Welcome to the Department of English at Washington University in St. Louis
The Department of English at Washington University offers an opportunity for undergraduate and graduate study with a first-rate faculty, and within a community of distinguished poets and fiction and non-fiction writers, enabling the student to become familiar with both critical and creative endeavors. The departmental programs reflect the interplay of artist, critic, and teacher. Graduate programs in the department emphasize broad training in the traditions of English and American literature and encourage a variety of critical and historical approaches to literary study. The department offers the M.A., the M.A. in Literature and History, the M.F.A. in Writing, and the Ph.D. in English and American Literature. Presently the department has approximately 130 undergraduate English majors, 95 graduate students, and 24 students in the Writing Program.
Information regarding the various programs offered by the English Department and described in these web pages can be requested here.