Overview

Department of Literature and Language / Department of Literature and Language is located in Johnson City, TN, in a small setting.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree	Concentration
(Postbaccalaureate Certificate)	Teaching English to speakers of other languages
(Postbaccalaureate Certificate)	Healthcare translation and interpreting
Master of Arts (MA)	Literature

Earning Your Degree

Part-time study available?
Evening/weekend programs available?
Distance learning programs available?	No

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Master's Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE General Test Comp Exam Required Thesis Optional
Other Advanced Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE General Test, speaking and listening assessment 1 Foreign Language

Admissions

Applying

55

Application Fee - Domestic

65

Application Fee - International

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Application Deadlines

Type	Domestic	International	Priority date
Fall deadline	June 1st	April 29th	No
Spring deadline	November 1st	September 29th	No

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Master's Degree Exam	GRE General Test
Master's Degree Requirements	Minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0 in English, writing sample, three letters of recommendation
Additional Entrance Requirements	Resume, three letters of recommendation, two years of coursework or basic proficiency in a foreign language

International Students

Exam	Details
TOEFL: Required	TOEFL Paper score: 550 TOEFL IBT score: 79

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Financial award applicants must submit:	FAFSA
Application deadlines for financial awards	July 1
Types of financial support available	Research Assistantships Teaching Assistantships Institutionally-sponsored Loans Scholarship and/or loans Graduate Assistantships Career or field-related internships

Research

Focus of faculty research:	Linguistics and dialectology, English education, critical literary theory, literary biography, environmental literature, modern and ancient languages
Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:	0

Location & Contact

Address Box 70683
Johnson City, TN  37614
United States

Contact Dr. Katherine Weiss
Chair
Email: weisk01@etsu.edu
Phone: 423-439-4347
Fax: 423-439-7193

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