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MA Literature

2 Years On Campus Masters Program

University of California Santa Cruz

Program Overview

The Literature Department fosters work that cuts across linguistic, national, and period boundaries. The graduate curriculum is designed to give students maximum flexibility in constructing their fields of research and to provide exposure to cultural production and theoretical work that is historical and global in scope. True to the department s history of innovation it was among the first literature departments in the US to offer foci on World Literature and Cultural Studies and on Pre- and Early Modern Studies the recently added Ph.D. concentration in Creative/Critical writing crosses the boundary between creative work and criticism.

Program Key Stats

$37900 (Annual cost)



58 %

Eligibility Criteria


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Additional Information & Requirements

Personal history/statementStatement of PurposeWriting SampleCurrent GRE Scores (General Test only)Three letters of recommendation (MUST be submitted online)Transcripts. It will now be possible to upload unofficial transcripts for the application. Official transcrips will not be required until an admitted student accepts. If you are a non-native English speaker you will be required to take an English language competency exam. UC Santa Cruz accepts the TOEFL or IELTS test. Official scores must also be sent

Career Options

  • Literature and Anthropology
  • Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
  • Education
  • Feminist Studies
  • History of Consciousness
  • Latin American and Latino Studies
  • Philosophy
  • Politics
  • Sociology
  • Visual Studies

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