Past exams

Here you can find reading lists for the past five years, along with a sample exam from a previous year.

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Reading List

These are the readings for the current exam. Remember that you MUST purchase the precise edition given here. These are the only books you will be allowed to bring with you on the day of the exam.

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Graduate School Forms

Forms for international students, certification, registration and requests for travel and other activities.

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Independent study

The link here will open a pdf form to apply for a Graduate/Independent Study opportunity.

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Graduation Information for graduate students

Find out details of applying to graduate, along with a checklist and dates and deadlines.

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Travel

The following are the two forms graduate students should look over if they are looking to be reimbursed for travel.


Deadlines

Travel

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Graduation

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At the English in Action Showcase, lecturer Michelle Britt (l) discusses with Christopher Johnson, Michael Carollo and Devon Reece how English influences daily life.

Newest Reading List

Reading List for Comprehensive Examination, 2012-2013

Remember that you MUST purchase the precise edition given here. These are the only books you will be allowed to bring with you on the day of the exam. You should read the material included in the critical editions as well as other pertinent criticism.

Please be advised that once a student enters the exam room on the day of the exam, they will be recorded as having attempted the exam. If the student does not remain to take the exam, departs without attempting to complete it, and/or fails to submit their responses within the allotted time frame, they will receive a failing grade for that attempt.

Author: William Godwin
Title: Memoirs of the Author of the Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Publisher: Broadview Press (February 2001)
ISBN: 978-1551112596

Author: Susan Jarratt
Title: Rereading the Sophists: Classical Rhetoric Refigured
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press (August 1, 1998)
ISBN: 978-0809322244

Author: Ursula K. LeGuin
Title: The Left Hand of Darkness
Publisher: Ace Trade; Trade Paperback Edition edition (July 1, 2000)
ISBN: 978-0441007318

Authors: James Milroy & Lesley Milroy
Title: Authority in Language: Investigating Standard English
Publisher: Routledge; 3 edition (December 24, 1998)
ISBN: 978-0415174138

Author: Edmund Spenser
Title: Fairie Queene (first book) in Edmund Spenser’s Poetry
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 3 Sub edition (December 17, 1992)
ISBN: 978-0393962994


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