MA and PhD in English

The graduate program in English provides the opportunity for students to deepen their knowledge and enjoyment of literary texts, modes, and movements and explore their own potential as interpreters, scholars, and, in most cases, teachers of literature and language. The department offers a balanced emphasis on scholarship, criticism, and theory. It is especially well-represented in Medieval, Renaissance, eighteenth-century studies, American literature, literary theory, cultural criticism, culture of information, interdisciplinary studies, and digital humanities. The program is large enough to field a full range of graduate seminars, but small enough to provide a sense of community and a high level of faculty-student engagement.