The Department of English offers a Master’s degree in English Literature and a Post Master's Certificate.  The curriculum balances a traditional, historical understanding of literary periods with newer, theoretically based considerations of writing and reading.  This range of approaches provides students with expertise in much of the literature written in English, highly refined interpretive skills, and familiarity with the major intellectual currents shaping the discipline of literary study today.

If you have any questions about our program, admissions requirements, or other issues, please contact Professor Heather Hicks, Director of the Graduate Program at (610) 519-4645 or at heather.hicks@villanova.edu.

Or, feel free to call us at (610) 519-7826 to visit our department, and, if you wish, sit in on one of our graduate seminars.