Master of Arts in Rhetoric and Composition (Non-thesis) (Portfolio)

The Texas State MARC program ranks among the top nationwide, with award-winning faculty and a commitment to student success. Students develop unique programs of study combining foundational knowledge with focused study in areas ranging from minority and feminist rhetorics to digital literacies, writing for social justice, and writing center studies.Students present papers at regional and national conferences, win awards, and co-author articles with faculty. Graduates distinguish themselves as university writing teachers and professional writing specialists and pursue doctoral studies in top-tier universities.The goal of the MARC program is to immerse students in historical and contemporary conversations in rhetoric and composition and encourage them to use and contribute to these conversations as they serve the students' own interests and goals. The program is dedicated to students' success by mentoring and collaborating with them, encouraging professional development through workshops and networking, and providing a supportive environment for learning. In short, the program aims to expose students to the richness that is rhetoric and composition and to encourage them to find their own ways to add to this richness.The Master of Arts (M.A.) degree with a major in Rhetoric and Composition ranks among the top nationwide with award-winning faculty and commitment to student success. Students enjoy a vibrant community dedicated to studying written discourse and the teaching of writing within a variety of contexts. The program also develops unique programs of study combining foundational knowledge with focused study in areas ranging from minority and feminist rhetorics to digitial literacies, writing for social justice, and writing center studies.

baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited universityofficial transcripts from each institution where course credit was grantedminimum 2.75 GPA in the last 60 hours of undergraduate course work (plus any completed graduate courses)minimum 3.0 GPA in 12 or more hours of undergraduate English course workGRE not requiredportfolio (submit the following items as a single PDF document):statement of purposeat least two non-fiction documents (combined minimum of 15 pages, double-spaced) consisting of at least one academic research paper written for an undergraduate or graduate coursecover letter explaining when and for whom the submitted writing samples were written and discussing why they have been included as representative workthree letters of recommendationIELTS (academic) - overall scores required 6.5 and minimum individual module scores of 6.0TOEFL iBT - overall scores required with a 78 overall and minimum individual module scores of (19 listening, 19 reading, 19 speaking, 18 writing)