Dear Graduate Students, Just a friendly reminder that preregistration is taking place next week (see instructions and FAQs below and attached). *Please do not email us your preregistration requests before preregistration begins on March 16.* If you have any questions or need advising, please get in touch with me or Bill. Hope everyone is enjoying the warmer weather! Best, Caroline -- Caroline Kyungah Hong, PhD Assistant Professor of English Director of Graduate Studies (MA) Queens College, CUNY caroline.hong@qc.cuny.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Dear Graduate Students, Preregistration for Summer and Fall 2015 English MA courses will take place *Monday, March 16 through Wednesday, March 18*. Graduate students in good academic standing are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to sign up early for classes. Please see the attached document (and pasted below) for preregistration instructions and FAQs, including a breakdown of program requirements. Also attached are the descriptions for our fabulous slate of Summer and Fall 2015 courses. If you have any questions or need advising due to a complicated academic record, please don't hesitate to email or make an appointment with me. Best, Caroline -- Caroline Kyungah Hong, PhD Assistant Professor of English Director of Graduate Studies (MA) Queens College, CUNY caroline.hong@qc.cuny.edu -- *Preregistration for English Graduate Courses* *2015 Summer and Fall* *Preregistration via Email* Please email Caroline (caroline.hong@qc.cuny.edu) or Bill ( William.Orchard@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: 51651 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: - Monday, March 16, 3:30–4:45pm (Bill in Klapper 635) - Tuesday, March 17, 3:30–6:30pm (Caroline in Klapper 604) - Wednesday, March 18, 10:30am–1:30pm (Caroline in Klapper 604) - Wednesday, March 18, 3:30–4:45pm (Bill in Klapper 635) 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 stacked outside the main English Department office, Klapper 607. *Preregistration FAQs* *Who is eligible to preregister for Summer and Fall 2015 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 or 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 2 summer classes and 3 fall classes. *Can I take a course with the same number twice for credit?* Courses entitled “Studies in…” may be repeated for credit if the specific course topic is 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, 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, 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, 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, which are reserved for MFA students) - ENGL 781 For Summer II 2015, the following courses fulfill the pre-1900 elective: ENGL 720 and 781. No courses fulfill the pre-1900 elective during Summer I. For Fall 2015, the following courses fulfill the pre-1900 elective: ENGL 719, 720, 722, and 726. *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.