Requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in English and American literature include the completion of 72 points and the following specific course requirements: Proseminar, ENGL-GA 3006, Guided Research, ENGL-GA 3002, in preparation for Doctoral Examination, Dissertation Seminar I, ENGL-GA 3972, in preparation for submission of the dissertation proposal, Dissertation Seminar II, ENGL-GA 3981, consisting of oral defense of the Dissertation Proposal and beginning of writing and research of dissertation, Pedagogy, ENGL-GA 3985, taken during the first semester in which teaching is anticipated, and Workshop on Professional Practices, ENGL-GA 3980, which must be taken in the student’s fourth year in the program. One doctoral seminar or elective must focus primarily on a historical period prior to 1800, and a second must focus primarily on a period after 1800. Students must also pass the Doctoral Examination, based on two individualized reading lists covering two historical fields (one of which is designated the major field, and the other the minor field) and a third topics list. The examination fields are: medieval; Renaissance; 18th-century British; Romantic; 19th-century British; 20th-century British; American: beginning to 1865; American: 1865 to present; African American literature; colonial and postcolonial studies; literature of the Americas; transatlantic studies; and modern drama. The written examination is supervised by a committee of three faculty members chosen by the student.

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