MA Qualifying Exam Reading Lists

British Literature: Old English to 1660 (including Milton)
British Literature: 1660-1900
American Literature: Colonial-1900
Literature in English post-1900
Critical Theory
Linguistics
TESL
Composition and Rhetoric
Screen Studies
Technical Writing Option
TESL Option

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

Schedule for the Exam

MA students take one five-hour qualifying examination that is administered on a single day. It is given each September and February, on the fourth Saturday of the semester.

Students must submit a signed notice of intent to take the examination by the end of the first week of classes.

Students must take the exams on the Stillwater campus. No exams are offered during the summer.