Overview
The master’s degree program in English at The University of Toledo draws a talented group of students from across the country and the world. The 1:1 ratio of professors to students allows small classes and close mentoring relationships.
UToledo’s master’s program has a strong record of success in preparing students for post-graduate life. We're a particularly good fit for students who are not quite ready for a large M.A. or Ph.D. program, but who benefit from the personal mentorship and training we offer in a smaller graduate program.
English Master’s degree concentrations
- Literature
Top Reasons to Study english at UToledo
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Vibrant faculty.Our energetic community of scholars mentors graduate students and teaches a wide range of classes in literature and writing. They are active researchers, writers, and scholars. Graduate seminars are small with a strong interdisciplinary, multicultural focus.
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Funding options.
Our graduate students can apply for scholarships, teaching fellowships and assistantships.
- All qualified, full-time students are considered for graduate assistantships, which include a full tuition waiver and stipend.
- Most UToledo master's English students get valuable teaching experience by working as teaching assistants in the composition program.
- Funding is available to cover students' travel costs to attend and present research at national conferences.
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Multidisciplinary and innovative courses.UToledo faculty offers seminars in a broad array of topics, from medieval performance to post-Brexit immigration narrative, and everything in between.
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Individual attention.Our small class sizes and 1:1 student ratio allow for one-on-one interaction between students and faculty.
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Network.
UToledo’s English department educates and inspires. It hosts outstanding speakers and sponsors workshops and symposiums.
- Network with distinguished writers and scholars at our annual Richard M. Summers Memorial Lecture and other events. The Summers lecture is aligned with a graduate seminar. Guests speak publicly, but also interact closely with students in the seminar and smaller, question-and-answer settings. Recent speakers included George Saunders, Zadie Smith, Danzy Senna, Naomi Shihab Nye, Carl Phillips, Mark Doty, Wai Chee Dimock, Michael Bérubé, Vijay Prashad and Carolyn Williams.
- Workshops on professionalization have addressed Ph.D. applications, post-graduate careers and how to transition into a doctoral program.
- A recent day-long symposium called “ ‘I Got a Lust for Life’: The Unique Words and Sounds of Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan” featured several distinguished speakers, including Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tyehimba Jess.
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Teaching experience.
UToledo English faculty members are dedicated teachers and active researchers, theorists, poets and novelists. They have expertise in:
- African-American literature
- British, American and world literature
- Business and technical writing
- Cell 4
- Linguistics
- Postcolonial and diasporic literature
- Rhetoric and composition
- Writing in multimedia environments
- Writing theory and pedagogy
- Victorian literature
What jobs can I get with an english degree?
UToledo graduate students in the English master's program have been accepted into doctoral programs at:
- Howard University
- Michigan State University
- Penn State University
- Syracuse University
- University of Iowa
- University of Minnesota
- University of New Mexico
- University of Texas, Austin
UToledo alumni of the master’s program in English are working as:
- Attorney specializing in criminal defense and civil rights litigation, Chicago
- Community library manager, Queens Library, New York
- Editor, Beacon Press, Boston
- Education resource specialist, WGTE public television, Toledo
- English instructors, Owens Community College, Rutgers University and others
- Founder and editor, Girls in Capes (online publishing)
- Head of education and outreach services, University of Colorado, Denver Libraries
- Marketing manager, Cengage Publishing, Boston
- Screenwriter/editor, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton
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