Overview

The English Language and Literature Ph.D. curriculum offers opportunities for advanced study in a variety of literary and language fields, including literary and cultural history; aesthetic, critical and cultural theory; digital and media studies; humanistic engagement with the sciences; and language, rhetoric and composition.

The curriculum addresses a series of broad questions relevant to such studies: What are the histories, genealogies and futures of literary, cultural and rhetorical studies? What is the relationship of such work to society, politics and history? To the media of representation and communication? To reading and writing practices? To disciplinarity and institutional contexts? How do we conceptualize, teach and apprehend aesthetics through literary and other modes of cultural expression?

Outcomes

The courses available to doctoral students at the University of Maryland particularize such broad issues and, together with extensive attention to pedagogy and teacher-training, have as a general objective the training of students to identify and formulate compelling research questions and the preparation of students for long-term careers in academia.

Programme Structure

Particular strengths of the department include:

Early British Literature
American Literature
Literature of the African Diaspora
Postcolonial and Transnational Literary Studies
Digital Humanities
Feminist Theory and Gender Studies
Composition and Rhetoric

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 108 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-02 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-02 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

46 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

College Park, United States

Disciplines

Language Studies Literature Linguistics View 128 other PhDs in Literature in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

3.7

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants to the Ph.D. degree program should present at least a 3.7 GPA and a B.A. degree, normally in English Language and Literature.
Statement of Purpose: A statement addressing the intended focus of your graduate studies and how your past educational experiences have prepared you for this course of study
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Writing Sample: A single sample of critical writing of approximately 12-20 pages

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

9598 USD / year

≈ 9598 USD / year
Out-of-State

9598 USD / year

≈ 9598 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

4487 USD / year

≈ 4487 USD / year

Living costs

College Park

United States

1676 - 2838 USD / month

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