Changes to the Grad Requirements - F'09 | College of Arts

Changes to the Grad Requirements - F'09

 

Starting in Fall 09 we have brought in some changes to the English specialist requirements. If you started your major, minor, or area of concentration before Fall 09, you won’t be required to comply with the new requirements, but you should take a look at them and see if they better suit your needs. If you begin Fall 09 or later, you will automatically be required to fulfill the new requirements. Check below for answers to the following questions:

·         What are the changes in major requirements?

·         I want to continue with my current requirements--do the changes in Fall 09 affect me?

·         I’m an English minor (or have an Area of Concentration in English)--does this affect me?

·         I began before Fall 09 but I want to work under the Fall 09 requirements--what should I do?

·         I have questions--what should I do?

 

What are the changes in major requirements?

 

 

Old requirements

 

Requirements as of Fall 09 (changes in bold)

 

Core course requirements:

·         ENGL*1080

·         ENGL*2080

·         ENGL*2120

·         ENGL*2130

·         ENGL*3940

·         ENGL*3960

 

No change

 

 

1 credit (2 courses) in

·         Medieval/Early Modern literature

·         18th-/19th-century literature

 

.5 credits (1 course) in:

·         US literature

·         Canadian literature

·         colonial/postcolonial literature

 

Distribution requirements can be fulfilled by 2000-level lectures (except ENGL*2080), 3000-level lectures, 4000-level seminars. 2000- and 3000-level seminars do not count.

 

1 credit (1-2 courses depending on level) in:

·         Medieval/Early Modern literature

·         18th-/19th-century literature

·         20th-/21st-century literature

 

.5 credits (1 course) in:

·         Canadian literature (may be combined with one of the historical distribution requirements above)

 

Distribution requirements can be fulfilled by 2000-level lectures (except ENGL*2080), 3000-level lectures, 4000-level seminars. 2000- and 3000-level seminars do not count.

 

7 x 3000-level lectures

 

5 x 3000-level lectures

 

2 x 4000-level seminars, worth .5 credits each

 

2 x 4000-level seminars, worth 1 credit each

 

4000-level seminars will be restricted to English majors, and students are restricted to two 4000-level seminars. Students taking only one of ENGL*4720, ENGL*4810 or ENGL*4910 will need a waiver to take 2.5 credits at the 4000-level.

 

2 English electives, any level

 

no change

 

 

 

I want to continue with my current requirements--do the changes in Fall 09 affect me?

 

If you began before Fall 09, you’re fine--you don’t have to do anything, just carry on as you were. If you still have 4000-level seminar requirements to complete, bear in mind that they’ll then be worth 1 credit (except for ENGL*4720, ENGL*4810 and ENGL*4910)—here’s how that affects you:

·         if you have one 4000-level seminar left to complete as of Fall 09, you will end up with 1.5 credits at the 4000 level (rather than the one credit required), and will have done .5 credits above those required for the English major.

·         If you have two 4000-level seminars to complete as of Fall 09, you have two options. You may (a) choose to do one 4000-level seminar, which will complete the requirement for 1 credit at this level; or (b) choose to do two 4000-level seminars, which will be 1 credit more than is required.

 

 

I’m an English minor (or have an Area of Concentration in English)--does this affect me?

 

There is a slight change to the distribution requirements for the minor from Fall 09, but if your wee already in the English Program before Fall 09 you can continue with your current set of distribution requirements. Here’s the change:

 

 

Old requirements

 

Requirements as of Fall 09 (changes in bold)

 

.5 credits (1 course) in

·         Medieval/Early Modern literature

·         18th-/19th-century literature

·         US literature / Canadian literature

·         colonial/postcolonial literature

 

Distribution requirements can be fulfilled by 2000-level lectures (except ENGL*2080), 3000-level lectures, 4000-level seminars. 2000- and 3000-level seminars do not count.

 

 

.5 credits (1 course) in:

·         Medieval/Early Modern literature

·         18th-/19th-century literature

·         20th-/21st-century literature

·         Canadian literature (may be combined with one of the historical distribution requirements above)

 

Distribution requirements can be fulfilled by 2000-level lectures (except ENGL*2080), and 3000-level lectures. 2000- and 3000-level seminars do not count.

 

 

If you were in the English Program prior to Fall 09 and wish to change officially to the distribution requirements from the Fall 09 calendar, then see an English course advisor.

 

Also, from Fall 09 minors and area of concentration students will not be able to register in a 4000-level seminar (you will need to declare a major to do that). Nb: a 4000-level seminar is not required for the English minor or area of concentration. BAS students with a specialization in English should talk to an English course advisor about exceptions, since you do not have the option of declaring an English major.

 

 

 

 

I began before Fall 09 but I want to work under the Fall 09 requirements--what should I do?

 

Anytime after the start of Fall 09, see an English course advisor to sign a Schedule of Studies form--we will change the Calendar requirements you fall under to the Fall 09 Calendar.

 

 

I have questions--what should I do?

 

See an English course advisor--there are five of us who hold office hours on a first come, first served basis. For our office hours, drop by the English Office (427 MacKinnon)—we also plan to have the office hours posted on the SETS website when it is updated. When you see a course advisor, it would be helpful if you brought a printout of your academic transcript so we can confirm the English courses you’ve already taken.

 

 

Michelle Elleray

Undergraduate Coordinator, English

School of English and Theatre Studies