English - MA

The graduate program of the UCSB Department of English provides the opportunity for students to deepen their knowledge of literary texts, modes, genres, movements, and periods and thereby to explore their potential as interpreters, scholars, and teachers. We have historically emphasized scholarship, criticism, and theory equally, and in recent years have begun to incorporate practice as well. We are especially strong in media studies and digital humanities; literary theory; cultural and interdisciplinary studies; race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality studies; Medieval, Renaissance, Eighteenth-century studies; Modernism, and American literature. The program is large enough to field a full range of graduate seminars, but small enough to provide a sense of community and a high level of faculty-student engagement.

• Media and communications

• Publishing

• Law

• Nonprofit organizations

• Education

• Comparative Literature

• Film & Media

• History

• Theater & Dance

• Spanish & Portuguese

• East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies

• Environmental Humanities and environmental justice

• Anti-racism and social justice

• New media and digital humanities

• Mind and cognitive studies

• Materialism and aesthetics

• American cultures in global contexts

English Department Website: https://english.ucsb.edu/

Undergraduate Section of Department Website: https://english.ucsb.edu/undergraduate/

Current Courses, from Department Website: https://english.ucsb.edu/courses/