Purdue University College of Liberal Arts

Information for

Department of English

Graduate Studies

English Graduate Studies offer graduate degrees in six major fields. Click on the areas to see their individual web pages:

Creative Writing

English as a Second Language

English Language & Linguistics

Literary Studies:

   Medieval

   Renaissance

   American, British and Post-colonial studies of the:

      Eighteenth Century

      Nineteenth Century

      Twentieth and Twenty-first Century

Rhetoric and Composition

Theory and Cultural Studies

With fifty-seven faculty members specializing in these six major fields of study and Related Areas, the graduate program is among the largest, most diverse, and most intellectually challenging in the country. A range of Financial Resources are available to fund students, including Teaching Assistantships in the Department's nationally renowned composition program.

This website is designed to offer easy access to procedures, policies, degree-granting programs, and other relevant information pertaining to graduate study in English, with the click of a mouse. We hope it provides answers to your basic questions.