Graduate Handbook | Department of English

Dietrich School of Arts & SciencesDepartment of English

The Graduate Handbook contains all the policies and procedures of the graduate programs and is intended as a guide for both faculty and graduate students.

If, after consulting the Handbook, you have questions about any of the programs and their policies, please consult the Graduate Administrator (engrad@pitt.edu) or Michael Sawyer, the Director of Graduate Studies.

The Graduate Handbook is available in PDF file format. Click on the links below to open specific sections:

Teaching Assistants Funding

For current TA stipends.

For University of Pittsburgh policies affecting TAs.

For information about medical coverage.

Teaching Fellows Funding

For current TF stipends.

For University of Pittsburgh policies affecting TFs.

For information about medical coverage.

Center for African American Poetry & Poetics

The Center for African American Poetry and Poetics is a creative think tank for African American and African diasporic poetries and poetics.

The Writing Institute

The Writing Institute promotes a dynamic writing culture at the University of Pittsburgh, supports individual writers, and administers the Writing requirement.

Plagiarism

Make sure you're up to speed on what constitutes plagiarism and how to avoid it.