英语文学硕士通常是30个学分的学位（十门课程），其中可能包括六个学分的论文工作。非英语专业的学生可能会被要求完成39个学分。9-12学分的工作坊和论文学分的诗歌，小说或非小说类作品。除了接受文学和文学批评方面的研究生训练外，创造性写作的集中性使学生能够专注于小说，诗歌和/或创造性非小说的写作并准备创造性论文。研究生创意写作课程将车间情况与一对一教学结合起来，使学生能够与执业专业人员紧密合作。
The University of Maine Master of Arts in English engages MA candidates as scholars, teachers, and artists who understand that individual excellence is developed within a community that values respectful exchange and a strong network of peer and mentor support. All of our program's areas of expertisepoetics, writing studies, literature, creative writingcentralize dialogue, experimentation, and collaboration. We responsibly challenge received ideas in our disciplines with a passion for new approaches and a nuanced understanding of our histories. Our degree culminates with a professional portfolio our graduates use to advance their goals toward PhD or MFA programs, teaching careers, employment in the private or public-sector, or personal growth. Students who seek a learning environment that supports them even as it challenges them to enhance their knowledge, explore new ideas, and gain experience in literary analysis, research, writing, and teaching will find themselves at home with us. Our critical strength is our diversity of approaches and the kinds of experiences we offer. MA candidates can expect to grow in different and sometimes unexpected directions as they explore many different facets of English studies. While deepening and widening their knowledge of literature, our MA candidates find themselves preparing technical documentation, editing a short story, writing an innovative assignment sequence or grant application, and/or taking up the challenges of poetics, empirical field-research on writing, and literary and rhetorical theory.<br><br>The concentration in Fiction Writing allows the student to focus on the writing of fiction, an on preparing a creative thesis, in addition to receiving graduate-level training in literature and literary criticism. Graduate fiction writing courses combine workshop situations with one-on-one instruction and enable students to work closely with practicing professionals.