Welcome to the web pages of the Department of English at the University of California, Davis.

The students and faculty of our department study literature written in the English language from its beginnings over a millennium ago to the present. While we concentrate on works written in the British Isles and in North America, we also have increasingly turned our attention to works in English written worldwide. We want to understand individual works and authors as well as the place of literature in human culture and the role literature plays in the human effort to make meaningful lives for ourselves.

Undergraduate students majoring in English may elect from the following three emphases: Teaching emphasis, creative writing emphasis, or general literature emphasis. The department offers graduate students a PhD in literature and an MA in English with emphasis in creative writing.

The English department resides in Voorhies Hall located at the corner of 1st and A Streets. The main office for the undergraduate program is in room 176 Voorhies (530-752-2257); the graduate program office is located in room 161 Voorhies and can be reached at 530-752-2281 or 530-752-2043. To contact faculty, staff and graduate students, please click on the People link in the left column.

The department's mailing address is:

English Department
One Shields Avenue
University of California
Davis, CA 95616

If you are interested in the English Comp Examination or Subject A requirements, click on the Composition/UWP link on the left.

Margaret Ferguson, Chair
English Department
UC Davis