Catalog Description: An examination of the theoretical and methodological issues attending the study of written texts including literacy, circulation, production, and reception in premodern and modern manuscript cultures; training in paleography, codicology, manuscript genetics, and archival research methods

Catalog Description: Readings in composition theory and discussion of practical classroom applications.

Catalog Description: Research and writing project under the close supervision of a faculty member expert and with the consultation of a second faculty reader. The field of study is chosen by the student. Work is independent and varies. The model is an article in a scholarly journal.

Catalog Description: Research and writing project under the close supervision of a faculty member expert in the field of study chosen by the student within the MAT degree orientation toward the teaching of English, and with the consultation of a second faculty reader. The model is an article in a scholarly journal.

Catalog Description: Intensive reading in literature or criticism, directed by members of doctoral supervisory committee.