Welcome to the Graduate Program

Graduate programs in English help develop communications skills that are essential in a variety of professions and that inform the work of many disciplines in the humanities. Advanced studies in literature, film and culture, rhetoric and writing, and creative writing significantly further the arts and humanities as cornerstones of social and cultural enhancement, and increase students' abilities to think broadly, address complex problems, and adapt to diverse environments. In addition, graduate studies offer a number of advantages for the practical student:

• training and experience in writing, preparing students for careers in magazine writing and other journalism, arts administration, publishing, pre-law, and grant-preparation.
• training and experience in teaching.
• study of literature of all kinds, including American, British, Multicultural and Global Literatures, ancient, and contemporary.
• study in the nature, means, and methods of representation (of ideas, cultural products, literary, political, and economic models).

Students who specialize in English at the graduate level are valued throughout the professional world for their communication skills, their analytical and research abilities, and the sensitivity they develop toward the English language and comparative literatures. Courses in the graduate program are taught by scholars who have distinguished themselves in their respective research areas. Recent work by faculty and graduate students intersects with work in cultural history, international relations, sociology, psychology, law, politics, theology, and many other fields.

Recent graduates of our MA program have gone on to PhD programs at many institutions, including: Cornell University, University of Iowa, Loyola University of Chicago, Oklahoma State University, Penn State, UC Boulder, UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbara, University of Dayton, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, University of Oregon, University of Washington, Washington State University.

Our MA and MFA graduates have gone on to teaching and/or administrative positions at many institutions, including: Cal State University-Chico, Chemeketa Community College, George Fox University, Gulf Coast Community College (Florida), Harvard University, Linn-Benton Community College, Lane Community College, Pepperdine University, Southern Illinois University, Texas Christian University, University of La Verne (Los Angeles), University of Missouri-Columbia, University of Washington-Bothell, Willamette University.

If you have specific questions about our program you may contact our Graduate Coordinator Evan Gottlieb.