Overview
Candidates in this English program at Boston College choose from a wide range of courses and proceed through a streamlined series of exams, culminating in a dissertation prospectus exam and the writing of the dissertation.
We prepare our students to teach, do research, and engage in service in a college or university setting. Given the challenging nature of the academic job market, we now also give our students opportunities to learn about and prepare for other kinds of careers, such as publishing, public humanities, and arts administration.
Learning outcomes
Upon completing the degree, students should be able to:
- Write academic articles and reviews at the scholarly level in informed, intelligible prose.
- Research, design and be examined on two long readings lists in major and minor fields of literary study of their choosing.
- Demonstrate mastery of an individual chronological and/or national literary field of their choosing.
- Choose or define a question in their chosen field of literary study, and write an effective dissertation on it.
- Teach courses in English effectively, at introductory and advanced levels, in the community college, 4-year college or university setting.
- Publish their research in peer-reviewed journals and present papers at conferences.
- Secure an academic or teaching position.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Seminar: Black Feminist Literature, Art, and Performance, 1970s-1990s
- Seminar: Irish Romanticism
- Literature and the Political
- Psychoanalytic Theory
- Nineteenth-Century Poetry, Prose, & Cultural Criticism
- Digital Humanities
- Joyce’s Ulysses
- How Philosophy Turned into Science: Literature and Knowledge in Early Modern England
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 60 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language Studies Literature View 117 other PhDs in Literature in United StatesAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Application Form & Fee
- University/college transcripts are required from all post-secondary education institutions attended.
- 3 Letters of Recommendation
- Statement of Purpose. Most departments require a brief (1-2 pages) personal statement in which applicants should discuss their preparation, motivation, and goals for their proposed courses of study.
- English Language Proficiency
- Writing Sample. If applying to a program requiring a writing sample, (please consult department requirements for reference) these generally constitute a scholarly work in a student’s intended field of study and are no longer than 20-25 pages.
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