PhD English at University of California, Berkeley

The Berkeley English Department offers a wide-ranging PhD program, engaging in all historical periods of British and American literature, Anglophone literature, and critical and cultural theory. The program aims to assure that students gain a broad knowledge of literature in English as well as the highly-developed skills in scholarship and criticism necessary to do solid and innovative work in their chosen specialized fields. Please note that the department does not offer a master’s degree program or a degree program in Creative Writing.

Faculty: Graduate Division  |  Department: English  |  Duration: 6 years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Berkeley, CA, United States

What you will study

Doctoral Degree Requirements The doctoral degree requires satisfactory completion of the following five requirements: 1) Thirteen courses undertaken in graduate status at Berkeley; 2) Course work in a broad range of fields of English and American literature; 3) Demonstration of competence in two foreign languages, or advanced knowledge of one, relevant to the student's research interests; 4) An oral qualifying examination; 5) A prospectus and dissertation. Normative time to complete the program is six years.

Career pathways

Graduates enter career areas including Academia & Education, Communications.

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