英文哲学博士

The department admits to its doctoral program only students of proven competence and scholarly promise who hold a master's degree. An average of 3.5 in course work presented for the M.A. in English and strong endorsements from the student's graduate instructors are minimum requirements for acceptance. We encourage applicants who have completed master's degrees in areas other than English to consult with the Director of Graduate Studies, who may advise that they apply to our M.A. program in order to gain a solid foundation in the discipline.

Students who wish to enter the M.A. program should have an undergraduate English major or significant coursework in literature. Applicants are expected to have performed capably in all their baccalaureate work and to have earned at least a 3.5 average in their undergraduate English courses.

Students who have begun graduate work at other institutions may be admitted to the M.A. program at Lehigh. Any transfer of credit must be approved by the Director of Graduate Studies in English and the Dean of Graduate Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences. No more than six credits of graduate work completed elsewhere--credits that do not fulfill requirements of any other degree--may be applied to the M.A. program at Lehigh
the completed application form, available here
a statement of purpose
an official transcript or transcripts, for all college-level coursework
three letters of recommendation from instructors familiar with the applicant's undergraduate work in English
a writing sample of at most 15 pages of non-fiction prose, preferably a paper submitted for a previous assignment.