Master of Arts - English - Literature - Thesis Option

The MA in literary studies at Colorado State University is designed to facilitate the intellectual growth of passionate teachers, insightful scholars, and engaged public citizens. Graduates have gone on to highly-ranked PhD programs, publishing houses, and careers in the non-profit sector; whatever your aspirations, the training you receive at CSU will prepare you for a more vibrant future.

Faculty in the literature program approach texts from a wide range of methodological approaches, and graduate courses offer students an opportunity to follow their own interests in fields such as contemporary cultural studies, ecocriticism, critical theory, gender studies, and postcolonial theory. Although the members of our faculty research and teach a broad range of writing in English, we have a particular strength in early British and American literatures. Our faculty is committed to maintaining a low ratio of graduate students to professors to ensure that teachers and advisors can devote significant time and attention to each student’s work: we cultivate an intimate environment and challenge every student to reach his or her potential.