Completion of the MA program in American Studies requires 30 credits and the successful completion of a final project.
18 credits in core courses
6-9 credits in electives
3-6 credits in research and writing related to the final project
Continuing students can register for courses using the telephone registration system. The graduate school will mail out Personal Identification Numbers (PINs) allowing you to register for courses for the coming semester. (The university assesses a late registration fee for students not registering during the designated period).
Newly admitted students can request a PIN from the Graduate Director or from the Graduate Admissions and Records Office after their admissions process has been completed and they have formally accepted an offer of admission.
Spaces in graduate classes are given on a first-come first-served basis to continuing and then to newly admitted matriculated students. Non-degree students cannot register for graduate courses until shortly before the new term begins.
Graduate students who plan to continue
graduate study at the University, but are not registering for courses in a given
semester, must maintain their active status by filling out a program fee form
(available from Graduate Admission and Records) and paying a $1750.00 fee to
the Office of Graduate Admissions and Records. Program fees are due by the end
of the first week of classes, normally at the end of the add-drop period. If
students do not pay the program fee by this time, they will not be counted in
our program enrollment figures. Those who allow active status to lapse and then
seek to return at a later date are liable for all accumulated fees and will
be required to apply for readmission. Students taking a leave of absence (for
any reason) must also pay the program fee to remain enrolled as an active graduate
student at the University.
Students new to the program should meet with the Graduate Director to plan their courses for the following semester. The Graduate Director holds extended office hours during preregistration periods each semester. Continuing students should check in with the Graduate Director once a semester to discuss their progress through the program.