Course work

Students must have 48 hours (16 seminars) of course work; this includes Independent Study (ENGL 6720) and Advanced Research and Reading (ENGL 8998) courses, which may be repeated for credit with the approval of the DGS.

Students may take up to two courses outside the English Department, in other GW graduate programs, in Consortium Universities with English graduate programs (Georgetown University, American University, the University of Maryland-College Park, and George Mason University), or at the Folger Shakespeare Library.

Our seminars are small, thereby encouraging discussion and equal participation.  While requirements vary according to topic and faculty member, typically they culminate in an essay which should meet the standards of publication in a scholarly journal.  Similarly, seminar presentations are modeled on conference papers, and many of our students have turned their coursework into conference presentations and articles.