Graduate Progam Information:
Marnie Leonard
970-491-2403
Marnie.Leonard@colostate.edu

Graduate Study

The Peace Corps Master’s International Degree through the English Department at Colorado State University

A student may work toward a degree in any one of our four M.A. programs—English Education, Literature, Rhetoric and Composition, or TEFL/TESL—and combine it with the Peace Corps Masters International (PCMI) degree at Colorado State University.

As noted elsewhere in the PCMI literature, acceptance to a PCMI degree program requires application to and acceptance in both the Peace Corps and the relevant Master’s degree program. Generally, a student in the English Department M.A. and PCMI programs at CSU completes all course work (3 semesters); some courses might be chosen for relevance to the type of work or location to which the Peace Corps volunteer would be assigned. After 3 semesters at CSU, the student goes on Peace Corps assignment (27 months), then returns to CSU to complete the remaining Master’s degree requirements after finishing Peace Corps service. In the last semester at CSU, the candidate completes the final project, thesis, or portfolio, ideally incorporating Peace Corps experiences. If the M.A. program allows internship credits, then it may allow up to 4 internship credits for the Peace Corps assignment.

The Peace Corps experience may be used to enhance the degree program in several ways. One is by providing an experiential basis for the candidate’s final project, thesis, or portfolio. A second is by serving as the candidate’s internship if the appropriate conditions for the internship are met and the M.A. program allows internship credits to count toward the degree. Specific information on these options can be developed in discussion with the English Department advisor for the PCMI program, Dr.Gerald.Delahunty@colostate.edu.

The Office of International Programs offers further in formation about the PCMI program.

For information about course offerings and registration procedures for the upcoming semester or summer session, please view the Rambler, the Department's student newsletter.

This information is not intended to replace your advisor or the information in the CSU General Catalog, the Class Schedule, or the Department Checksheets.

Contact us: Attn: Marnie Leonard – Through the mail at 1773 Campus Delivery Eddy Hall, Ft. Collins, CO 80523-1773. On the phone at (970) 491-2403. By e-mail at Marnie.Leonard@colostate.edu.

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