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学分的课程探讨了有关写作，写作教学和写作环境的最新理论，包括语言学，批判理论和话语分析。写作研究的集中性使学生能够对写作研究的教学构成和实证研究的理论和实践产生兴趣。学生可以从构成理论，教学法，语言学，读写能力和修辞学等可用课程中进行选择。该学位的候选人也可以参加传播学院（内森·斯托默）和教育学院的相关课程。
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 Writing Studies allows students to develop an interest in the theory and practice of teaching composition and empirical research in writing studies. The student may choose from among available courses in composition theory, pedagogy, linguistics, literacy, and rhetoric.