现在，英语系为生态批评提供了一种创新的新选择。该选项适用于对文学如何塑造我们对环境的理解感兴趣的学生，反之亦然。除了所有文学硕士学生都需要的课程外，那些追求生态批评的人还将参加生态批评理论与实践（LIT 422）的核心高级课程，以及文学，自然与政治学研讨会（LIT 524）和专题在生态批评（LIT 502）。追求生态批评选择的学生也可以选择地方文学，英美文学中的自然写作以及非西方文学传统中的生态学在内的多种高级选修课。该课程旨在为有意攻读博士学位的学生做好准备。在文学和环境领域开展工作和/或协助希望将对生
The English Department now offers an innovative new option in Ecocriticism. The option is for students interested in how literature shapes our understanding of the environment and vice-versa. In addition to courses required for all MA Literature students, those who pursue the Ecocriticism option will take core upper-division coursework in Ecocritical Theory and Practice (LIT 422), along with seminars in Literature, Nature and Politics (LIT 524) and Special Topics in Ecocriticism (LIT 502). A rich variety of upper-division electives in the Literature(s) of Place, Nature Writing in British and American Literature, and Ecology in Non-Western Literary Traditions will also be available to students pursing the Ecocriticism option. The option is designed to prepare students who intend to pursue Ph.D. work in Literature and the Environment and/or to assist those who wish to incorporate a concern for ecological and social justice issues within their pedagogy.