Welcome to Marquette University’s Department of English!

Department News and Events

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Undergraduate Program

  • Declare your Major or Minor
  • 3 undergraduate major concentrations: Literature, Writing-Intensive English, and Language Arts
  • 4 undergraduate minors: Literature, Writing-Intensive English, Creative Writing, and Literature of Diverse Cultures
  • Graduate Program

  • M.A. in British, American, and Global Anglophone Literatures
  • Ph.D. in British, American, and Global Anglophone Literatures
  • Department News

  • The English Department's Graduate Program was featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Read the article here.
  • Check out our Faculty News to see our faculty's latest publications, presentations, activities, and awards.
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Announcements

We have a range of exciting offerings for Fall 2024. Check out our course descriptions here!

We are currently welcoming new PhD applications beginning December 2024 for a Fall 2025 start date.  We are also accepting applications for ADP and MA programs in English.

Congratulations!

Faculty Awards and Accomplishments.

New Books by English Faculty.

Undergraduate and Graduate Student Awards and Accomplishments.

Resources

Are you looking for career tips and wondering how you can use the skills you gain in your English courses after Marquette?  Watch the recording of our recent alumni panel, "From Classes to Careers"!

Check out the Department's reading and viewing recommendations.

More reading recommendations: poems and poets that provide solace and hope, along with faculty reflections.

Read "Poems from a Pandemic Spring," authored by students in Dr. Sorby's Spring 2020 Poetry Workshop.