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Arts & Letters

 

Arts & Letters

Make It So.

Arts and Letters is a graduate liberal studies program designed with working professionals in mind. Through a diverse set of course offerings, students work on analytical and creative thinking while learning and synthesizing ideas. Coursework allows students to hone their writing and presentation skills. Our faculty mentors work with students to plan their course of study to take advantage of everything the New York City region has to offer. Our students put the humanities to work with internships and other means of experiential learning in the cultural capital of the world.

Now that I've graduated from the Arts & Letters program, I have connected with key members within the scholarly community surrounding my dissertation subject. I owe this to the scholarly transformation I experienced at Drew. I am now an authority of my subject and a part of a global conversation. ”
Andrew Clapham G'17
English Teacher, Seton Hall Preparatory School

Master of Letters (33 Credits)
A Step-by-Step Path to Your Degree

The Master of Letters gives you the option of either completing ten courses (30 credits) and a 50–75 page master’s thesis (3 credits) or taking an additional course in lieu of the master’s thesis to complete a total of 11 courses (33 credits).

View the Course Catalog for more details.

Doctor of Letters (45 Credits)
A Step-by-Step Path to Your Degree

The program requires the completion of 12 courses, including two required seminars plus preparing and successfully defending a 150–220 page doctoral dissertation.

View the Course Catalog for more details.

I imagined it might be difficult for me to break into nonprofit work, but the directors told me that my degree gave me indispensable curiosity, communication skills, research abilities and this willingness to do hard work to help and honor another life. I did not know that working in AIDS advocacy was the work that my Arts and Letters degree was preparing me for, but as it turns out, it has prepared me in unexpected and invaluable ways. ”
Jaclyn Harte, G'15
Youth Program Director, AIDS Resource Foundation for Children
Program Convener

Karen Pechilis

Phd, University of Chicago

Professor Pechilis explores issues of interpreting the embodied self through poetry, biography and practice in devotional traditions of Hinduism. She understands ‘devotion’ to be a site for the intersection of wonder and self-expression and for an exquisitely participatory impulse, especially in the arts and letters. Over the past twenty years she has conducted research in Chennai (Madras), south India through grants from the American Institute of Indian Studies, the Fulbright Program and the Asian Cultural Council. Her published work, both independent and collaborative, engages many scholarly discussions about the making of religious tradition, including interpretive history, translation, cultural analysis and feminist and gender studies.

Admission Requirements

Start Terms: Fall, Spring, Summer
Deadline: Rolling Admissions
Admission Requirements
- For master's program, bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
- For doctoral program, a master's degree in a humanities discipline from an accredited institution
- Completed Application Form
- Official transcripts from all post-secondary institutions
- Personal Statement
- Essay Response/Writing Sample
- Resume
- Two Letters of Recommendation
- $35 Application Fee

International applicants need to meet additional criteria. See our international admissions page for more information

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Concentrations

• Historical Studies
• Global Studies
• Literary Studies
• Studies in Spirituality
• Writing
• Fine Arts and Media Studies
• Irish/Irish-American Studies
• Teaching in the Two-Year College

Contact Information

Office of Graduate Admissions

36 Madison Avenue
Madison, NJ
973-408-3111
gradm@drew.edu
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