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[MAEnglish] Office hours canceled + a reminder
by Caroline Kyungah Hong 28 Mar '16

28 Mar '16

Hi all, Unfortunately I have to cancel office hours this Wednesday, March 30. If you have questions or need advising this week, please email and/or make an appointment. And another reminder about the Nancy Comley Prize (see attached info and instructions). The submission deadline is Friday, April 8th. Best, Caroline -- Caroline Kyungah Hong, PhD Assistant Professor of English Director of Graduate Studies (English MA) Queens College, CUNY 65-30 Kissena Blvd. Klapper Hall 604 Queens, NY 11367-1597 caroline.hong(a)qc.cuny.edu Spring 2016 office hours: Wed. 3-6pm

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[MAEnglish] Preregistration for Summer and Fall (Apr. 5-7)
by Caroline Kyungah Hong 23 Mar '16

23 Mar '16

Dear Graduate Students, Preregistration for Summer and Fall 2016 English MA courses will take place *Tuesday, April 5 through Thursday, April 7*. Matriculated graduate students in good academic standing (i.e., minimum 3.0 GPA and no outstanding INCs) are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to sign up early for classes. Please see the attached PDF (and pasted below) for preregistration instructions and FAQs, including a breakdown of program requirements for MA, MS Ed, and MAT students. Also attached are the course descriptions for our wonderful slate of Summer and Fall 2016 courses. If you have any questions or need advising before preregistration, please email and/or make an appointment with me. Best, Caroline -- Caroline Kyungah Hong, PhD Assistant Professor of English Director of Graduate Studies (English MA) Queens College, CUNY 65-30 Kissena Blvd. Klapper Hall 604 Queens, NY 11367-1597 caroline.hong(a)qc.cuny.edu -- Preregistration for English MA Courses 2016 Summer and Fall Preregistration for Summer and Fall 2016 English MA courses will take place *Tuesday, April 5 through Thursday, April 7*. Graduate students in good academic standing (i.e., minimum 3.0 GPA and no outstanding INCs) are strongly encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to sign up early for classes. Below are preregistration instructions and FAQs, including a breakdown of program requirements for MA, MS Ed, and MAT students. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to email Caroline Hong or Bill Orchard, the Directors of Graduate Studies in English. If you have a complicated academic record and need advising prior to registering for classes, please make an appointment with Caroline before the preregistration period. *Preregistration via Email* Please email Bill (worchard(a)qc.cuny.edu) with the following information: 1. Your full name 2. Your 8-digit CUNYfirst ID# 3. The courses you’d like to register for, with their 4- or 5-digit class codes (e.g., ENGL 636, code: 28479) Graduate students can preregister for up to 3 fall classes and 2 summer classes. Email preregistration requests will be processed within 24 hours and in the order they are received. We will send you a confirmation notice once you’ve been registered, asking you to log onto CUNYfirst and check your schedule. *Preregistration in Person* If you wish to preregister in person, please see Caroline or Bill during one of these times: § Tuesday, April 5, 3:30–4:30pm (see Bill in Klapper 635) § Wednesday, April 6, 3:00–6:00pm (see Caroline in Klapper 604) If you’re preregistering in person, please be sure to fill out the above information on one of the preregistration slips, which you can find at the main English Department office (Klapper 607), *before* you come see us. *Preregistration FAQs* *Who is eligible to preregister for Summer and Fall 2016 classes?* All MA, MS Ed, and MAT students with an active CUNYfirst account who are in good academic standing are eligible to preregister for courses. If your GPA has fallen below 3.0 or if you’re carrying incompletes on your record from a previous semester, you will need to schedule an advising appointment with the Director of Graduate Studies, Caroline Hong, before being permitted to preregister. If the Bursar has placed a hold on your account for any reason, however negligible or unwarranted the hold might be, the CUNYfirst system will not allow you to be preregistered for classes. Please check your account before the start of the preregistration period and make sure that all holds have been removed. Non-matriculated/non-degree students are not eligible to preregister. *How many classes can I preregister for?* All MA, MS Ed, and MAT students may preregister for up to 3 fall classes and 2 summer classes. *Can I take a course with the same number twice for credit?* Courses entitled “Studies in…” may be repeated for credit as long as the specific course topics are substantially different (see course titles at http://english.qc.cuny.edu/graduate-programs/) For example, ENGL 714, 719, 720, 721, 722, 723, 724, 726, 727, 729, 736, and 742 may all be repeated for credit. ENGL 681 (Special Studies) and 781 (Special Seminars) may also be repeated for credit, as long as the specific course topics are different. ENGL 636, 638, 701, and 703 *cannot* be repeated for credit. *What are my program requirements?* For MA students: § ENGL 701 § ENGL 636 § 7 open electives (any English graduate class offered at the 600 or 700 level, *excluding the creative writing workshops and craft classes, ENGL 751–762, which are reserved for MFA students*) § ENGL 791 (thesis essay) For MS Ed students admitted *Fall 2012 or after*: § ENGL 702 or 703 § 2 pre-1900 electives § 1 open elective (any English graduate class offered at the 600 or 700 level, *excluding the creative writing workshops and craft classes, ENGL 751–762, which are reserved for MFA students*) § ENGL 781 For MS Ed students admitted *before Fall 2012*: § ENGL 702 § ENGL 703 or 636 § ENGL 662 or 719 § 2 open electives (any English graduate class offered at the 600 or 700 level, *excluding the creative writing workshops and craft classes, ENGL 751–762, which are reserved for MFA students*) For MAT students: § 1 pre-1900 elective § 1 open elective (any English graduate class offered at the 600 or 700 level, *excluding the creative writing workshops and craft classes, ENGL 751–762, which are reserved for MFA students*) § ENGL 781 For Summer 2016, the following courses fulfill the pre-1900 requirement: ENGL 742 (code 6173), 723 (code 6171), and 727 (code 6172). For Fall 2016, the following courses fulfill the pre-1900 requirement: ENGL 721 (code 28482), 724 (code 28483), and 726 (code 28485). *Can I preregister for ENGL 791, the thesis course, or ENGL 795, the independent study course?* English 791 and English 795 require additional advising and paperwork, so these are not courses for which you can preregister. Please email or make an appointment with the Director of Graduate Studies, Caroline Hong, if you’re planning to take one of these courses in the fall semester.

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[MAEnglish] Nancy Comley Prize + other announcements
by Caroline Kyungah Hong 09 Mar '16

09 Mar '16

Dear Grad Students, Please find attached and pasted below the submission guidelines for the annual *Nancy Comley Prize*, awarded to the best essay written by an English MA or MS Ed/MAT student. We hope you do consider submitting something, whether it's an essay you've already written for a class, a work-in-progress, or your thesis essay. Please also find attached the CFP for a graduate English conference happening at Brooklyn College on "Writing as Activism." The deadline is tomorrow, but I bet they'd be willing to give you an extra day or two if you contact them and let them know you're interested. Finally, preregistration for Summer and Fall 2016 classes will take place March 28-30. Next week I'll send out detailed instructions on how to preregister for classes. In the meantime, please get in touch if you're in need of advisement. Hope everyone's spring semester is going well! Best, Caroline and Bill -- Caroline Kyungah Hong, PhD Assistant Professor of English Director of Graduate Studies (English MA) Queens College, CUNY 65-30 Kissena Blvd. Klapper Hall 604 Queens, NY 11367-1597 caroline.hong(a)qc.cuny.edu Spring 2016 office hours: Wed. 3-6pm -- *THE NANCY COMLEY PRIZE* for the best essay written by an MA or MS Ed English student Named for the long-standing Chair of the English Department, the Nancy Comley Prize was established in 2012 to honor the best essay written by a graduate student matriculated in either the MA or MS Ed/English programs. The prize is sponsored by the English Department Alumni Fund. All currently matriculated MA and MS Ed students, as well as MA and MS Ed students who graduated in Fall 2015, are eligible. Your submission should be between 10 and 25 pages in length, typed, double-spaced, in a standard 12-pt. font, with 1-inch margins and page numbers. It must be carefully proofread and formatted according to MLA style, including a Works Cited page at the end. The deadline for submissions is *Friday, April 8, 2016*. All entries must be submitted via email to caroline.hong(a)qc.cuny.edu. Before submitting your entry, please take careful note of the following instructions: - Essays must be submitted in DOC, DOCX, RTF, or PDF formats. - The filename for your essay should read “[CUNYfirst ID number]NancyComleyPrize.” If you don’t know your 8-digit CUNYfirst ID number, please look it up before submitting your essay. - In the body of your email, make sure to include the following information: 1. Your full name 2. Your 8-digit CUNYfirst ID number 3. The title of your essay § Make sure that your name does not appear anywhere in your essay, which will be blind-read by the prize judges, who are faculty members serving on the MA Committee. Winners will be contacted by Wednesday, April 20, and invited to receive their award during the department prizes ceremony on *Monday, May 2*, time and place TBA. Questions about the Nancy Comley Prize should be directed to the Director of the English MA program, Caroline Hong, at caroline.hong(a)qc.cuny.edu.

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[MAEnglish] Last chance to file for Spring 2016 graduation
by Caroline Kyungah Hong 03 Mar '16

03 Mar '16

Hi everyone, If any of you missed the deadline to file for Spring 2016 graduation, you need to go the Registrar's office to apply ASAP. Please note that they will only accept late applications through March 8. Best, Caroline -- Caroline Kyungah Hong, PhD Assistant Professor of English Director of Graduate Studies (English MA) Queens College, CUNY 65-30 Kissena Blvd. Klapper Hall 604 Queens, NY 11367-1597 caroline.hong(a)qc.cuny.edu Spring 2016 office hours: Wed. 3-6pm

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