Application for the Ph

ApplicationfortheM.A.inEnglish,Spring 2018

Instructions: Pleasecompletethefollowinginformation byclickingon andtypingin theboxesprovided.When youhavecompletedtheapplication,pleasesend it,yourpersonalstatement,yourwritingsample, and yourresume orCV to theDirectorof GraduateStudiesin English.Pleaseattachthe items to an emaildirectedto.Applications andallsupportingmaterialsmustbereceived by November 1, 2017.

I.Forwhich M.A.emphasisare youapplying,andinwhat mode?Emphases:

Britishand AmericanLiteratureCreativeWritingAmericanLiterature Fiction

EarlyBritishLiteraturePoetry

LaterBritishLiteratureNonfictionNineteenth-CenturyStudies

Literature,SocialJustice,andEnvironment

BookHistory

ComparativeLiterature, Translation,andGlobalizationLinguistics

Filmand MediaStudies

Mode:On-siteOnline

II.BasicInformation(items 1-3)

1.Name

LastFirstMiddle

2.EmailTelephone

3.Address

Streetand numberCityStateZipCitizenship

III.AcademicInformation(items1-4)

1.Academicdegreesreceived orexpected

College/UniversityDatesAttendedDegreeTakenMajor/GPA

(1)

(2)

(3)

2.Honors,awards,orrecognitionsreceived.

3.Special skillsortraining(foreignlanguagefluency,computerability,etc.).

4.Recentorrelevantemployment(ifany),includingteachingexperience.

EmployerLocationDatesNature ofWork

(1)

(2)

(3)

IV.ApplicationInformation(items1-3)

If no, pleaseindicateanticipatedexamdate:

Ifyes,pleasereportscores:*VerbalQuantitativeWriting

*The GRE GeneralExamination isrequestedofallapplicantsforenrollmenttrackingand forpurposes of scholarship/fellowshipapplications.Official scoresmustbesent tothe GraduateSchool.TheEnglishsubjecttest is notrequired.

3. Persons who willsubmitlettersofrecommendation(anemailaddressis satisfactory):Name ContactInformation

(1)

(2)

(3).

Iwaive/do notwaivemyrightto viewthe recommendationssubmittedon mybehalf,perthe provisionsoftheFamilyEducationalRights and PrivacyAct.

V.AdditionalMaterials(items1-4)

1.Statement of700-1000words.Indicateyouracademicinterests,yourcareerobjectives,and how theseinterestsandobjectivessuityou to graduatestudyatTexasTech. Youmayalsoincludeotherinformationthatwould behelpfultothosereviewingyourapplication.

2.Writingsample.Applicantsinliterature andlinguisticsshouldprovidean essaythatshows capacityforanalyticalwritingand scholarlyresearch(8-12 pp.). Applicants increativewritingshouldsubmitaprosepieceorbrief collectionofpoems(8-12 pp.).

3.Resume,CV, or List ofPublications and Awards.Thisdocumentisoptionalfortheapplicationprocess,butwemayneed itin ordertonominateyouforuniversityfellowshipsand scholarships.

4.Letters ofRecommendation.Pleasehave thethreerecommendersnamedabove sendtheirrecommendationsas emailattachmentsto .Pleaseinformyourrecommenderswhether ornotyouhavewaivedyourrightto seetheletters,asindicatedabove.

VI.ElectronicSignatureand Verification(if you submit a hardcopy,you may hand-signthe document)

Bytyping myname and date inthefollowingbox, Iherebysignthisdocumentelectronicallyandattestthatallinformationgivenin thisentiredocument is truetothebestof myknowledge. Ialsoattestthatalldocumentssubmittedasmyown workare infactmyownwork,with no plagiarismor otheracademicallydishonestcontent.

NameDate

DepartmentofEnglish,TexasTechUniversity

Revised8/2016

NOTE:Thefollowingdata is collectedforthe purposeofstatisticaltrackingofstudentdiversity asrequiredbytheUniversity’saccreditationagencies;itwillnot beused intheadmissionsdecision.

VII.Demographicinformation

Which ofthesedemographicdescriptionsdo youfeelbestdescribesyou?White(notof Latino/adescent) Caribbean

Latino/aNativeAmerican/Alaskan

African-AmericanPrefernotto answer

Hawaiian/PacificIslanderOther(pleasespecify)Asian

Ifyou are aninternationalstudent,ofwhatcountryareyou a citizen?

Ifyou are an Americancitizen, which oftheseregionaldescriptionsbestfitsyou?US NortheastUSMidwest

US NorthwestUSSouth

USSouthwestUSWest

TexasUSTerritory