English

Accelerated Master’s Programs

Learn more about our AMP specializations

The Accelerated Master’s Programs in English provide a pathway for high-achieving English majors and minors to get a head-start on earning their Master’s degree while completing their B.A.

Earn your B.A. + M.A.

Accelerated Master’s Programs in English

Undergraduate students enrolled in an AMP can earn up to 9 credits toward their M.A. degree by taking up to three regular 500-level courses while enrolled as undergrads. Those courses double-count toward the B.A. and the M.A. with a grade of B or better, shortening the time to complete an M.A. degree by at least one semester for most students. Students of other majors may also be eligible to apply.

Our AMP program specializations include:

  • English Education
  • Literature
  • TEFL/TESL
  • Writing, Rhetoric, & Social Change

Admission Process

Review the following steps to begin your AMP journey with the English department.

  • Interested students should complete the following steps for each specialization:

    1. Speak with a faculty member to see if the AMP program is right for you.
    2. Complete and submit the AMP request for admission form. You will receive a decision on your application from the director of the MA program in your specialization.
    3. Review your specialization’s guidelines and requirements (below) and contact Graduate Programs Assistant Emily Dailey with any questions you have about the AMP.
    4. Earn cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.

  • Program-specific admission requirements, guidelines, and suggested pathways

    ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS – To apply to the English Education AMP, you must:

    • Have been accepted to the CEP teacher licensure program
    • Have a GPA of 3.0 or higher
    • Have already completed a minimum of 3 E-prefix courses with grades of B or better
    • Have completed and earned a grade of A in at least two of the following required upper-division English Education courses:
      • E301, E322, E375, E401, E402, and/or E405

    Download full English Education AMP guidelines

    ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS – To apply to the Literature AMP, you must:

    • Have a GPA of 3.0 or higher (minimum undergraduate GPA of 2.0 considered in exceptional circumstances)
    • Have already completed a minimum of 3 E-prefix courses with grades of B or better
    • Have completed E311 Reading and Writing Literary Criticism with a grade of A- or better

    Download full Literature AMP guidelines

    ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS – To apply to the TEFL/TESL AMP, you must:

    • Have a minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.000 (an undergraduate GPA of 2.80-2.99 might be considered in exceptional circumstances)
    • Have completed a minimum of 3 E-prefix courses with grades of B or better
    • Have completed E320 with a grade of A- or better
    • Have submitted an application to the AMP in the first or second semester of a student’s junior year. Students on track to graduate in less than four years may be considered in their second year of study

    Download full TEFL/TESL AMP guidelines

    ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS – To apply to the Writing, Rhetoric, & Social Change (WRSC) AMP, you must:

    • Have a GPA of 3.0 or higher
    • Have already completed a minimum of 3 E-prefix courses with grades of B or better

    Download full WRSC AMP guidelines

  • After admission

    Once admitted into the AMP program, students will be given conditional acceptance into their sequential M.A. program upon completion of:

    • B.A. coursework, which may include up to 9 credits of 500-level graduate courses. These applicable credits will also count toward the student’s
    • M.A. with the completion of the GS-4 form.
      Application for Graduate School to the M.A. program. Check the specific AMP box when completing the application if you are participating in the accelerated master’s.

Ready to apply?

  1. Complete your program’s admission request form
  2. Based on your intended specialization’s admission requirements, write a “Letter of Intent” or “Academic Statement of Purpose”
  3. Submit all application materials to Graduate Programs Assistant Emily Dailey at Emily.Dailey@colostate.edu

Program Directors

English Ed.

Ricki Ginsberg

  • Associate Professor and Director of English Education
  • Program Coordinator

Literature

Zach Hutchins

  • Professor

TEFL/TESL

Anthony Becker

  • Associate Professor
  • Graduate Coordinator, Dept. of English

WRSC

Tobi Jacobi

  • Professor
  • Director of Community Literacy Center
  • Program Director of Writing, Rhetoric, and Literacy (B.A. concentration)
  • Program Director of Writing, Rhetoric, and Social Change (M.A.)

Questions?

B.A. + M.A. Contact Information

For additional information about the AMPs in English, including deadlines and funding, please contact Graduate Programs Assistant, Emily Dailey at Emily.Dailey@colostate.edu.

Graduate School AMP Information

AMP programs expand opportunities for more undergraduates to enroll in a graduate degree program and obtain a master’s degree in less time and at a significant cost savings.

Learn more about the Graduate School’s requirements and guidelines.

Emily Dailey

  • Graduate Programs Assistant