Our faculty continues to win national recognition for the excellence of its publications. Ruskin and His Tradition in Social Criticism. The English Department has been successful in the past few years in placing students in full-time positions at such schools as Boston University, City College of New York, Davidson, Georgia State University, Howard University, Oberlin, Ohio University, Penn State, Reed College, Seton Hall, SUNY Binghampton, SUNY Buffalo, Union College, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, the University of Tennessee, Vanderbilt, and Wesleyan, among others. The requirements listed below are those in effect for students entering Fall 2001. The department offers an M.A. or a Ph.D. in English and American Literature, an M.A. in Literary Biography , and an M.A. and M.F.A. in Creative Writing.
Classes are small.
Seminars are limited to 15 students, and the average for all classes is about 10. Full-time doctoral students in literature take 12 courses in their first two years. These courses combine general classes on periods, major authors and critical approaches with seminars on specific topics. Advanced doctoral seminars are required for qualified doctoral candidates. The Master's program in literature includes a thesis project.