The graduate program in English offers coursework and research supervision in all areas of British and American literature, Anglophone literature from other countries, film and media studies, cultural studies, and literary theory. The goal of the Ph.D. program is to produce scholars, critics, and teachers of literature and culture for colleges and universities.
The Department of English does not accept transfer credit for coursework completed prior to enrollment at Vanderbilt University. Graduate seminars in creative writing may be repeated for credit with the program director's approval. Other graduate seminars may be repeated for credit if topics are not duplicated. Other regulations governing graduate work are available from the director of graduate studies.