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2020-2021 Graduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Graduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

English (M.A., J.D.)


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Admissions Information  

The J.D./M.A. is available only to candidates who are concurrently enrolled in the School of Law.
Ordinarily, students complete the first year of the J.D. before beginning the M.A. in English.

Master of Arts with Joint Juris Doctor, English Plan A (thesis): Total 30 credit hours


Major Area Coursework


  • Literature before the 20th Century (6 credit hours)
  • 20th and 21st Century British, American, and World Literature (6 credit hours)
  • Literary Criticism (3 credit hours)
  • 1 to 6 cr hrs (6 credit hours required)
  • Law courses 9 credit hours

State Authorization - It Matters Where You Live


If your learning placement course (internship, externship, clinical, rotation, practicum, independent study, study away, etc.) or your online course will be taken outside South Dakota, please reference the State Authorization webpage.

State Authorization

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