English

Graduate Degrees Offered

• 19th Century Studies
• Ethnic Studies
• Great Plains Studies
• Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs
• Women's and Gender Studies

• 19th Century Literatures (American, 18th Century, Romantic, and Victorian British Literatures)
• 20th Century Literatures (American Literatures and British Modernism)
• Composition and Rhetoric
• Creative Writing
• Critical Theory
• Ethnic Literatures
• Medieval and Renaissance Literatures
• Place-Based Writing (Literatures of the Great Plains and the American West)
• Women's Literatures

Required by English in GAMES

After you apply, allow one business day for us to establish your access to GAMES, where you'll complete these departmental requirements:

• Entrance exam(s): None
• Minimum TOEFL:  Paper-600  Internet-100
• Critical paper in English (15-20 pp.)
• Curriculum vitae or resume
• Statement of education goals (1-3 pp.)
• Teaching experience or evidence of teaching potential
• Three recommendation letters
• Creative writing applicants only: Creative writing sample (See department website for details)

Description

The Department of English offers the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in the areas of literature studies, creative writing, and composition and rhetoric. Students with a B.A. may apply for the M.A. or for direct admission into the Ph.D. degree program. Students with an M.A. or M.F.A. may apply for the Ph.D.

We offer graduate course work in all listed areas of study. There are also opportunities for students to obtain area of specialization certificates in ethnic studies; Great Plains studies, human rights and humanitarian affairs, 19th century studies, and women's and gender studies.

Diverse opportunities are available for professional development, including development of scholarly and teaching portfolios, participation in critical/literary study groups, a fiction and poetry reading series, and collaboration with faculty on research, teaching, and creative activities.

In addition, the department houses a number of prestigious journals and projects, including Prairie Schooner, one of the most respected literary journals in the nation, the Walt Whitman Archive, the Cather Project, the Nebraska Summer Writers' Conference, the Nebraska Writing Project, the Nebraska Literacy Project, the Corvey Collection of 19th Century British Literature, the Studies in Writing and Rhetoric Monograph Series, and the Quarterly Review of Film and Video. Graduate students regularly enrich their academic experience through work on these major departmental projects.

Courses and More

The Graduate Bulletin provides course descriptions, program requirements, and more:

• English
• Ethnic Studies
• Great Plains Studies
• Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs
• Women's and Gender Studies