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Application and Admission Requirements

Application Deadline

For fall admissions, the Priority Placement deadline for applications is January 15. Applications received prior to January 15 will be given first consideration for assistantships and financial incentives. Applications will be accepted through April 15, but the availability of assistantships and incentive packages diminishes after the January 15 Priority Placement deadline.

For spring admissions, the application deadline is October 15.

Certificate in TESOL

The Department of English at Oklahoma State University is now offering a program leading to Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages – TESOL. The Certificate in TESOL is a one-year program designed to provide students with the skills important for teaching English to non-native speakers in a variety of situations.

Master of Fine Arts Degree

The MFA in Creative Writing at Oklahoma State University allows students to focus on developing their abilities as poets and/or fiction writers, through a course of study emphasizing creative writing workshops, literature seminars, and electives in either of those areas or other areas in language and culture. In consultation with their advisory committees, students devise an individualized curriculum that reflects their own artistic and intellectual interests and prepares them to publish their artistic writing, enter a PhD program, or to teach at the college level.

Master's Degree

The MA in English at Oklahoma State University allows students to develop expertise in a variety of areas: British and American Literature, Literary Theory and Criticism, Screen Studies, Composition & Rhetoric, Linguistics, and Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL). In consultation with their advisory committees, students devise an individualized curriculum that reflects their own intellectual interests and prepares them to enter a PhD program or to teach at the college level.

Doctoral Degree

The English Department grants one doctoral degree, the PhD in English. Students may, however, emphasize in their courses, their exams, and their dissertations a variety of areas: all periods of British and American literature, Native American literature and language, creative writing, literary theory and criticism, screen studies, rhetoric and professional writing, composition and rhetoric, linguistics, and teaching English as a second language (TESL). They may also choose an interdisciplinary emphasis. In consultation with their advisory committees, students devise an individualized curriculum that reflects their own intellectual interests and professional goals.

For more information, please contact the English Graduate Office at: EnglishGrad@okstate.edu or 405-744-9469.


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English Department
College of Arts & Sciences
Oklahoma State University
205 Morrill Hall
Stillwater, OK 74078
Phone: 405-744-9474
For Information about English Programs: english.information@okstate.edu
Webmaster: engweb@okstate.edu

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All graduate students must apply and be accepted into the OSU Graduate College, as well as the English Department.

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