENGL 6890 Directed Reading

ENGL 6996 Thesis (6 hours)

READ 6100 Current Issues and Practices in Literacy

EDUC 5000 Topics in Education (topics that relate to Children’s Literature)