Dear Graduate Students, Pre-registration for spring 2015 graduate English courses will begin on Monday November 3, and continue on Tuesday November 4 and Wednesday November 5. The department encourages you to take advantage of this opportunity to sign up early for classes so that you can meet your program's requirements. I'm attaching descriptions of all spring 2015 graduate English courses to this message. They're also posted on the bulletin board outside Klapper 604. Pasted below-and attached as a separate document-are answers to some common questions about pre-registration that I encourage you to read, including a breakdown of individual program requirements. If you have questions that are not answered there, please don't hesitate to be in touch with me during the next week. If you have complicated questions about your academic record, you should plan to schedule an advising meeting before the start of pre-registration. My scheduled advising hours next week are on Wednesday (Oct 29), 3:00-6:30. I'm also available on Monday (Oct 27), 2:00-4:00 and 5:30-6:00; and Friday (Oct 31), 12:30-1:30, by appointment. Pre-registering by email Please email me (andrea.walkden@qc.cuny.edu<mailto:andrea.walkden@qc.cuny.edu>) with the following information: 1. Your full name and 8-digit student ID# (if you don't know your student ID# please give the last 4 digits of your SSN#) 2. The course numbers and 5-digit course codes of all the courses for which you wish to register: e.g. ENG 636. Code: 56809 Emails requests will be processed in the order they're received and a confirmation notice, asking you to log into your account and check the details of your schedule, sent back to you. I can only begin pre-registering students once the period officially begins on Monday November 3, but you're welcome to send me your pre-registration requests from noon on Sunday November 2. Pre-registering in person If you wish to pre-register in person, I'll be available at the following times: Wednesday, November 5: 10:30-12:00 (KP 610) and 3:00-6:30 (KP 604) John Rice, the office administrator for graduate programs, will also be available to advise and pre-register you in KP 607 (the English Department Office) at the following days and times. Monday, November 3: 2:00-4:00 Tuesday, November 4: 2:00-5:00 Wednesday, November 5: 2:00-6:30 I'm excited about the roster of classes for next semester and I'm hopeful that you will be too. All good wishes, Andrea Walkden (andrea.walkden@qc.cuny.edu<mailto:andrea.walkden@qc.cuny.edu>) Director, Graduate Studies in English Pre-registration FAQs Who is eligible to pre-register for spring 2015 classes? All MA and MS.Ed. students with an active CUNYfirst account who are in good academic standing are eligible to pre-register 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 or before being permitted to pre-register. 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 pre-registered for classes. Please check your account before the start of the pre-registration period and make sure that all holds have been removed. Non-matriculated or non-degree students are not eligible to pre-register. How many classes can I pre-register for? All MA and MS.Ed. students may pre-register for up to 3 classes What information do I need to bring with me to the pre-registration meeting or send in my email request to pre-register? * Your full name and 8-digit CUNY ID number * The course numbers and 5-digit course codes of all the courses for which you wish to register. e.g. ENG 636 (code: 56809) If you're pre-registering in person, be sure to fill out this information on one of the pre-registration slips stacked on the hallway outside the English department office. The slips speed up the process for everyone! Can I take a course with the same number twice for credit? Courses entitled "Studies in" may be repeated for credit if the course subject is substantially different. For example, ENG 742 (Studies in Shakespeare's Plays); ENG 724 (Studies in Victorian Literature), ENG 727 (Studies in American Literature); and ENGL 736 (Studies in Theory) may all be repeated for credit. Special Seminars (ENG 781) may be repeated for credit if the subject is different. ENG 636, 638, 701, and 703 cannot be repeated for credit. What are my program requirements? For all MA students: * ENG 636 - History of Literary Criticism * ENG 701 - Theory and Practice of Graduate Methodology * 7 open electives (any literature class offered at the 600 or 700 level, excluding the creative writing workshops and craft classes which are reserved for MFA students) * ENG 791 - Thesis Writing Course For MS.Ed students admitted before fall 2012: * A theory course * A methodology course * A history of the English language course * Two open electives (any literature class offered at the 600 or 700 level, excluding ENG 701 and the creative writing workshops and craft classes which are reserved for MFA students) For all current ADVCT and for MS.Ed students admitted fall 2012 and following: * A methodology course * Two pre-1900 electives * An open elective (any literature class offered at the 600 or 700 level, excluding ENG 701 and the creative writing workshops and craft classes which are reserved for MFA students) * ENG 781 For the Spring 2015 semester, the following courses fulfill the methodology requirement: ENG 636, ENG 736 For the Spring 2015 semester, the following courses fulfill the methodology requirement: ENG 703 For the Spring 2015 semester, the following courses fulfill the pre-1900 elective requirement: ENG 742, ENG 724, and ENG 727 Can I pre-register for 791, the thesis writing course, or for 795, the independent study course? English 791 and English 795 require additional advising and paperwork and so these are not courses for which you can pre-register. Please arrange a separate advising meeting with Andrea Walkden if you're planning to take one of these courses during the spring semester.