• They seek to prepare the students to enter the profession as both teachers and scholars; most students who want a chance to teach are able to do so, as teaching assistants or as tutors in the writing center, before completing their doctoral degrees.
  • Students are expected and encouraged to participate actively in the program, to help plan the freshman curriculum, and to play an important role in the life of the department.
  • For further information regarding courses, faculty, students, admissions, language, and other requirements for the MA, MAT, and PhD degrees, as well as our annual report, handbook, and initiatives in humanities computing, rhetoric and composition, and more, please visit our website.
  • The English department also participates in MA and PhD programs in linguistics. Further information for these programs appears separately under Linguistics.