Composition (M.A.)
Important: This degree plan is effective for those starting this degree program in fall 2025 through summer 2026. This degree plan will remain in effect for students who do not break enrollment or who do not change degree programs, concentrations, or cognates.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Program Courses | ||
| Core Courses | ||
| ENGL 570 | Classical Rhetoric | 3 |
| ENGL 602 | Methods and Materials of Research | 3 |
| ENGL 603 | Literary Theory and Practice | 3 |
| ENGL 607 | Composition Studies | 3 |
| ENGL 608 | Modern Rhetoric | 3 |
| ENGL 654 | Methods of Teaching Writing Across the Curriculum | 3 |
| Composition Elective Courses | ||
| Choose any two of the following: | 6 | |
| Strategies and Tactics of Persuasion | ||
| Writing as Cultural Engagement | ||
| Advanced English Grammar | ||
| Speech Writing for Candidates and Officeholders | ||
| Grant Writing | ||
| Writing Fiction | ||
| Creative Nonfiction | ||
| Technical Writing | ||
| Elective Courses | ||
| Elective 2 | 3 | |
| Elective 2 | 3 | |
| Elective 2 | 3 | |
| Elective 2 | 3 | |
| Total Hours | 36 | |
- 1
Students wanting a thesis option may take ENGL 6893,4 & ENGL 6903 as part of the Elective courses
- 2
Choose any 500-600 level course not already required in the degree.
- 3
Any thesis student who is not ready for enrollment in ENGL 690 after completing ENGL 689 may be required, as determined by the student’s thesis chair, to repeat ENGL 689 until deemed ready for enrollment in ENGL 690
- 4
- While ENGL 689 may be taken more than once, only one enrollment in the course will be permitted to count toward degree requirements.
All applicable prerequisites must be met
Graduation Requirements
- Complete 36 hours
- A maximum of 50% of the program hours may be transferred if approved and allowable, including credit from an earned degree from Liberty University on the same academic level
- 3.0 GPA
- No more than two grades of C may be applied to the degree (includes grades of C+ & C-)
- No grade of D or below may be applied to the degree (includes grades of D+ &D-)
- Degree must be completed within 5 years
- Submission of Degree Completion Application must be completed within the last semester of a student's anticipated graduation date
Program Offered in Online Format
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Hours | |
| ENGL 570 | Classical Rhetoric | 3 |
| ENGL 602 | Methods and Materials of Research | 3 |
| ENGL 603 | Literary Theory and Practice | 3 |
| Hours | 9 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| ENGL 607 | Composition Studies | 3 |
| ENGL 608 | Modern Rhetoric | 3 |
| Composition Elective 1 | 3 | |
| Hours | 9 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Third Semester | ||
| ENGL 654 | Methods of Teaching Writing Across the Curriculum | 3 |
| Composition Elective 1 | 3 | |
| Elective 2,3 | 3 | |
| Hours | 9 | |
| Fourth Semester | ||
| Elective 2,3 | 3 | |
| Elective 2,3 | 3 | |
| Elective 2,3 | 3 | |
| Hours | 9 | |
| Total Hours | 36 | |
- 1
Choose from the following courses for which prerequisites have been met: COMS 554, ENGL 601, 633, PPOG 635, WRIT 601, 610, 612, or 633.
- 2
Choose any 500-600 level course.
- 3
Students wanting a thesis option may take ENGL 6894,5 & 690 as part of the Elective courses.
- 4
Any thesis student who is not ready for enrollment in ENGL 690 after completing ENGL 689 may be required, as determined by the student’s thesis chair, to repeat ENGL 689 until deemed ready for enrollment in ENGL 690.
- 5
While ENGL 689 may be taken more than once, only one enrollment in the course will be permitted to count toward degree requirements.