Graduate
Programs
The
Department of English at Syracuse University offers three graduate programs:
a Master's degree of Fine Arts in creative writing, and MA and Ph.D. degrees
in English. Most of our graduate courses are workshops or seminars, giving
students in all three programs an opportunity to work closely with internationally
known creative writers, literary theorists, and cultural historians.
The M.F.A. program
in Creative Writing offers promising fiction writers and poets an
opportunity to study and practice their art with dedicated fellow writers.
For three decades, one of the prime strengths of our program has been
the excellence of our students. The strictly limited enrollment, with
six poets and six fiction writers admitted each year, guarantees that
students work closely together with a faculty that includes four fiction
writers and four poets of national acclaim.
In the MA and Ph.D. programs,
we recognize that the boundaries and contents of the discipline of English
are no longer givens but instead are subjects of collective investigation
and debate. We have chosen to organize our inquiries in and about the
discipline around critical studies in history, aesthetics, and politics.
Our department has a distinguished faculty in early modern studies, Victorian
studies, American studies, critical theory, and film studies. The library
at Syracuse offers substantial resources; additional outstanding research
facilities are located in nearby universities. Students may also take
courses at Cornell or Rochester Universities.
The MA degree in English is a two-year program
emphasizing our focus on critical studies in history, aesthetics, and
politics. We typically admit 10 new students a year, and most receive
teaching assistantships or fellowships.
The Ph.D. degree in English builds upon the MA
program in critical studies giving students opportunities for more specialized
research while preparing them for college and university teaching. In
order to allow for close faculty-student interaction, we typically limit
admission to four new doctoral students each year, and offer support for
five years in the form of teaching assistants and fellowships. Students
in the MA program at Syracuse who want to continue on to doctoral study
may apply for formal admission as they near completion of their requirements,
usually in January of their second year. We also encourage applications
from students who have received their MA from other universities because
we welcome the diversity of training they will bring. Students just beginning
graduate work should first apply to the MA program.
Administration
The
department's graduate programs are supervised by the Chair of the department,
the Director of Graduate Studies, and the Director of Creative Writing.
The Graduate Committee, consisting of five members of the faculty and
one doctoral student representative, supervises the MA and Ph.D. programs,
while the Creative Writing Committee, consisting of all creative writing
faculty and one graduate student representative supervises the MFA program.
Terri
A.G. Zollo is the Graduate Studies Coordinator. She has worked with the
graduate program for many years and can provide lots of useful information
and assistance. She is located in the English office in 420 Hall of Languages.
Her office number is (315) 443-2174 and her e-mail address is tazollo@syr.edu
The
Director of Creative Writing is Christopher Kennedy. His office is 420A
Hall of Languages, his phone number is (315) 443-3755, and his e-mail
address is ckennedy@syr.edu
.
There
is also a graduate student organization, called the English Graduate Organization (EGO). EGO meets regularly to discuss and act upon graduate student interests,
concerns, and problems.
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