English

Overview

Key Features

The English faculty at University of South Dakota offer close guidance and opportunities for students to gain practical writing and editing experience by working on the Vermillion Literary Project, interning at South Dakota Review, or taking classes in publishing.

• Literature

The M.A. program with a specialization in Literature provides students with opportunities to explore a wide range of English literature with a span of periods and genres. We offer classes in British and American literature, from Shakespeare to the postmodern novel. The program emphasizes a solid foundation in general literary studies that provide our students with the broad knowledge to be able to work on their own areas of thesis specialization.

• Creative Writing

The M.A. program with a specialization in Creative Writing provides students a chance to think about writing in an open way, to experiment with subject, form, and sound, and to focus on writing first and categorization later. We offer classes in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, memoir, hybrid forms and publishing. Our workshops integrate frequent writing projects with substantial reading lists as a way of reimagining the workshop model.