Our programs are among the most open and flexible in the country. Students take seminars across a number of fields, including American and British literature, modernism, contemporary literature, psychoanalysis, cultural studies, poetics and critical theory. Combining professional rigor with highly individualized mentorship, our graduate programs prepare students to become innovative scholars and teachers of literature, culture, and critical theory.

Our department aims to provide undergraduate and graduate students with the best, most innovative and rigorous education while working to advance the study of literature and culture in all of its dimensions.?

UB?s English Department is affiliated with a prestigious professional organizations journals of both scholarly and creative work, both of which offer opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students to publish their work and join professional networks.