Arizona State University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

 Department of English

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Arizona State University
Department of English
Box 870302
Tempe, AZ 85287-0302
480.965.3168

Main Office Location:
G. Homer Durham Language and Literature Building - LL 542

 

MASTER'S IN PASSING

The Department of English may grant the Master's in Passing to Ph.D. students not already holding the M.A. in English degree from this or any university. Regularly admitted students in the doctoral program can be considered for the M.A. in Passing when they have completed 33 hours of coursework judged to be equivalent to the M.A. distribution requirement and submit the portfolio of papers that constitute Part I of the Ph.D. examination process. The student must have 84 hours of ASU coursework on the Ph.D. program of study in order to be eligible to receive the Master's in Passing. The student's dissertation committee will be responsible for determining if all course requirements for the proposed degree have been met, as indicated in an M.A. program of study, and if the portfolio requirement has been fulfilled.

The culminating experience for the M.A. in Passing will be the portfolio component of the doctoral examination process. Once the portfolio has been judged acceptable, the student can apply for a Master's in Passing.

Ph.D. students who have met the above requirements and wish to be awarded the MIP should contact Sheila Luna, the graduate coordinator, who will submit a Master's in Passing Request form to the Graduate College. The Graduate College will confirm the student's eligibility for the MIP and then work with Graduate Admissions to make the necessary system changes that will allow the student to submit the MIP iPOS online through ASU Interactive. Once that is done, the student will be sent an email alerting them to file the iPOS.

The student will submit the iPOS through the normal procedures to the department for approval. Please note that the Graduation Office will NOT review the iPOS for a Master's in Passing until the student has applied for graduation. Once the student has applied for graduation, the Graduation Office will review the MIP iPOS. If the iPOS is approved, the Graduate College will also enter the culminating experience results at that time.

The MIP will be awarded at the end of the semester, with all other degrees, per normal graduation procedures.

 


 

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