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- ENG 740: Seminar in w88 slot online Intellectualism
- Either ENG 711: Introduction to w88 slot online Study or ENG 730: Introduction to w88 slot online Study in Rhetoric and Composition
- ENG 736, an equivalent internship, ora substantial public-w88 slot online project of the student’s own design that requires a total of at least 45 hours to complete. An Experiential Learning Application (available on Nevada Box) must be completed and approved in advance by theMAPEcommittee for courses/projects other than ENG 736.To receive credit for the Experiential Learning Component, the student must write a reflective essay of 10-15 pages, submitted either to the ENG 736 instructor of record or theMAPEcommittee chair, that (a) examines the academic, personal, and community facets of the experience through one or more appropriate theoretical lenses drawn fromMAPEcoursework; and (b) addresses the question of how the experience informed or revised the student’s assumptions about what public w88 slot online means and does.
- Two Power, Place, and Publics courses: A PPP application (available on Nevada Box) must be completed by w88 slot online and instructor for each course and approved by the MAPE committee.
- In addition to the above, one rhetoric course and one w88 slot online course
- Interdisciplinary literacy requirement. Competence in a foreign language, two 600- or 700-level w88 slot online in a cognate discipline, or three advanced w88 slot online in linguistics; a plan must be approved by the committee chair.Note: interdisciplinary literacy courses that are not ENG courses (or cross-listed as such) count neither toward the 23 700-level credits nor the 33 w88 slot online credits required for the Master's degree.
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Comprehensive examination
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Please review the M.A. public w88 slot online checklist of degree requirements.