MA candidates who hold teaching assistantships typically teach English 401 throughout their program. The department is widely known for the high-level of theoretical discourse, and prospective graduate students can expect their theoretical interests and needs to be recognized and satisfied. Prospective graduate students are also encouraged to check out the reading list and schedule of the Theory Group. The New Hampshire Seacoast and UNH area offers the best of New England life-small town living, a fifty minute drive to Boston, the White Mountains, the ocean, New England and American history, and the town of Portsmouth, just to name a few. The EGO also organizes and hosts a graduate literary conference, drawing participants from graduate programs around the country.
Students also publish their work in nationally recognized journals and essay collections.
Recently, students have placed articles in Modern Fiction Studies, Symbiosis, European Romantic Review, and Romanticism on the Net. A number of our graduate students have written or edited their own books. Graduate students at UNH are the recipients of university and national grants or fellowships. Graduate students have recently been awarded the University Dissertation Fellowship and the Fulbright Scholarship. All materials must be received by January 30 if applying for the following fall semester.