theobromine

I wrote the program to clarify whether there was a thesis option, because the website just doesn't mention theses. I guess I'll find out soon.

I applied to the PhD program at Utah, but I was notified this morning that I'd been admitted to the MA program in English and American literature instead. I've had no word on funding yet, but I've read elsewhere on this forum that the MA is rarely funded. Their website is a little vague, but it looks like a thesis is not required. My bachelor's is not in English, but a non-thesis master's would not have been taken seriously in that field. Does anyone know whether Utah's MA requires (or even allows) a thesis? And is it possible to go on to a doctoral program without having written a thesis?