English, PhD

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Degree Requirements

A completed MA degree is a prerequisite for admission to the English PhD program. Degree requirements include the following: 72 units of coursework (including the CGU transdisciplinary course requirement ); two foreign languages/research tools; qualifying exams; a dissertation; and an oral exam on the completed dissertation.

Students admitted to any degree program in the English Department must read carefully the English Department Student Handbook for the year in which they began the program and the Registration and Degree Information section of this Bulletin for a complete, detailed listing of requirements.

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Concentration

American Studies Program

Ph.D. students in English may choose a concentration in American studies, involving a transdisciplinary approach. Students will work closely with a faculty advisor in the Department of English to pursue an intellectually unified course of study that will include seminars offered in the Department of English as well as seminars cross-listed with participating CGU departments and The Claremont Colleges. A minimum of four seminars should be taken in English, and a minimum of two seminars in other disciplines. Some possible courses for the American studies concentration include the following: Puritanism and American Literature and Culture; 19th-Century American Literature and Culture; Representations of the Frontier in American Literature and Culture; The Jazz Aesthetic in American Literature and Culture; the Harlem Renaissance; American Migrations; American Women Writers and Feminism; Multi-culturalism and American Literature; American Popular Culture; American Literature and Film; Autobiography and American Literature and Culture. Interested students should discuss this concentration with Professor Wendy Martin.

Early Modern Studies Program

Ph.D. students in English may choose a concentration in early modern studies, involving a transdisciplinary approach. Students will work closely with an advisor in the Early Modern Studies Program to pursue an intellectually unified course of study that will include seminars cross-listed with participating CGU Humanities departments and The Claremont Colleges. See full description in the section titled “Program in Early Modern Studies.” Interested students should discuss this possibility with Professor Lori Anne Ferrell.

Literary Theory Program

Ph.D. students in English may choose a concentration in literary theory, involving a transdisciplinary approach. Students will work closely with an English faculty advisor to pursue an intellectually unified course of study that will include seminars cross-listed with participating CGU humanities departments and The Claremont Colleges. Interested students should discuss this possibility with Professor Marc Redfield.