Dear Graduate Students, It's been a tough week (and month and year...), and I hope you're all taking care as best you can and continuing to be kind and gentle with yourselves. Regarding the terrible violence in Atlanta last week, I wanted to share a few statements that I signed on to as a professor/scholar of Asian American studies and a Board member of various Asian American organizations: from Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta & Georgia NAACP <https://www.advancingjustice-atlanta.org/aaajcommunitystatement>, from the Circle for Asian American Literary Studies <http://caals.org/archives/1117>, and from the Association of Asian American Studies <https://aaastudies.org/>. If anyone needs or wants to talk or would like to be referred to some resources available to you as QC students and members of our community, please don't hesitate to reach out. *Preregistration* for Fall 2021 English MA courses will take place *Monday, April 5 through Friday, April 9, 2021*. Matriculated graduate and accelerated students in good academic standing (i.e., minimum average 3.0 GPA and no outstanding INCs) are eligible for and strongly encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to sign up early for classes. (Non-matriculated/non-degree students are not eligible for preregistration.) Please carefully read and follow the attached (and pasted below) preregistration instructions and FAQs, which includes a breakdown of program requirements, as well as the attached Fall 2021 course descriptions. Please note that the majority of English MA courses in the fall will remain fully online, with a few courses that are designated as hybrid, meaning there will be a combination of in-person and online meetings (ENGL 722, 729, 781-03). I've also attached the Summer 2021 course descriptions. As always, please email me and Hillary if you have any questions or need advising before preregistration. Best, Caroline (and Hillary) -- Dr. Caroline Kyungah Hong Associate Professor of English Director of Graduate Studies (English MA) Queens College, CUNY *she/her/hers* * Please note that I am off email on weekends and will respond to your email during business hours, Monday–Friday 9am–5pm, generally within 1–2 business days. -- Preregistration for English MA Courses FALL 2021 Preregistration for Fall 2021 English MA courses will take place Monday, April 5 through Friday, April 9, 2021. Matriculated graduate and accelerated students in good academic standing (i.e., minimum average 3.0 GPA and no outstanding INCs) are eligible for and 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, MAT, and MS Ed students. Fall 2021 course offerings and descriptions are attached separately. Please note that the majority of our graduate English courses in the fall will remain fully online, with a few courses that are designated as hybrid, meaning there will be a combination of in-person and online meetings (ENGL 722, 729, 781-03). If you have any questions or need advising, please email the current Directors of Graduate Studies in English—Dr. Caroline K. Hong ( caroline.hong@qc.cuny.edu) and Dr. Hillary Miller ( hillary.miller@qc.cuny.edu). Instructions for Preregistration via Email During the Fall 2021 preregistration period of April 5–9 only, please email MAEnglish@qc.cuny.edu with the following info: 1. Your full name 2. Your program (MA, MAT, MS Ed, or Accelerated) 3. Your 8-digit CUNY ID# 4. The courses you’d like to register for, with their 4- or 5-digit class codes (e.g., ENGL 636, code 38098) Students may preregister for up to 3 classes. Preregistration requests will be processed within 24 hours and in the order they are received. You will receive a confirmation email once you’ve been registered, asking you to log onto CUNYfirst and double-check your schedule. Preregistration FAQs Who is eligible to preregister for Spring 2021 classes? All matriculated MA, MAT, and MS Ed students, as well as Accelerated BA/MA students, who have an active CUNYfirst account and 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 should seek advising with one of the Directors of Graduate Studies, Dr. Caroline K. Hong or Dr. Hillary Miller, before trying to preregister. If you have any holds on your CUNYfirst account for any reason, however unwarranted, CUNYfirst will not allow you to be preregistered for classes. Please check your account before the start of the preregistration period and make sure that any holds have been resolved. Non-matriculated/non-degree students are not eligible to preregister and must wait to register themselves during their registration appointment period on CUNYfirst. Can I take a course with the same number twice for credit? Courses titled “Studies in…” may be repeated for credit as long as the specific course topics and course materials are substantially different (see course titles at http://english.qc.cuny.edu/graduate-programs/). For example, ENGL 722, 724, 726, and 729 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 and course materials are substantially different. ENGL 636, 638, 701, 702, and 703 cannot be repeated for credit. What are my English course requirements? For MA students: - ENGL 701 - ENGL 636 - 7 open electives (any English graduate class offered at the 600 or 700 level, excluding ENGL 751–763, which are reserved for MFA students) - ENGL 791 (thesis essay) 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 751–763, which are reserved for MFA students) - ENGL 781 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 751–763, which are reserved for MFA students) - ENGL 781 For MAT and MS Ed students, what courses fulfill the pre-1900 requirement? In Fall 2021, ENGL 722, ENGL 724, and ENGL 726 fulfill the pre-1900 requirement. 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. The Directors of Graduate Studies will announce more information about how to sign up for these courses after the preregistration period has ended.