English, PhD
Program Description
The graduate program in English at the University of Oregon includes traditional literary history and textual study, as well as coursework in critical theory, ethnic literatures, gender studies, cultural studies, rhetoric and composition, postcolonial studies, environmental studies, comic studies, folklore, digital humanities, film and television, and popular culture. Please see faculty areas of expertise under “English Fields of Focus.” The department hosts faculty/graduate student reading groups on particular topics and the department and wider university offer an abundance of intellectual events and modes of research support.Prerequisites
Strongly recommended: Undergraduate or graduate GPA of at least 3.5All applicants for whom English is not a native/primary language must show proof of English language proficiency through one of the following: a minimum score of 100 on the TOEFL, a minimum score of 8 on the IELTS, or a degree from certain English-speaking countries. See the Division of Graduate Studies website: https://graduatestudies.uoregon.edu/admissions/how-to-apply/english-proficiency.
Application at a Glance
Detailed instructions are available on the program’s website. The following are required for your application:
Program-Specific Application Requirements:
Letters of Recommendation: Letters of recommendation from three people familiar with your academic background and intellectual abilities; applicants provide their names and email addresses. Referees will be contacted automatically via e-mail with requests to provide recommendations.
Statement of Purpose: A statement of purpose of no more than 500 words, uploaded electronically. The statement should clarify the applicant’s qualifications for and likely interests in graduate study.
Writing Sample: An academic writing sample (maximum 5,000 words, including footnotes and bibliography) that should demonstrate your ability in any area of literary, cultural, and/or media studies, including but not limited to film and television studies, folklore, literature and the environment/environmental justice, any era of British, American, and/or Anglophone literary studies, comics studies, digital humanities, disability studies, postcolonial/decolonial studies, queer and/or gender studies, Indigenous literature, critical race studies, poetry and poetics, or rhetoric and composition.
Optional:
CV or Resume
Additional (Graduate Employment Application materials for those that have college level teaching experience.)
Upload teaching supervisor letter of recommendation, evaluations, course syllabi for any college level teaching experience
Statement of Purpose: A statement of purpose of no more than 500 words, uploaded electronically. The statement should clarify the applicant’s qualifications for and likely interests in graduate study.
Writing Sample: An academic writing sample (maximum 5,000 words, including footnotes and bibliography) that should demonstrate your ability in any area of literary, cultural, and/or media studies, including but not limited to film and television studies, folklore, literature and the environment/environmental justice, any era of British, American, and/or Anglophone literary studies, comics studies, digital humanities, disability studies, postcolonial/decolonial studies, queer and/or gender studies, Indigenous literature, critical race studies, poetry and poetics, or rhetoric and composition.
Optional:
CV or Resume
Additional (Graduate Employment Application materials for those that have college level teaching experience.)
Upload teaching supervisor letter of recommendation, evaluations, course syllabi for any college level teaching experience
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College of Arts and Sciences
Campus: Eugene
Fall 2024
Final Deadline - December 04, 2023
Applications must be submitted and paid for by 11:59 PM Pacific Time on the specified deadline date to be considered eligible.