Bachelor's Degree Entrance
Milestones
Annual progress review
Reading proficiency in two languages other than English
Comprehensive exam
Dissertation committee
Dissertation prospectus
Doctoral degree candidacy
Public prospectus/dissertation work-in-progress presentation
Dissertation defense
Core Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Proseminar | ||
ENGL 5103 | Proseminar | 4 |
Theories and Methods | ||
Complete 4 semester hours from the following: | 4 | |
Topics in Literary Study | ||
Topics in Cultural and Interdisciplinary Studies | ||
Introduction to Digital Humanities | ||
Topics in Digital Humanities | ||
Theorizing Gender and Sexuality | ||
Directed Study (GCWS Consortium, selected topics only) | ||
Writing and Rhetoric | ||
Complete 4 semester hours from the following (if completing 12 semester hours of Literary Period requirements). | 4-8 | |
Complete 8 semester hours of the following (if completing 8 hours of Literary Period requirements). | ||
Topics in Rhetoric | ||
Writing and the Teaching of Writing | ||
Topics in Writing | ||
Literary Periods | ||
Complete 8 semester hours from TWO of the following Literary Periods (if completing 8 semester hours of Writing and Rhetoric requirements), or complete 12 semester hours from THREE of the following Literary Periods (if completing 4 semester hours of Writing and Rhetoric requirements): | ||
Literature Pre-1700 | ||
Topics in Medieval Literature | ||
Topics in Renaissance Literature | ||
Literature 1700–1900 | ||
Topics in 18th-Century Literature | ||
Topics in Genre | ||
Literature Post-1900 | ||
ENGL 7211 | ||
ENGL 7244 |
Electives
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Complete 24 semester hours of ENGL courses, or non-ENGL courses through successful petition. | 24 |
Dissertation
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Exam Preparation | ||
Exam Preparation—Doctoral (Only needed for PhD students who have completed coursework but have yet to complete the comprehensive exams. Repeatable.) | ||
Research | ||
Research (To be completed during the proposal/prospectus phase prior to reaching candidacy.) | ||
Dissertation | ||
Dissertation Term 1 | ||
Dissertation Term 2 | ||
Dissertation Continuation | ||
Following completion of ENGL 9990 and ENGL 9991, registration in the following class is required in each fall and spring semester for all students and each summer semester for those within funding until the dissertation is completed (students outside of funding must also register in the summer semester if it is their terminal term): | ||
Dissertation Continuation |
Program Credit/GPA Requirements
- 48 total semester hours required
- Minimum 3.500 GPA required
Complete all courses and requirements listed below unless otherwise indicated.
Milestones
Annual progress review
Reading proficiency in two languages other than English
Comprehensive exam
Dissertation committee
Dissertation prospectus
Doctoral degree candidacy
Public prospectus/dissertation work-in-progress presentation
Dissertation defense
Core Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Proseminar | ||
ENGL 5103 | Proseminar | 4 |
Electives
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Complete 20 semester hours of ENGL courses. | 20 |
Dissertation
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Exam Preparation | ||
Exam Preparation—Doctoral (Only needed for PhD students who have completed coursework but have yet to complete the comprehensive exams. Repeatable.) | ||
Research | ||
Research (To be completed during the proposal/prospectus phase prior to reaching candidacy.) | ||
Dissertation | ||
Dissertation Term 1 | ||
Dissertation Term 2 | ||
Dissertation Continuation | ||
Following completion of ENGL 9990 and ENGL 9991, registration in the following class is required in each fall and spring semester for all students and each summer semester for those within funding until the dissertation is completed (students outside of funding must also register in the summer semester if it is their terminal term): | ||
Dissertation Continuation |
Program Credit/GPA Requirements
24 total semester hours required
Minimum 3.500 GPA required