Recent courses have focused on?women writers, Irish?modernism,?monstrosity in the Middle Ages, and Chaucer.??Students?develop writing, communication,?research, and?analytical skills that prepare them for careers in teaching literature and composition, professional writing and editing, as well as for?further graduate?study at the Ph.D. level.?

Recent graduates have gone on to Ph.D. programs at Oklahoma State, OU and elsewhere, as well as teaching positions in high schools and community colleges in the region.