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The English Department
actively encourages its students to apply for USNA's program in "voluntary
graduate education," usually referred to as VGEP. VGEP involves enrolling
in a M.A. program in English in an area university during the final semester
of first-class year, as well as the summer and fall semester following
graduation. Students move to their service assignments after graduation
from the M.A. program. Students apply to USNA for approval as VGEP
scholars and must secure that approval in order to participate; competition
for limited slots is keen and only the most promising students are chosen.
Students interested in pursuing VGEP should talk with their advisors early
on in their academic careers at USNA, with an eye to taking enough courses
(or profiting by validation) to allow full-time graduate school attendance
during the final semester.
The Navy pays tuition
for the amount charged by U MD College Park, though students may apply
that amount to any area school if they are willing to make up the difference
themselves. George Mason University in Fairfax also offers Virginia
in-state tuition rates to midshipmen that are on par with those of U MD.
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For further information
please contact Assistant Professor Mark
McWilliams at 3-6227. |