Graduate Programs

The MA in English can be completed either online or onsite (funded) and provides training with top scholars in an array of fields, including Linguistics, Comparative/Global Literatures and Translation, Film and Media Studies, American Literature, and British Literature. We support students utilizing a range of research methodologies, such as literary theory, social-justice-based work, pop culture studies, and manuscript studies. Whatever your interest, you'll have the opportunity to work closely with your professors and to learn from them the writing, researching, and teaching skills crucial to our profession.

The MA in Technical Communication (MATC) is a great way to develop your mastery of technical communication skills for industry positions in technical writing, writing, editing, and management—or for further graduate study. Specific aims of study include knowledge of the history, theory, research, genres, principles, techniques, and practices of technical communication.

Our graduate creative writing workshops focus on fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and literary translation, and the MFA degree plan prepares students for the publication of their first book in one of these genres. Come write with us on the South Plains. Make your impression.

Our PhD in English is a funded and onsite degree that allows you to learn alongside major scholars in the field while strengthening your research abilities. We welcome applicants from a wide array of fields—including Creative Writing (poetry, fiction, and nonfiction), Linguistics, Comparative and Global Literatures and Translation, Film and Media Studies, American Literature, and British Literature. Whatever your interest, you'll have the opportunity to work closely with your professors and to learn from them the writing, researching, and teaching skills crucial to our profession.

The PhD in Technical Communication and Rhetoric (TCR) qualifies students to conduct independent research by various methods and thus to contribute to knowledge in technical communication, user experience, rhetorical studies, and writing and literacy studies.

The English Department offers four Graduate Certificates: 1) Book History and Digital Humanities, 2) Grants and Proposals; 3) Linguistics; and 4) Teaching Technical Communication.