Program-specific requirements and instructions See below for additional requirements that are program-specific. Program-specific application requirements MA in English: Additional Requirements Statement of purpose and personal goals Statement of purpose of up to words included on Page 4 of the online application form that explains your preparation for graduate study, career goals and research interests, and specifically why you want to study at Iowa State.
We are particularly interested in knowing how your abilities, experiences, awards, and achievements relate to and demonstrate your ability to pursue graduate work in the major. Writing sample s Expository writing sample double-spaced pages demonstrating critical analysis and research skills in the intended major. Applicants typically submit an essay they produced for an undergraduate or graduate course in English or a related field.
MA in RCPC: Additional Requirements Statement of purpose and personal goals double-spaced pages leave the actual admission application form blank where it requests a word statement of purpose. Please state preparation for graduate study, including reasons and objectives for study in the major.
If official scores cannot be sent at the time of application more than five years have elapsed since the test date , the exam must be retaken. Register to the exam or request score reports at www. Iowa State University Inst Code: Creative Writing Sample Include a sample—of no more than 25 pages of prose double-spaced , 15 pages of poetry may be single-spaced , or 25 pages of a script for stage or screen in professional manuscript format —that demonstrates exemplary ability in one genre.
Expository Prose Writing Sample Include a sample of no more than 10 pages double-spaced, standard point serif font. PHD in ALT: Additional Requirements Statement of purpose and personal goals double-spaced pages leave the actual admission application form blank where it requests a word statement of purpose. Please state preparation for graduate study, including reasons and objectives for study in the doctoral program. Writing sample s Writing sample s 35 pages maximum demonstrating critical analysis and research skills with cover sheet contextualizing the document.
Applicants may include two documents totaling a maximum of 35 pages, but at least one document must demonstrate critical analysis and research skills. PHD in RPC: Additional Requirements Statement of purpose and personal goals double-spaced pages leave the actual admission application form blank where it requests a word statement of purpose.
Applicants to one of the other English Department graduate programs must upload the following additional documents: Hogrefe Fellowship Application Form. A creative writing sample of no more than 25 pages of prose double-spaced or 15 pages of poetry may use 1. Credit from ENGL does not count toward graduation.
Introduction to the use of linguistic knowledge in computer applications today and the basic computational techniques used in such applications.
The development of these techniques throughout the history of computational linguistics. How the study of language has contributed to the advancement of technology and how certain computational problems have influenced the way linguists study language. Prereq: Concurrent enrollment in LIB is recommended. Application of critical reading and thinking abilities to topics of civic and cultural importance. Introduction of basic oral, visual, and electronic communication principles to support writing development.
Initiation of communication portfolio. Placement based upon OECT test results. No more than one section of ENGL may be taken per semester; up to two sections total. Offered on a satisfactory-fail basis only. Credit for ENGL does not apply toward graduation. Emphasis on pronunciation improvement and greater fluency in spoken English. Developing explanations, leading discussions and handling questions in a teaching environment.
Seminar with individual observation and consultation. Persons whose native language is English cannot take for credit. Prereq: Credit in or exemption from Study of selected examples of drama, poetry, short fiction, and the novel drawn from both British and American literature. Recommended for nonmajors. Prereq: Credit in or exemption from Course introduces students to the fundamentals of writing fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
Extensive readings in all three genres. Students learn creative processes through writing exercises, workshops, and conferences. Prereq: ENGL A broad introduction to the culture of professional work as a technical communicator, with particular emphasis on principles and best practices for developing and managing technical information and digital media.
Examination of user-centered design, the history of the discipline, cross-cultural communication, and the ethics of communicating complex information to lay audiences. Study and practice of team-based collaboration, project management, and technical editing.
Prereq: Sophomore classification Introduction to linguistic concepts and principles of linguistic analysis with English as the primary source of data. Sound and writing systems, sentence structure, vocabulary, and meaning.
Issues in the study of usage, regional and social dialects, language acquisition, and language change. Overview of grammatical structures and functions.
Parts of speech; phrase, clause, and sentence structure; sentence types and sentence analysis; rhetorical grammar and sentence style; terminology.
Not a remedial, English composition, or ESL course. Prereq: ENGL Representative works of British literature from the origins to in historical, cultural, and literary contexts. Will include multiple genres. Prereq: ENGL Representative works from to the present in historical, cultural, and literary contexts. Prereq: ENGL Representative works of American literature from its origins including indigenous and conquest literatures through the end of the Civil War in historical, cultural, and literary contexts.
Prereq: ENGL Representative works written in the United States since the Civil War in historical, cultural, and literary contexts, with attention to the cultural and ethnic diversity of Americans. Prereq: Credit in or exemption from A survey of the history of film, both U. Class meets two hours per week for lecture and discussion. Lab meets up to 3 hours for film screenings.
Tropes and techniques in oral, visual and written texts. Focus on the role of American Indians in interdisciplinary approaches to modern social and environmental issues as expressed in literary works.
Meets U. Diversity Requirement. Emphasis on supporting a claim and using primary and secondary sources. Continued development of communication portfolio.
Emphasis on argumentation: developing claims, generating reasons, providing evidence. Individual sections organized by special topics. Development of communication portfolio. Prereq: Credit in or exemption from Basic principles of literary study. Emphasis on writing of interpretive and critical essays. Particular attention to poetry. Designed for English majors. Prereq: Credit in or equivalent of Analysis of how information and entertainment forms persuade and manipulate audiences.
Study of several forms that may include newspapers, speeches, television, film, advertising, fiction, and magazines. Special attention to verbal and visual devices. Prereq: ENGL , junior classification Rhetorical concepts and processes to successfully communicate individually and collaboratively via written, oral, visual, and electronic modes across a range of business disciplines. Prereq: ENGL , junior classification Theory, principles and processes of effective written, oral, visual, and electronic communication typically encountered in business and the professions.
Extensive practice in many areas of workplace communication, including letter, memo, and email correspondence; short proposals and reports; policies and procedures; job packet including letters of application and resumes; website analysis; brochures; and individual and team presentations. Prereq: ENGL , not open to freshmen Practical workshop in writing nonfiction articles for popular magazines. Emphasis on writing, market research, preparation of manuscripts, methods of submission.
Major goal of the course is production of marketable material. Prereq: ENGL , not open to freshmen Progresses from practice in basic techniques of fiction writing to fully developed short stories. Emphasis on writing, analytical reading, workshop criticism, and individual conferences.
Prereq: ENGL , not open to freshmen Workshop in writing imaginative essays, both critical and personal. Analytical reading, development of literary techniques. Individual and small group conferences. Emphasis on stories that embody a female literary life, gender-specific ways of creating characters and conflicts, analytical reading and writing, workshop criticism and shared commentaries.
Includes multi-modal projects. Prereq: ENGL , junior classification Rhetorical concepts and processes to individually and collaboratively develop proposals for business, governmental, nonprofit, or other organizations and to report on the work completed both orally and in writing. Emphasizes the structure and classification of proposal and report types, qualitative and quantitative research methods, audience analysis, document design, and data visualization.
Focus on selected theories for analyzing cultural texts, including essays, speeches, film, technical and scientific documents, and websites.
Emphasis on identifying artifacts, formulating research questions, applying methodologies, and understanding and practicing critical analysis through discussion and in writing.
Prereq: ENGL Rhetorical concepts and processes to successfully communicate individually and collaboratively via written, oral, visual, and electronic modes in disciplines in and related to biological sciences.
Emphasizes the strategies for analyzing and adapting to audiences in the biological sciences. Covers developing and designing documentation, presenting scientific data visually, and communicating results orally.
Focus on writing according to web style guidelines, employing cascading stylesheets for layout and design, and using principles of information architecture to determine optimal site structure.
Final project involves constructing interactive client site using latest web standards. Prereq: ENGL , junior classification Rhetorical concepts and processes to successfully communicate technical information individually and collaboratively via written, oral, visual, and electronic modes.
Emphasizes the major strategies for analyzing expert and lay audiences and adapting information to those audiences. Covers developing and designing usable technical documentation, visualizing data, and presenting technical information orally. Prereq: ENGL , junior classification Theories, principles, and processes of effective written, oral, visual, and electronic communication of technical information.
Department Meeting Via Zoom. January 26 Jan February 16 Feb February 23 Feb Apply Now. Three letters of recommendation LOR 2. Statement of purpose and personal goals 4. Application for Teaching Assistantship statement 5. Writing sample according to our guidelines 6. Review downloadable Graduate Application Instructions document.
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