Overview

Field of English Language and Literature / Field of English Language and Literature is located in Ithaca, NY, in a small setting.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree	Concentration
Master of Fine Arts/Doctor of Philosophy (MFA/PhD)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Literary criticism and theory
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	English poetry
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Lesbian, bisexual, and gay literary studies
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	American studies
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	American literature to 1865
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Prose fiction
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Restoration and the eighteenth-century
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	American literature after 1865
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Old and Middle English
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Women's literature
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)	Creative writing
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Colonial and postcolonial literatures
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	The nineteenth century
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	African-American literature
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Dramatic literature
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	English Renaissance to 1660
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	The twentieth century
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Cultural studies

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Master's Degrees	18
Doctoral Degrees	16

Earning Your Degree

Part-time study available?	No
Evening/weekend programs available?	No
Distance learning programs available?	No
Terminal master's degree available?

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Master's Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE General Test 1 Foreign Language Thesis Required
Doctoral Degrees	Comp Exam Required Thesis Required Teaching experience

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

983

Applied

41

Accepted

19

Enrolled

Applying

95

Application Fee - Domestic

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Application Deadlines

Type	Domestic	International	Priority date
Fall deadline	January 10th	Not reported	No

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Master's Degree Exam	GRE General Test
Master's Degree Requirements	3 letters of recommendation, creative writing sample
Doctoral Degree Requirements	3 letters of recommendation, writing sample

International Students

Exam	Details
TOEFL: Required	TOEFL Paper score: 600 TOEFL IBT score: 77

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Financial award applicants must submit:	FAFSA
Types of financial support available	Fellowships Research Assistantships Teaching Assistantships Health Care Benefits Institutionally-sponsored Loans Scholarship and/or loans Graduate Assistantships Tuition waivers for student who do not receive fellowships or assistantships

Student Body

78

Total Graduate Students

14%

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	3.85%
Black or African American	7.69%
White or Caucasian	53%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0%
Asian	11.54%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0%
Two or more races	1.28%
Unknown	6.41%

Gender

Male (33%)

Female (66%)

Faculty

63

Total faculty

Full-time - 63

Part-time - 0

Male (29)

Female (34)

Research

Focus of faculty research:	English and American literature, women's writing, ethnic and post-colonial literature, critical theory, medievalism
Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:	0

Location & Contact

Address 410 Thurston Avenue
Ithaca, NY  14850
United States

Contact Director of Graduate Studies
Phone: 607-255-7989
Fax: 607-255-6661

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