The English Department's main office is in Muenzinger D110.

Prospective Students

The English Department at Boulder is an inclusive culture that welcomes all, and is committed to providing essential skills in language, writing, research, close reading, and critical thinking across multiple genres, applicable to a multitude of career fields, while allowing students to study what they love. Our priority is to cultivate empathetic and responsible engagement with texts, peers, and community on a variety of scales, from local to international in a changing world to solve longstanding and emerging problems.

In small classes, with faculty who will get to know each student, they will get to read, think and write about questions central to the humanities such as: what makes us human? how can we act ethically? what is the place of art in social and political life? 

The life-long skills and ideas acquired in the English Department prepare students for a variety of career paths while encouraging them to contribute to scholarly, creative, and civic life in Boulder and beyond in their future endeavors.

English Graduate Admissions

English Graduate Admissions FAQs

Department of English Inclusive Excellence Statement

Degrees Offered

At the University of Colorado Boulder, the English Department offers these degrees:
 

Scholarships & Awards

In addition to funds available from the university, students may apply for awards from the English Department.

Scholarships and awards are available annually on a competitive basis. 

Where Our Graduates Work

Students who have graduated from our program have gone on to work at organizations like:

  • Spanish Ministry of Education and Culture
  • Random House Publishers
  • Thieme Publishers
  • Boulder County AIDS Project
  • Boulder Shelter for the Homeless
  • Twitter
  • Denver Children’s Home
  • and dozens of Universities and academic institutions

Why I Love Majoring in English at Boulder
- Sawyer Macres

This video, winner of the 2018 Department of English undergraduate video competition, was produced by and features Sawyer Macres. Macres, from Westminster, Colo., graduated with his BA degree in English literature this past Spring '18. Authors whom he admires include Patrick Rothfuss (“he writes incredible fantasy”) and Colin Meloy of the Decemberists (“whose songs are basically literature”). A vital contributor to the department's undergraduate culture while here at , Macres will pursue digital media production.

Student Testimonials

 

Being an English major at Boulder did much more than prepare me for the professional world; my degree helped me cultivate an identity that is based on a breath of experience far greater than my own. Studying English Literature has had a profound impact on the way I understand the world.

- Durango Jenkins, ’18

The knowledge I gained during my degree is critical for my success in both sides of my career, as an instructor and as a podcaster, but even more important has been the skills in critical thinking, narrative-building, rhetoric, persuasion, analysis and research that has allowed me to be confident enough to push myself outside of my own fields and work successfully in a new discipline, in a very public forum with no margin for error, without making a fool of myself or doing a disservice to our listeners​.

- Olivia Meikle, ‘17

My favorite memories are of my friends, the amazing community of grad students I met and grew with during the program. I also loved getting to know my professors and putting together my absolute dream team of a committee for my dissertation​.

- Allison Shelton, ‘20

More than anything, I was impressed with how many opportunities the English major gave me, both personally and professionally. I will always be grateful for the lasting friendships, powerful mentorship, and versatile experience that the English major provides. Anybody wanting more from their time at should consider English.

- Anthony DeCamillis, ‘18