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Why UB English?

From Medievalism to Modernism, from psychoanalysis to popular culture, UB English offers a truly eclectic course of study that combines historical range with theoretical expertise. The Master’s Program provides highly motivated students the opportunity to study literature at an advanced level in an English department with an international reputation. With only two required courses, the MA degree is among the most flexible and interdisciplinary programs in the nation. Emphasizing dialogue between fields, the MA encourages students to experiment and explore.

The UB English Department is the home of the Poetics Program, the Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Culture, as well as interdisciplinary affiliations with the UB Humanities Institute, the Center for Disability Studies and Techne: Institute for Arts and Emerging Technologies. Students may also coordinate their study with a Certificate in Innovative Writing, as well as in other certificate programs at UB.

The Master’s program offers an affordable degree in one of the most affordable cities in the US, with a varied and vibrant intellectual and artistic scene that includes such mainstays as the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and Shea’s Performing Arts Center as well as more experimental venues such as Hall walls Contemporary Arts Center and Squeaky Wheel. There are also over twenty theater companies.

What you can do with an MA in English

Approximately a third of our MA students go on to pursue a PhD in literature or related fields, such as Art History, Anthropology, and Philosophy. Recent Master’s students have been accepted at places like Cornell, NYU, OSU, Notre Dame, UNC, Brown, UC-Irvine, and, of course, UB.

Another third of our students now have jobs in secondary education or writing, working as editors; technical, professional, and freelance writers; communications specialists; and grant writers for not-for-profit organizations.

A final third of MA students pursue careers in a range of fields, including most often law, business management, and marketing.