Plan
A (Thesis) Requirements
• Is applicable only to
those students admitted to the concentration in creative writing.
Students should apply to the chair of creative writing for admission to
the concentration during their first semester in the program
• 27 credit hours of course work, including 21 credit hours of
courses numbered 600 and above
• 6 additional credit hours of work on the MA thesis
• ENG 620--taken during the first semester if possible
• ENG 633D--taken during the second semester if possible
• Final oral examination on the thesis
• A minimum of 12 credit hours of course work in creative
writing and 12 credit hours of course work outside of that
concentration. Courses cross-listed in different concentrations may be
applied to either area.
• One graduate course in a subject area before 1900. In
exceptional cases, the graduate chair may approve the use of a 400-level
course to meet this requirement.
• One course in the English language (ENG 401, 402, 403, 640,
or equivalent)--taken prior to entering the program. Students may meet
this requirement within the program by taking an undergraduate course in
the English language in addition to the total of 33 credit hours
required for the MA degree or by taking an appropriate graduate course,
such as 640, which will count towards the MA degree but may not also be
used to fulfill the pre-1900 course requirement.
• Reading knowledge of one foreign language
Plan B (Non-thesis) Requirements
• 33 credit hours of
course work, including 27 credit hours in courses numbered 600 and
above. Applies to all students except those in creative writing
• ENG 620--taken during the first semester if possible
• ENG 633B, C or E--a course in theories and methods associated
with the concentration selected by the student, taken during the second
semester if possible
• ENG 691--a minimum of 3 credit hours and a maximum of 6
credit hours required for work on the MA final project
• Final oral examination on the MA project
• One course in the English language (ENG 401, 402, 403, 640,
or equivalent)--taken prior to entering the program. Students may meet
this requirement within the program by taking an undergraduate course in
the English language in addition to the total of 33 credit hours
required for the MA degree or by taking an appropriate graduate course,
such as 640, which will count towards the MA degree but may not also be
used to fulfill the pre-1700 or pre-1900 course requirement.
• Reading knowledge of one foreign language
• Requirements for those in literary studies: between 12 and 24
credit hours of course work in the student’s concentration, including
ENG 633B; one graduate course in a subject area before 1700
• Requirements for those in composition and rhetoric: ENG 633C,
680, 740 and 760; a minimum of 12 credit hours of course work outside
the concentration; one graduate course in a subject area before 1900.
Courses cross-listed in different concentrations may be applied to
either area.
• Requirements for those in cultural studies in Asia/Pacific: a
minimum of 12 credit hours of course work in the concentration,
including ENG 633E and 3 credit hours in Hawai‘i’s local literature,
Asian American literature, or Pacific literature; a minimum of 12 credit
hours of course work outside the concentration; one graduate course in a
subject area before 1900. Courses cross-listed in different
concentrations may be applied to either area. Students in cultural
studies will be allowed to meet 3 credit hours of work in their
concentration with a course outside of the English department with
permission of their concentration adviser.
Doctoral Degree
Since the PhD program offers diverse courses and the
opportunity to specialize in a range of different areas, graduates may
pursue careers from among several professions, including teaching,
research, and writing.
Requirements
PhD candidates must fulfill the residency requirement
and are required to take six graduate-level courses in the Department of
English; two courses, normally at the 400 level or above, in a field
outside of English but related to the student’s research interests;
and ENG 730 (taken after passing the area examination). They must pass
three area examinations and a comprehensive examination and demonstrate
competence in two languages other than English (one of which, if
appropriate to the candidate’s research, may be a computer language).
Candidates will be required to complete an original scholarly or
creative dissertation representing a substantial contribution to the
discipline of English, suitable for publication, and a final oral
examination on the dissertation.
English as a Second Language
College of Languages, Linguistics and Literature
Moore 570
1890 East-West Road
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808) 956-8610
Fax: (808) 956-2802
Web: www.lll.hawaii.edu/esl
Faculty
*R. Jacobs, PhD
(Chair)--English syntax,comparative grammar, discourse analysis,
pedagogic grammar, literature and ESL
*C. Chaudron, PhD (Graduate Chair, MA)--classroom-centered research,
discourse analysis, psycholinguistics, research methods, second-language
acquisition
*R. Bley-Vroman, PhD--English syntax, second-language analysis, formal
models of language acquisition
*J. D. Brown, PhD--language testing, research methods, curriculum design
*G. Crookes, PhD--classroom teaching, classroom-centered research,
materials and syllabus design, discourse analysis, methodology of
science
*K. Davis, PhD--qualitative research methods, language policy and
planning, literacy, bilingual education
*R. Day, PhD--teacher education, teaching of reading and
listening/speaking, vocabulary, global issues and language teaching
*D. Eades, PhD--qualitative sociolinguistics, Aboriginal English and
non-standard varieties of English, language and the law
R. Gibson, PhD--second language learning and teaching, classroom
research, teacher training, bilingual education, Pacific languages and
literacy, program administration
*T. Hudson, PhD--language testing, reading, methods and materials,
English for specific purposes, research methods
*G. Kasper, PhD--second-language discourse analysis, pragmatics,
learning strategies, qualitative research methods
*M. H. Long, PhD--second-language acquisition, ESL methodology, research
methods, English for specific purposes, materials, classroom-centered
research
*R. Schmidt, PhD--sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, second-language
acquisition
*K. Wolfe-Quintero, PhD--second-language analysis and acquisition,
comparative grammar, pedagogic grammar, writing
Cooperating Graduate Faculty
D. Ashworth, PhD--adult second-language acquisition, language-teaching
methodology, computer-assisted language instruction
M. Forman, PhD--sociolinguistics, pidgins and creoles, children’s
speech
S. Jacobs, PhD--the teaching of writing
A. Peters, PhD--child language acquisition, language socialization
K. Rehg, PhD--second-language phonology
H. Roitblat, PhD--cognition, comparative cognition
*Graduate Faculty
Degrees Offered: BA in liberal studies (English
as a second language), MA in English as a second language, PhD in second
language acquisition (interdisciplinary) |