Children's Literature - Simmons College

Children's Literature from Simmons College is a Campus Master Literature degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. Simmons's Center for the Study of Children's Literature (CSCL) provides a rigorous, disciplined study of children's books, with an emphasis on historical and critical analysis, including feminist, ideological, and multicultural perspectives. To develop a critical vocabulary essential for appraising text and illustration, students analyze children's literature ranging from folklore and mythology, to contemporary realistic fiction and nonfiction. The interdisciplinary Master of Arts in Children's Literature curriculum draws upon art, history, education, sociology, psychology, and media studies. Coursework addresses topics such as book publishing, literacy and orality, poetry, nonfiction, writing fiction for children, and the multiple ways that children's literature constructs perception of childhood. Students have the option to do a thesis or complete an independent study project with a practical application, such as literature education, publishing internships, or other projects that apply the degree to professional fields. CSCL students are discriminating readers, writers, and advocates of children's literature who recognize the value and influence of fine literature. In the decades since the CSCL opened in 1977 with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the field of children's literature has continued to grow, opening up to more critical study and job opportunities. Our graduates pursue careers as authors, editors, scholars, and critics, as well as librarians and teachers. They also use their children's literature degree as a steppingstone to doctoral programs and entrepreneurial work in children's literature. View more details on Simmons College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Literature courses.