Our Creative Writing program gives talented students of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction the opportunity to learn the art together in a supportive community with highly accomplished faculty.
(BA, MFA, PhD)

The Literature program embraces the centuries-long history and diversity of literatures in English, offering unique courses and research opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students who want to deepen their literary knowledge and develop their critical reading and writing skills.
(BA, MA, PhD)

The Rhetoric and Writing Studies (RWS) program offers courses and hands-on experiences that ensure students gain depth and breadth of knowledge in areas such as professional writing, composition and rhetoric, and digital studies.
(BA with an option in Professional Writing, MA, PhD)

The Screen Studies program provides instruction in the creative media industries: film, television, and digital media. Our courses emphasize historical, theoretical, and industrial approaches to the study of media.
(BA, MA, PhD)

The TESOL & Linguistics program provides professional training in descriptive and applied linguistics, methods of teaching English as a second language, materials development, and second language testing. Students also participate in a supervised internship program in ESL and may focus on either Applied Linguistics or Sociolinguistics.
(TESOL Certificate, MA with an option in TESOL, PhD)