Prospective Student Information

Applications to the Graduate Ph.D. and M.A. programs open on October 1st and close in early December. Entering cohorts typically range in size from 6-9 students, including 1-2 students in the Creative/Critical concentration.


As you research the graduate programs that best suit your needs, we recommend that you browse through our current graduate seminar offerings to get a better sense of the kinds of research topics that faculty and graduate students tend to gravitate towards. Our curriculum, which changes from year to year, can be found here. We also recommend viewing the stated research interests of current graduate students, and the thesis/dissertation titles of recent degree recipients, to get a better sense of the research community in our department.


Additional information about our graduate program offerings can be found in quick links in the navigation bar.