About English and Writing at CSUSB
If you’re passionate about language, storytelling, and the power of words to shape ideas and communities, the M.A. in English and Writing can help you turn that passion into a purpose. You’ll develop as a writer, scholar, and communicator—someone who’s not only skilled in their craft but also socially aware and ready to make an impact.
Choose the path that best fits your goals by focusing on one of five areas:
• Applied Linguistics and Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL)
• Composition and Rhetoric
• Literature
• Pedagogy
• Public and Professional Writing
Every student completes an internship in their chosen field, gaining real-world experience and valuable professional connections. Full-time students focusing on a single concentration can complete the program in as little as two years.
Careers in English and Writing
Graduates of the M.A. in English and Writing go on to inspire others and make an impact in diverse fields. Many teach writing and literature at secondary schools, community colleges, and universities across the country—or teach English abroad.
Others apply their skills as writers, editors, and communicators in industries ranging from technology to finance.
Some graduates continue their academic journey, pursuing doctoral studies at leading universities such as Penn State, Michigan State, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, UC Riverside, UC Irvine, and UC Davis.
Sample Courses
Discourse, Cognition, and Society
Seminar in theoretical approaches to the analysis of discourse from social, pragmatic, and cognitive perspectives.
Cultures of Research in English & Writing Studies
Critical study of disciplinary approaches to research in the fields of composition, linguistics, and literature, with attention to scholarly identities, research methods, research ethics, and research as knowledge production.
Critical Approaches to Literature
Study and practice of various critical approaches after the New Criticism, such as deconstructionism, feminism, reader response, and new historicism, with particular attention to their assumptions about the meaning and function of literature.
Meet Professor Erin Hall, Ph.D., M.A., MSc
Opportunities for Students
As a graduate student in English and Writing Studies, you’ll have plenty of ways to gain hands-on experience and grow professionally. You can apply for paid teaching associateships or faculty-student grants, work as a tutor in CSUSB’s Writing Centers, or serve as a consultant in the Peer Lab. The Office of Student Research & Innovation also offers research and travel grants, and each spring, the Meeting of the Minds Student Research Symposium gives you the chance to present your research or creative projects to the campus community.
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