The Department of English of the University
of Colorado at Boulder welcomes your interest in our
graduate degree programs. The department’s approximately
125 graduate students work closely on research
and writing projects with the 48 members of our
graduate faculty, who specialize in all areas of literary,
theoretical, and cultural studies and creative writing. Intellectual life on campus includes seminars, colloquia,
and visiting scholars sponsored by English and other
departments and by the Center for Humanities and the
Arts, the Center for British and Irish Studies, and the
Center for the American West. The English department
encourages interdisciplinary work and maintains
close ties with the Department of Comparative Literature
and Humanities, the Program for Writing and Rhetoric, the various departments of foreign languages
and literatures, and other humanities and fine arts departments
including history, ethnic studies, and theatre. Students are aided in their research by the collections of
the university libraries, whose holdings number more
than 11 million volumes; by Norlin Library’s Special
Collections Department, whose rare-book holdings are
particularly strong in English and American literature
from the seventeenth century to the present; and by the
university’s affiliation with the Newberry Library in
Chicago. The University of Colorado is an affirmative
action, equal opportunity institution; the department
encourages applications from minority students.
The University of Colorado at Boulder has an
enrollment of about 29,000 students. Located at the
eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains and 25 miles
northwest of Denver, Boulder is an attractive university
community of 95,000 people. The campus is within
walking distance of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains
and a short drive away from summer and winter
recreation areas. The Denver-Boulder area is home to
first-class music, theater, film, and arts events, accessible
via an excellent public transportation system.
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