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English Ph.D.
Doctoral Degree
Program type:
Major
Format:
On Campus
Est. time to complete:
3-4 years
Credit Hours:
54 (with master's) or 72 (with bachelor's)
It's time to start the next chapter of your academic career.
The UNT English graduate program is designed for students who wish to build a professional
career as creative writers, educators or academics. With distinguished scholars in
every major period of American and British literature and nationally renowned writers
in every genre, the English Department supports a broad range of graduate research
and creative work.
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Request More InfoWhy Earn an English Ph.D.?
The Ph.D. program is designed to give you a broad, solid foundation in the academic profession, while at the same time preparing you to conduct original, in-depth research or to compose original works of literature. You'll benefit from the guidance of a nationally recognized faculty with a strong record of publication in prestigious journals like PMLA, Philological Quarterly, The Paris Review and Granta.
We make every effort to foster our graduate students' success and help them attain their educational and career goals.
While at UNT, our students have published their work in nationally and internationally recognized journals and magazines, including The New Yorker, Shakespeare and SEL: Studies in English Literature. They have placed books with presses like Button Poetry, the University of Georgia Press and the University of Wisconsin Press. And they have won prestigious awards and fellowships, including grants from the Newberry Library and from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Marketable Skills
- Reason rigorously, subtly and independently
- Analyze minutely sources and narratives
- Identify and address interpretative complexity
- Develop and contribute new knowledge
- Convey knowledge in self-designed courses
English Ph.D. Highlights
Students have opportunities to pursue editorial positions with the department's national
literary journal, American Literary Review, and with the local student-run journal,
North Texas Review.
While at UNT, our students have published their work in nationally and internationally
recognized journals and magazines, including The New Yorker, Shakespeare and SEL: Studies in English Literature.
You'll work closely with award-winning faculty members who have diverse backgrounds
and interests and whose works have been published in the flagship journals in their
fields and subfields (PMLA, College English and Speculum), as well as leading literary journals, including The Paris Review, Best American Poetry and Best American Spiritual Writing.
You'll have opportunities to attend and participate in a variety of speakers' series
such as the American Studies Colloquium, the Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Studies
Group, the Medieval and Renaissance Colloquium and the Visiting Writers Series.
The Graduate Students in English Association organizes an annual conference that attracts
presenters from around the country.
Each year the department sponsors a Visiting Writer Series that brings distinguished
writers to campus to give readings and meet with students in Q&A sessions.
What Can You Do With an English Ph.D.?
Many recent Ph.D. graduates have gone on to tenure-track positions at other institutions all over the country, including Texas Women's University (Texas), Radford University (Virginia), St. Catherine University (Minnesota), Valparaiso University (Indiana), SUNY-Potsdam (New York) and Brigham Young University (Utah).
English Ph.D. Courses You Could Take
Survey of Critical Theory (3 hrs)
Survey of major theoretical schools with special attention to those influential in
the 20th and 21st centuries.
Seminar in British Literature and Culture, 1780 to the Present (3 hrs)
In-depth study of a single writer, a group of writers, a literary genre or a literary
fashion of the period, and a general consideration of the social, intellectual and
cultural contexts of the literary work.
Seminar in American Literature and Culture, 1865 to the Present (3 hrs)
In-depth study of a single writer, a group of writers, a literary genre or a literary
fashion of the period, and general consideration of the associated social, cultural,
literary and intellectual history.
Seminar in the Novel (3 hrs)
In-depth study of a single novelist, a group of novelists, a literary genre or literary
fashion of the period; consideration of the cultural context of the literary work.
Topics in Cultural Studies (3 hrs)
Cultural studies approaches to literature, including visual culture, film, history,
philosophy, politics, gender and sexuality.
Scholarly and Critical Writing (3 hrs)
Examination of the writing strategies entailed in preparing successful seminar papers,
conference presentations and scholarly articles.
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