The Department of English at the University of Houston offers the following degree programs:
- M.A. Program in English and American Literature
- M.F.A. in Creative Writing
- Ph.D. Programs in
Curriculum
Our curriculum explores the intellectual opportunities of diverse cultures while embracing the old and the new:
- Early literatures and cultures--Medieval, Renaissance, Restoration
- Eighteenth-Century, Nineteenth-Century and Modern British literatures
- Literatures of the Americas, including American, Comparative, Mexican-American, African American, and Post-Colonial
- Regional studies, environmental literatures, folklore
- Gay and lesbian literature and gender studies
- Rhetoric, Composition, and Pedagogy
- Applied Linguistics, Creative Writing, Critical Theory, Rhetoric, and Pedagogy
- Rich interdisciplinary study opportunities in a broad range of departments and programs, including Mexican American Studies, African American Studies, American Cultures Program, Women's Studies, and the Schools of Theatre, Art, and Music
Resources
We offer the resources of a major urban university focused on student opportunities:
- A community within a large urban setting with small seminars and accessible faculty
- A distinguished faculty with extensive publications in leading academic presses, including Oxford, Cambridge, Yale, University of Pennsylvania, and University of Illinois
- Professors who teach: over one-third of the department's faculty have received University Teaching Excellence Awards
- Colloquia on professional development and a graduate placement officer help students to make informed career decisions Students have received many national and local awards, and achieved an outstanding placement record
- An active graduate student association
- Financial opportunities include university awards, tuition fellowships, teaching assistantships, and research assistantships with department faculty, Arte Publico Press, or Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage
Resources for TFs
A new website, titled Resources for TFs, presents information for TAs and TFs specific to the Department of English.
Advisor
Ms. Julie Kofford
Room 205, Roy Cullen Building
E-mail: jkofford@uh.edu
Phone: 713-743-2939
