PhD English at University of Florida

Programme overview

The PhD in English at the University of Florida accepts students with BA and MA degrees. Specializations include American, African-American and British literature, American studies, critical theory and cultural studies, film and media studies, feminisms, genders and sexualities, postcolonial studies, composition and rhetoric, comics and visual rhetoric, and children's literature.

Faculty: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | Department: English | Study mode: full-time | Location: Gainesville, FL, United States

What you will study

Students identify a gap in scholarship in their specialization, teach a lower-division course and produce PhD-level research such as conference-ready papers. Courses include Proseminar in Graduate Studies in English (ENG 6824) and Prospectus and Dissertation in the Humanities (ENG 7960).

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Application information

Entry requirements

The Department of English offers a MFA in Creative Writing and a PhD degree in English with the specializations listed below. Complete descriptions of the minimum requirements for the MFA and PhD degrees are provided in the Graduate Degrees section of this catalog. The PhD program accepts students with BA and MA degrees. University-wide graduate admission (not specific to this programme): application through the UF graduate application; official GRE scores are required by most programmes (GMAT for MBA applicants), per programme; transcripts, a CV or resume and letters of recommendation where the programme requires them.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate applicants apply through the UF graduate school application on CollegeNET and pay a $30 non-refundable application fee; the Office of Admissions does not offer an application fee waiver. Deadlines vary by department. Most applicants must submit GRE scores.

Apply through the official page: https://admissions.ufl.edu/apply/graduate/

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