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381 Master's degrees in Literature in North America
English Language and Literature
The English Language and Literature program at University of Maryland teaches students how to think critically, communicate clearly, and create fearlessly. Equipped with a versatile and interdisciplinary liberal arts education, our students emerge from our classrooms well-prepared to navigate the complex landscape of the current moment.
Comparative Literature
The Department of Comparative Literature offers the Master of Arts (M.A.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in Comparative Literature. The department from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) only admits students with the objective of the Ph.D. degree.
Creative Writing and Poetics
Creative Writing and Poetics from Naropa University encourages the practice of writing as literary experiment: a radical inquiry into mind and language, and, by extension, into the nature of otherness and interdependence.
Spanish
The Spanish MA program offered at University of South Florida supports a broad, intellectually-driven approach to teaching language, culture, and literature in higher education.
Literacy Specialist
The Literacy Specialist K-12 (MA) degree program at Lindenwood University prepares certified teachers with extensive knowledge in the use of strategies and techniques to strengthen the reading capabilities of young children, adolescents, and adults.
Literature
The Literature programme at The University of Montana offers a comprehensive exploration of diverse written works. This full-time degree focuses on developing critical thinking and language expertise. Students engage with canonical and noncanonical texts to master the expressive potential of language in a professional context.
Slavic Languages and Literatures
The Slavic Languages and Literatures degree program at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign offers a comprehensive course of study in Russian literature, language, and culture.
English (online)
The English Department’s Master of Arts program is designed to make the UNO M.A. in English more accessible to students. The English (online) program at the University of New Orleans provides students with advanced subject-matter expertise in American literature, British literature, and rhetoric/professional writing.
Composition and Rhetoric
Composition and Rhetoric from University of Central Oklahoma prepares students for post-secondary teaching and doctoral-level research in these fields.
Professional Writing
The Master of Professional Writing (MPW) from University of Oklahoma is one of the first programs of its kind in the United States, focusing on popular fiction and nonfiction.
Romance Languages
The Romance Languages programme at Appalachian State University offers a comprehensive full-time degree focused on Linguistics and Literature. Students engage in deep cultural and linguistic study over a four-year duration. This undergraduate course provides a robust academic foundation within a prestigious public institution.
Professional Creative Writing
Professional Creative Writing from University of Denver helps students cultivate your writing skills, learn how to offer work to publishers and agents, and lay the foundation for creating a personal brand.
Secondary Education - Reading
The Secondary Education - Reading program from Indiana University Southeast fits you if you are a high school teacher looking to boost your qualifications to teach reading.
Languages, Literatures and Cultures
The purpose of the Languages, Literatures and Cultures program at the University of Delaware is to provide students with the opportunity for professional growth in the areas of language proficiency, in-depth understanding of literature, civilization and culture, as well as research and teaching skills.
Literature
Literature faculty at University of Houston Clear Lake offer a variety of seminars in English, American, and World literature each semester during convenient evening hours.
Literature
Students in the Literature program from Texas State University have the extraordinary opportunity to hear and meet a wide variety of writers. Most authors stay for a few days, giving readings, attending receptions, visiting classes, and meeting with graduate students. Other major writers join the faculty for two-year terms.
Reading Specialist Endorsement
Reading Specialist Endorsement at Old Dominion University is designed to provide professional training for prospective reading specialists, literacy coaches, and elementary- and secondary-level reading teachers or a general master's degree in reading.
English
The English Department at the Memorial University of Newfoundland is a dynamic and productive community of 23 full-time faculty members engaged in active research programs, graduate supervision, and publication of literary scholarship and creative writing.
Asian Languages and Cultures
University of Wisconsin Madison offers a new interdisciplinary M.A. and Ph.D. program in Asian Languages and Cultures. Students may take advantage of the many opportunities within the department and on campus to do in-depth research on Asia from multiple disciplinary perspectives and across the traditional area studies divisions of East, South, and Southeast Asia.
Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies
The Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies program from University of Arkansas is an innovative interdisciplinary graduate program for advanced studies in literature and culture across linguistic, national, disciplinary, and genre boundaries.