Dear Graduate Students,
Spring 2023 officially begins this Wednesday, January 25. Classes meeting on Mondays and Tuesday will have their first meetings the following week.
Please read carefully through these important beginning-of-the-semester announcements.
FYI, for info and policies specific to the English MA program, please see our most recent handbook, attached here.
Wishing you a wonderful spring semester!
Best,
Bill & Hillary, your Directors of Graduate Studies in English
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QC English MA Program
Spring 2023 Announcements
CALENDAR
The Spring 2023 semester begins on Wednesday, January 25. You can find the QC academic calendar with important dates and deadlines at https://www.cuny.edu/academics/academic-calendars/.
The last day to DROP classes for a 100% tuition refund is Tuesday, January 24.
The last day to ADD classes is Tuesday, January 31.
Other important dates to keep in mind:
* There are no classes on Monday, February 13, and Monday, February 20.
* Classes follow a Monday schedule on Tuesday, February 21.
* There are no classes during Spring Recess, Wednesday, April 5 to Thursday, April 13.
* The last day of classes is Thursday, May 11, and the spring semester officially ends on May 23.
SPRING 2023 ADVISING
If you have any questions or need help, please email MAEnglish(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:MAEnglish@qc.cuny.edu>. You can also contact us individually at:
Prof. Bill Orchard, Director of Graduate Studies (English MA)
Email: william.orchard(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:william.orchard@qc.cuny.edu>
Prof. Hillary Miller, Assistant Director of Graduate Studies
Email: hillary.miller(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:hillary.miller@qc.cuny.edu>
Email is the easiest and fastest way to reach us, but if you would like to request a virtual appointment, please email us with your availability and we will do our best to accommodate you.
Please be sure to check your QC email regularly (or set up forwarding to your primary email), as the College and your professors may be communicating with you that way. For routine inquiries (e.g., for faculty contact info), please consult the English Department website at https://qcenglish.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
CHECK (AND DOUBLE-CHECK) YOUR SCHEDULE
Before the semester begins, please take a moment to log-in to your CUNYfirst account and check that you’re registered for your courses. If for some reason your registration has been canceled by the Bursar, or if you’re registered for the wrong courses, it’s much easier to sort out any issues if they’re caught before the semester begins.
All sections of 781 this semester will be taught online. If, by the first day of the spring semester, you haven’t yet heard from your professors about how to join and access their classes online, you can email them to ask for this information. Faculty contact info can be found on the department website at https://qcenglish.commons.gc.cuny.edu/people/#office-hours.
ADDING A COURSE / REQUESTING AN OVERTALLY
If you’re looking to add a spring course, there are still a few with open seats, including ENGL 636 (History of Literary Criticism), ENGL 701 (Graduate Methodologies), ENGL 719 (Medieval Literature), ENGL 722 (Gender, Tradition, and Revolution in 18th-Century British Literature), and ENGL 729 (Modern Literature). Course descriptions are available on the English Department website<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__cuny907-2Dmy.sharepoin… >. Please confirm current availability by checking the Schedule of Classes on CUNYfirst.
If you wish to overtally into a class that is already closed, please contact us to be placed on a waiting list.
