Entrance Requirements:
Requirements for Degree:
Major Professor & Student Committee
Once a student decides on an area of major concentration, s/he must identify an appropriate faculty member with expertise in that substantive area who is willing to serve as the major professor. Once that occurs the student should rely on that faculty member for advice concerning the appropriate courses to take, thesis mentorship, and so on. Prior to having identified a major professor, the student should rely on the program director for direction.
Each student will need to recruit a three-person committee (the major professor and
two additional faculty who are members of the graduate faculty) to serve as the student's
graduate committee. It is this committee that will evaluate the thesis (if the thesis
option applies) or conduct the final examination of the student (if the non-thesis
option applies) at the end of the program. If the thesis option applies, the committee
should be comprised of individuals whose expertise is germane to the subject matter
of the thesis. If the non-thesis option applies, the committee should be comprised
of faculty members who are familiar with the student by virtue of his/her MALA coursework.
Financial Aid:
MALA is an inter-disciplinary program, not an academic department. Hence, MALA itself does not have a budget for assistantships or financial aid.
Contact Information:
Brannon Costello
Director, MALA Program
Associate Professor
Department of English
260 Allen Hall
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-5433
tel: 225-578-2867
fax: 225-578-4129
email: bcostell@lsu.edu