Doctor's Degree in English and American Literature and Language at Harvard University |
Harvard University
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Harvard University is a Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above Research Universities (very high research activity) with 25,690 students in Cambridge, MA.
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This school offers the following degree levels:
Associate degree, Bachelor degree, Certificates/Postbaccalaureate Certificate, Masters degree, Certificates/Post-Master's Certificate, Doctor's degree, First-Professional degree, Certificates/First-Professional Certificate |
| Also, students of this school are eligible for federal aid such as Pell Grants and Direct Loans from the US Department of Education. |
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Harvard University
Doctor's degree
English and American Literature and Language
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The program normally takes five or six years to complete. The first two years are devoted to course work and to preparation for the PhD Qualifying Exam (the "General" exam). The third through fifth years are devoted to teaching, preparation for the Dissertation Qualifying Exam (the "Field" exam), and completion of the doctoral dissertation. Students with previous graduate training, and those wishing to accelerate, may complete their dissertations in the fourth or fifth years.
The program aims to provide the holder of the PhD in English with a broad knowledge of English and American literature, including critical and cultural theory. Additional important skills include facility with the tools of scholarship—ancient and modern foreign languages, bibliographic procedures, and textual and editorial methods. The program also emphasizes the ability to write well, to do solid and innovative scholarly and critical work in a specialized field or fields, and to be effective teachers.
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