英语研究生课程是一个5-6年的直接博士学位课程。英语哲学博士为学生提供了成为英语学者和教授的准备，也使公共知识分子可以选择从事各种职业。通过写作和文学教学方面的广泛教育培训和学徒计划，学生可以在各种环境中进行教学准备。我们的学生接受了严格的文学研究方法培训，并被鼓励在学术和专业期刊上发表论文，参加并出席全球学术会议，并在特拉华大学及其他地区进行档案研究。在课堂上，学生需要通过理论，文化研究，电影研究，物质文化，构图与修辞，环境人文，数字人文等方面的创新课程来分析英语文学。我们的部门在非裔美国人文学，印刷和
The graduate program in English is a five-to-six-year straight-to-Ph.D. program. The doctor of philosophy in English prepares students to be scholars and professors of English, as well as public intellectuals who may choose diverse careers. Through extensive pedagogical training and apprenticeships in the teaching of writing and literature, students leave prepared to teach in a variety of settings. Our students receive rigorous training in methods of literary research and are encouraged to publish work in scholarly and professional journals, attend and present at academic conferences across the globe, and conduct archival research at the University of Delaware and beyond. In the classroom, students are challenged to analyze English literature through innovative courses in theory, cultural studies, film studies, material culture, composition and rhetoric, environmental humanities, digital humanities, and more. Our department has particular strengths in African American literature, print and material culture studies, transatlantic studies, composition and rhetoric, and the environmental humanities. Outside of the classroom, graduate students and faculty work together on public and digital humanities projects and on reading/working groups focused on particular areas of research interest. Groups may also bring in guest speakers, host workshops, and participate in excursions to significant cultural institutions, museums and libraries.