APPLICATION FOR GRADUATE STUDIES IN ENGLISH
Application and all required materials must be postmarked by application deadline
(Please type or print legibly)
1. Application for (check one) Fall Spring Year__________________
2. Student Name: Email
3. Present Address
4. Phone Number
5. Degree Program applying for (check one) MA PhD
6. Date you took or plan to take GRE
7. Previous Colleges and Universities attended, dates and degrees (indicate degrees now in progress)
8. Grade point in undergraduate work completed
(Indicate basis if not 4-point system)
Grade point in English Courses
9. Grade point in graduate work completed
(Indicate basis if not 4-point system)
Grade point in English Courses
10. Scholastic honors, extracurricular activities and publications (if any)
11. Professional experience (teaching, business, etc.)
12. Which of the following areas will most likely be your Field of Specialization?
Composition, Rhetoric and Literacy
Theory & practice of rhetoric & composition in various periods, & modern literacy studies
Literary and Cultural Studies
American Studies
American literatures & cultures, from their beginnings to the present
Creative Writing (MA applicants only)
Writing poetry, narrative fiction, & prose in various genres
Medieval & Early Modern Studies
English writing/culture & their various contexts, to about 1700
Later British and Anglophone Studies
English/postcolonial writing/culture & their various contexts, 1700 to the present
Theory, Media & Cultural Studies
English, European, & American literary theory, all periods, & film/media studies
Native American Studies
Native American literatures & cultures, from their beginnings to the present
Gender Studies
Women’s writing, feminisms, sexuality & queer studies in various periods & national contexts
13. Give names and addresses of the three persons whom you are asking to write letters supporting this application. Request your references to comment (on forms we supply) specifically upon your qualifications as a prospective graduate student (literary judgment, writing ability, originality, diligence). These letters should be sent to the Graduate Office, Department of English, University of Oklahoma, 760 Van Vleet Oval, Norman, Oklahoma. 73019-0240
Date Signature
*IMPORTANT NOTE: An application for admission accompanied by transcripts must be submitted separately to the Admissions office. The appropriate form for admission to the University of Oklahoma located at the Graduate College Website – http://www.ou.edu/gradweb
