English Graduate Degree Program

Description
The graduate program in English provides the opportunity for students to deepen their knowledge and enjoyment of literary texts, modes, and movements and explore their own potential as interpreters, scholars, and, in most cases, teachers of literature and language. The department offers a balanced emphasis on scholarship, criticism, and theory. It is especially well-represented in Medieval, Renaissance, eighteenth-century studies, American literature, literary theory, cultural criticism, culture of information, and interdisciplinary studies. The program is large enough to field a full range of graduate seminars, but small enough to provide a sense of community and a high level of faculty-student engagement.

General Information
Website http://www.english.ucsb.edu/
Address Department of English
University of California, Santa Barbara
South Hall, Room 2607
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3170
(USA)
Phone (805) 893-8711
Email chelsea@english.ucsb.edu
Degrees Offered MA/PhD, PhD
Requirements
  • Online application: https://www.graddiv.ucsb.edu/eapp
  • Statement of Purpose with completed coversheets (2 copies)
  • Statement of Personal Achievements/Contributions (2 copies)
  • Resume or Curriculum Vitae (CV) (2 copies)
  • Three Letters of Recommendation (Submitted online. Note: if submitted via postal mail, please attach required coversheets)
  • Official transcripts from all post-secondary institutions attended (2 copies)
  • GRE General test scores and GRE Literature Subject test scores
  • TOEFL scores 550 Paper-Based Test (PBT), 80 Internet-Based Test (IBT) or IELTS (International English Language Testing System) Overall Band score of 7 or higher (if applicable)
  • Writing Sample (A critical paper written in an upper-division or graduate literature class. Suggested length is 10 pages.)
  • Foreign Language Form (available online at http://www.english.ucsb.edu/grad/applications/language-form.asp)
Pre-Application Pre-Application is required for international applicants.
Deadlines Fall Admission Only - December 15, 2009
Optional Emphases European Medieval Studies; Feminist Studies; Global Studies; Technology & Society (All Ph.D. only)