Program Requirements. For those students who would like to undertake graduate study beyond the M.A. but not pursue a Ph.D., the CGU English Department offers the M.Phil. degree. The M.Phil. is a terminal degree and does not lead to the Ph.D. degree. A completed M.A. degree is a prerequisite for admission to the 68-unit M.Phil. program.

Degree requirements include the following: 64 units of coursework, 4 units of Critique Research, two foreign languages, and an M.Phil. critique. The critique research is planned in consultation with an English faculty advisor and is designed to inform and underwrite the M.Phil. critique, a research paper of 12,000-15,000 words (40-60 pages).

All 40 units of coursework from a CGU M.A., or a maximum of 24 units transferred from an M.A. granted by another institution, may be counted toward the M.Phil. Coursework, distribution requirements, and the language requirement for the M.Phil. are the same as those for the Ph.D.