Updated (3/06)—Please refer to the Table
of Contents for appropriate section links.
State University of New York College
at Cortland
Department
of English
Advisement
Manual
For
Graduate Degrees in English
(For students enrolling in 2006 and
after.)
Ninth Printing,
March 2006
State University of New York
College at Cortland
Department of
English
Advisement Manual
for
Graduate Degrees in
English
Note:
Because of mandated changes from the New York State Education Department
and NCATE, existing graduate programs are subject to change. Please check for
current information at the Office of Graduate Studies or with your advisor in
the English Department. The official policies of the College are printed in the
Graduate Catalog. The most up-to-date information about our programs can
be found online at: http://www.cortland.edu/english/adviseman.
Manual
compiled Fall 2001 (and revised January and June 2002, August 2003, March 2004,
September 2004, February 2005, September 2005, January 2006, and March 2006),
by Dr. Denise D. Knight, Coordinator of Graduate Studies in English. Special
thanks go to Dr. Ellen Jampole, Education Department, and Dr. Carol J. Bell,
Mathematics Department, at the State University of New York at Cortland, for providing
the original prototype for this manual.
Dr. T. Ellen Hill, Coordinator of Adolescence Education—English, and Dr.
Noralyn Masselink, Advisor of the M.S.Ed. program in English, also deserve
thanks for their contributions to this manual.
I also wish to thank Vaughn Copey, Department of English, for his
expertise in making this document available online.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Introduction to Graduate Programs
in English
Welcome
to graduate study in the English Department! We are pleased that you have selected
SUNY Cortland to pursue your graduate degree in English and expect that you
will find the program a challenge as well as a basis for future intellectual
endeavors.
This
advisement manual has been written to clarify many questions that may arise during
your graduate study. Additional sources where you can have your questions
answered include the Graduate Catalog, the Graduate Studies Office, and
your advisor. You should consult with your instructor regarding questions concerning
a specific course. Please read this manual in its entirety and consult it
before contacting your advisor, since doing so may save everyone, including
yourself, time and energy. The Graduate Catalog that is in effect when
you enroll is the official document that outlines all the regulations by which
you must abide. Your advisor (either the Coordinator of the Master of Arts (MA)
Program in English, the Coordinator of the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)
Adolescence Education—English, or the Coordinator of the Master of Science in
Education (MSEd)—Adolescence Education—English) is available to answer
questions left unanswered in the advisement manual or the Graduate Catalog.
PLEASE
TAKE CARE NOT TO MISPLACE THIS MANUAL. We encourage you to establish a secure
place, such as a drawer or folder, for all important documents received from
the College—including your acceptance letter, candidacy confirmation,
transcripts, and syllabi of completed courses. This manual, along with those
important pieces of correspondence, should be placed in that folder. Also, PLEASE MAKE A COPY OF ANY
CORRESPONDENCE THAT YOU SEND TO THE COLLEGE AND PLACE THIS MATERIAL IN YOUR
SECURE FILE. If you follow this
practice, you will never have to second guess whether or not you have completed
certain requirements, such as filing for candidacy. If you have an official
written record of transactions, you can avoid complications in progress toward
your degree completion. We wish you
success as you pursue your graduate program in English at SUNY Cortland.
The current program advisors in
English are as follows:
MA
Program—Dr. Denise D. Knight, knightd@cortland.edu
MAT Program—Dr. T. Ellen Hill, hille@cortland.edu
MSEd Program—Dr. Noralyn Masselink, masselinkn@cortland.edu
List of Offices
The
offices and persons listed below will provide information and services to you
as a graduate student. Please note that most campus office hours are Monday
through Friday, 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
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Financial
Aid Office
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Miller Building, Room 205
(607) 753-4718
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Graduate
Studies Office
Contact: Dr. Yvonne Murnane
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Miller Building, Room 16
(607) 753-4800
FAX:
(607) 753-5988
murnaney@cortland.edu
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Graduate
Coordinator, M.A. Program in English
Contact: Dr. Denise D.
Knight
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Old Main, Room
115-D
(607) 753-2075
knightd@cortland.edu
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Graduate Coordinator, M.A.T. Program in
English
Contact:
Dr. T. Ellen Hill
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Old Main, Room
114-B
(607) 753-5675
hille@cortland.edu
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Graduate
Coordinator, M.S.Ed. Program in English
Contact: Dr. Noralyn
Masselink
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Old Main, Room
111-D
(607) 753-2068
masselinkn@cortland.edu
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English
Department
Chair: Dr. Karla Alwes
Secretary: Karen Knapp
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Old Main, Room 112
(607) 753-4307; alwesk@cortland.edu
knappk@cortland.edu
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Registrar’s
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Miller Building 223
(607) 753-4702
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Matriculation,
Candidacy, and Graduation Requirements
Before
you read about the program to which you have been admitted, you should first
understand some terminology.
Matriculation means that you have been accepted
into and are enrolled in the Master’s degree program. The process for
matriculation is as follows: you first apply to the graduate program and then
you are accepted into the English Department. There is a College fee for
applying; contact the Graduate Studies Office for more information. You will
indicate the graduate program in which you wish to enroll on this form. You may
only take up to nine credit hours (three courses) before being matriculated
into the program.
You will
be notified of your status by the Graduate Studies Office if your application
is lacking any of the requirements such as proof of certification or
transcripts. Once the conditions of acceptance are met, you will be accepted
into the English Department. It is up to you to provide proof that conditions
have been met. If you are accepted
unconditionally, you will be notified. When you are accepted into the Master’s
degree program, you will be assigned an advisor.
Candidacy is another requirement that must
be met. You need to apply to be a “candidate for a Master’s degree.” You do
this when you have taken between 6 and 15 credit hours at Cortland required for your degree. This is an
internal check to make sure you are on the right track, and there is no fee for
this process. We recommend that you file for candidacy with your program
coordinator immediately after the completing your first six credits. You will
receive a letter once your candidacy is approved.
We offer
three Master’s degree programs in the English Department. One program is a
Master of Science in Adolescence Education, English 7-12 (AED), which leads to
a professional or permanent certificate for students already holding
provisional certification. A second program is a Master of Arts in Teaching in
Adolescence Education, English, which leads to an initial or provisional
certificate. Successful completion of either of these programs allows Cortland to recommend the
candidate for certification (initial or permanent). Candidates for the M.A.T.
program who decide to teach and attain provisional certification from NYSED
prior to completing this program must file a change of status form, be admitted
into the M.S. Ed. program, and complete any additional requirements
necessitated by this change of status. The third program is the Master of Arts
in English, which is appropriate for candidates who plan to pursue a Ph.D., who
do not wish to pursue a teaching certificate, or who already possess
provisional certification and wish to seek permanent certification. (Students
in the M.A. program who wish to pursue permanent certification need two years
of teaching experience and are required to pass two New York State Teacher
certification exams. At the conclusion of their degree programs, M.A. students
can either apply on their own for the permanent certificate, presenting a
transcript to the state documenting completion of a functionally related
master’s degree, along with documentation of completion of other requirements,
or the Graduate Studies Office can make the recommendation for certification on
behalf of the student.)
Students
in any graduate program in English must meet several all-College requirements,
in addition to the program requirements, for completion of the degree
program. Below are the requirements for graduation.
1.
Total Credit Hours: A minimum of 30 credit hours must be earned for graduation in
the M.S.Ed.: AEN, English program. A minimum of 50-51 credit hours must be
earned for graduation in the M.A.T.: AEN, English program. A minimum of 30
hours is required for the M.A. in English. At least 9 of the hours must be at
the 600-level.
2.
Up to six credits from other accredited institutions may be
transferred with approval.
3.
Cumulative Average: A cumulative average of 3.0 for all coursework completed at Cortland is required for
graduation. No grade below a C- will be counted toward a Master’s degree.
4.
Foreign Language Requirement: Students in all master’s programs in English are required
to complete one year of college-level study or the equivalent of a language
other than English. (Students enrolled in the M.A. program have the option of
demonstrating competency in a classical language.) If this requirement has not
already been met, the candidate may take language courses concurrently with
graduate study.
5.
Time to Complete: In January 2005, the New
York State Board of Regents approved a policy change that will allow students
who are enrolled in a master’s degree program leading to permanent
certification five years to complete the requirements. Specifically, the Board
of Regents approved an amendment to the Commissioner’s Regulations (8 NYCRR
section 80-3.3[a][1]) that extends the term of the initial certificate to five
years. This change will provide teachers with the flexibility to complete a
Master’s degree within a five-year period (rather than three) to qualify for
professional certification. The amended regulation became effective on February 3, 2005. Teachers
who were issued initial certificates since February 1, 2004 will have their certificates
extended to five years from the original date they were issued. All future
initial certificates will be issued with five-year validity periods. For
additional information, visit the New York State Education Department website
at www.highered.nysed.gov.
For candidates enrolled in graduate programs prior to December 2003, and for
all non-teaching degree programs (including the MA program), all graduate degree requirements must be
completed within five years after the date of the first graduate enrollment,
even though such enrollment may be on a non-matriculated basis. Any
non-matriculated student who has taken courses prior to the Fall 2001 semester
and has not officially been admitted to a graduate degree program will be
required to satisfy the new re-registered programs.
6. Culminating Activities: In addition
to the requirements listed above, all students in the M.A.
in English program are required to complete either a
comprehensive examination covering material from required courses, as well as
material studied independently, or a substantial (30-40-page) master’s
thesis. Students in the M.S.Ed.:AEN program must prepare a teaching
portfolio. M.A.T.: AEN candidates are
required to submit a student teaching portfolio that includes 4 components: a
copy of their AED 541 unit plan; a copy of their middle school unit plan; their
reflective essay; and a copy of the genre study developed out of the ENG 504
methods course.
7. Graduation: You must apply for graduation
through Banner Web.
Policies and Procedures
The
following section outlines the policies and procedures you should follow as you
pursue your graduate study. The
selections are listed in alphabetical order.
Admission to Closed Courses
Individual
instructors may allow you to enter a closed course at their discretion with
written permission. Doing so, however, is a courtesy extended by individual
instructors rather than an obligation. Instructors are not required to allow
students into closed courses. You will normally have to wait until the Drop/Add
period before each semester to determine whether an opening in the course
becomes available.
All Those Forms
See the
“Checklist of Important Items” (p. 34) and record the date for each requirement
completed. Be aware of when each form is
due, such as filing for candidacy, transferring coursework, or filing for
graduation, which is now done online through Banner Web.
Appropriate Courses for Your
Degree Program
In order
to determine appropriate courses, you need to consult the page in the Graduate
Catalog for your particular Master’s degree. Then, read more about the
courses and the sequence in which you have to take them. It is your
responsibility to know the frequency of course offerings, which can also be
determined by consulting the Graduate Catalog. Look for the section
titled Frequency Code.
You are
also responsible for knowing which courses are prerequisites for other courses.
In addition, if you take a course at the graduate level that requires
undergraduate prerequisites, you must take those before you take the
graduate-level course.
Change of Address, Telephone,
E-mail, or Name
When you
change your address, telephone number, e-mail address, or name, please be sure
to notify the Graduate Studies Office and the English Department. This is very
important and will help ensure information gets to you correctly and will allow
us to keep your folder in order.
Change of Major
If you
decide to change your major in the Master’s program, you must file a “Change of
Status” form and it must be approved before the change becomes official. You
must file the Change of Status form so that you are coded correctly on the
computer network, so your transcript will be correct, and so on.
Class Cancellations
If the
weather is inclement, please listen to the radio stations or watch local TV
stations in your area to determine if classes are canceled. The professor
cannot cancel classes. A college administrator determines whether classes will
be held; this is typically done in early-to-mid afternoon. After the determination is made, the
appropriate radio and TV stations are notified. It is up to you to find out
which local stations in your area carry the news of the College closings.
Course Load
Students
wishing to enroll in more than 12 credit hours require permission of their
advisor.
Activities
As part
of your degree requirements you will need to complete a comprehensive
examination, a master’s thesis, or a teaching portfolio (depending on your
program). The department policies for each of these activities are outlined in
the section “Culminating Activities” (p. 14).
Degree Plan
Knowing
the frequency of courses and the prerequisites of courses will allow you to
determine a tentative degree plan. Because of the number of people registering
for courses, you may not get the courses you want exactly when you want them.
Therefore, you should have an alternative plan.
Make sure you plan for courses that are required and offered only in
certain semesters.
Dropping a Course
If you
have to drop a course, you need to obtain a “Change of Schedule” form and
follow the instructions. Before you drop a course, please consider what the
effect will be on your timeline for graduation and certification as well as
your financial situation.
Full-time Status
A
graduate student who enrolls in 9 credit hours per semester during fall and/or
spring is considered full-time. However, if you are receiving financial aid as
a full-time student, you may be required to register for 12 credit hours.
During the two summer sessions, seven hours is the maximum for each session.
You may, under certain circumstances, take more than the maximum allowable
hours, but you must receive prior approval from the Graduate Director and the
Assistant to the Dean of Arts & Sciences.
Grade Point Average
The
minimum Grade Point Average (G.P.A.) needed to remain in graduate school is a
3.0. If your G.P.A. falls to a 2.8 – 2.99, you will be placed on
probation. If your G.P.A. falls below a
2.8, you will be dismissed from the College.
Incomplete Grades
If you
did not finish coursework for one of your courses, and you received an “INC” as
the grade, you have one calendar year in which to make up the work. You should
not wait the whole year; you should make up the work as soon as possible. Work
from a specific course should be made up in consultation with the professor of
that course. A few weeks after submitting the necessary work to complete the
course, you should call the Registrar’s Office or check Banner to confirm that
a grade has been submitted. If not, please contact the professor for the
specific course. Work not made up within one calendar year automatically
converts to an “E” (failing) grade.
Lack of Notification from the
College
There
may be several reasons for not receiving items from the College: e.g., (1) you are not matriculated (admitted
to the program), (2) you have not been put on the mailing list (check with the
Graduate Studies Office), (3) you moved or changed your name and neglected to inform
the College, or (4) your address is listed incorrectly (please notify the
English Department for a correction).
Letters of Verification
Sometimes
other State Education Departments require you to submit a letter stating you
have graduated from an accredited institution, at what level, and so forth. If
you need this letter for CERTIFICATION purposes, please contact the Graduate
Studies Office.
If your
principal (or district) wants a letter stating you are enrolled in a program
for payroll purposes, contact the appropriate Graduate Coordinator in the
English Department. Be very specific as to whom the letter needs to be
addressed and what it needs to state.
Number of Years to Complete the
Degree
See
“Time to Complete” on p. 8. Students in all graduate degree programs
must complete their program requirements within five years after the date of
the first graduate enrollment, even though such enrollment may be on a
non-matriculated basis. Students who
wish to request an extension must apply directly to the Director of the Office
of Graduate Studies in the Miller
Building, Room 16. There is no guarantee that an extension
will be granted.
Paperwork for Course Approval for
Your District
If the
district in which you teach requires you to submit paperwork for course
approval before you register for courses, it is always a good idea to include a
list of several required courses, as you are not guaranteed to get a spot in
your first-choice class.
Registration Procedures
Graduate
students can now register for courses using Banner Web Registration. See “How
to Register on the Web” by going to the Cortland Homepage (www.cortland.edu)
and clicking on “Registrar” in the Quick Links. Graduate students will need
only an active time-ticket to register and will NOT have a Registration PIN
number.
M.S.Ed
students registering for AED or ENG courses with two sections must register for
the 001 (non-majors) sections. M.A.T.
students registering for those courses will register for the 601 (majors only)
sections of the courses. Students in the M.A.T. program must register for
fieldwork courses (AED 669 and ENG 505) as soon as possible during the open
registration period to insure that they receive their placements in a timely
manner. Before you will be permitted to register for these courses, you must go
to the Field Placement Office (D-210 Cornish) where you will be asked to fill
out placement preferences and availability. From there, proceed to the English
Department, where, upon being shown the appropriate paperwork from Field
Placement, the Department secretaries will lift the flag allowing you to
register for these courses and the co-requisite courses (see p. 32 for
additional details).
Seeing Your Advisor
When you
make an appointment, be sure to know what you want or need. It is generally
best to make an appointment in advance so that your advisor can pull and review
your file prior to the meeting.
Taking a 400-Level Course for
Graduate Credit
You may
NOT take a course at the 400 level for your Master’s degree. The College
requires that all coursework for graduate programs be at the 500-600 level.
Transferring Coursework to Cortland
If you
wish to transfer courses from another institution to the graduate program at Cortland, you may do so
after you have been approved for candidacy and only if the courses are from an
accredited institution. A total of 6
credit hours may be transferred.
Courses
are not automatically transferred to Cortland.
For courses taken prior to establishing candidacy, use the form provided in the
appendix titled “Request for Acceptance of Graduate Courses Already Completed
at Other Institutions.” For courses that you will be taking after candidacy has
been established, you must receive prior approval for the course to make certain
it will fit into your program. You may obtain prior approval by submitting the
form provided in the appendix titled “Request for Prior Approval to Transfer
Graduate Course Work from Another Institution.”
When
sending the appropriate form for transferring a course, you will also need to
send an official transcript along with the syllabus and catalog description of
the course. If you have not taken the course, you need only to send the catalog
description of the course and your form; you will need to mail the syllabus as
soon as possible. It is also your responsibility to have an official transcript
mailed to the Registrar’s Office at Cortland
upon successful completion of the course so that your records may be updated.
Any
courses that you wish to transfer may not be older than five years from your
first graduate registration at Cortland.
Withdrawing from the Master’s
Program
If you decide to withdraw from
any of the Master’s programs in English for any reason, please contact the
appropriate Graduate Coordinator in the English Department. Your folder will
continue to be kept on file for five years. After a period of five years, if
you decide to continue pursuing a Master’s degree, you must reapply to the
program since no coursework more than five years old may be applied towards a
Master’s degree.
Culminating Activities
Culminating activities are
designed to demonstrate the advanced abilities you have developed in relation to
your graduate study in English. You must have all the core coursework
completed, have maintained a G.P.A. of 3.0, have your candidacy accepted, and
have no grades of incomplete. A choice of one of the following culminating
activities is required for Master’s Degrees in English.
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Comprehensive Examination
You have
the option of taking a comprehensive examination covering both material from
the required courses in English, as well as works that you study independently.
A six-hour comprehensive examination is given twice in a calendar year—in April
and in July. The guidelines for taking the comprehensive examination are listed
below.
1.
The date for each of the exams is determined during the previous
calendar year. You are responsible for knowing the dates and notifying the
Graduate Coordinator or the English department secretary that you will be
taking the comprehensive examination on a particular scheduled date. The exam
is typically held on the last Monday of April and July. Students who wish to take the
comprehensive exam must register for it by April 1 for the April exam and by
June 1 for the July exam.
2.
We offer the option of taking the exam either by
using traditional blue books or by computer. Computers are generally limited to
those with Microsoft Word or Word Perfect programs. Please indicate which method you prefer to
use when you register for the exam, and we will make every effort to have computers available if you wish
to exercise that option.
3.
You may register for the exam by contacting
either the M.A. Coordinator or the English Department
secretary, Karen Knapp. The current M.A.Graduate Coordinator, Dr.
Knight, can be reached via e-mail at knightd@cortland.edu or by phone at 607-753-2075. Karen Knapp
can be reached via e-mail at knappk@cortland.edu or by phone at 607-753-4307.
4.
Students will be allowed to take the
comprehensive exam twice. If a student
fails the exam a second time, he or she must petition the Graduate MA Committee
for permission to take the exam a third time.
If a student is granted the opportunity to retake the exam for a third
time, it will be with the understanding that no further opportunities for
passing the exam will be provided. For students enrolled in or after
Spring 2006, a passing score for the comprehensive examination will be 80 (out
of 100), which is the equivalent of a B-. Students who earn a grade of 90 or
higher will pass with honors.
5.
A reading list and a sample exam are available from the Department
secretary, Karen Knapp, at knappk@cortland.edu.
Reading lists
change from year to year, so be certain to obtain one for the year in which you
plan to take the comprehensive examination.
The readings are drawn from the latest edition of the Norton
anthologies.
6.
If you miss a scheduled date that you signed up to take the
examination (e.g. illness, emergency, forgetfulness), you must wait until the
next scheduled date to take the examination. That is, there are NO make-up
comprehensive examinations.
7.
If you fail the comprehensive examination, you must wait until the
next scheduled examination date to retake the exam. Note that missing or
failing the examination could delay your graduation.
8.
You will be notified within approximately
one month after taking the comprehensive examination whether or not you have
passed. (Notification time may vary depending on the time of year.)
Master’s Thesis
Students
enrolled in the M.A. in English who choose not to take the comprehensive exam
must complete a master’s paper. This will be a 30-40-page paper based on one of
the approaches to literary analysis and interpretation studied in the course,
Seminar in Literary Criticism. Please note, however, that the paper may
originate in any graduate-level literature course. This paper should
present an original thesis and incorporate the most recent research on the
topic. This paper must be submitted at
least two months prior to the date the student expects to receive the degree
and may not be submitted before degree candidacy is established. A copy of your
master’s paper will be kept on file in the English Department. You will be
required to submit a “Completion of Thesis” form to your advisor who will
submit it to the Registrar’s Office when the thesis has been approved.
Master of Arts in Teaching:
Adolescence Education (AEN)
Electronic or Paper
Student-Teaching Portfolio
As a final requirement for
graduation, students are required to submit a student-teaching portfolio that
provides documentation of reflective practices and teaching and learning
processes. Assembled in ENG 506
Computers and the Study of English, the electronic or paper portfolio must
include the following:
1. A five-to six-page
reflective essay based on middle school and high school student teaching
placements. Summarize, analyze in depth, and evaluate at
least three relevant aspects or components of both practica. Use MLA manuscript conventions and documentation
as needed when drawing on source views to support your evaluations. Your reflective essay should summarize,
analyze, and evaluate three relevant aspects of both placements (and refer to
both placements) such as
a)
instructional methods you observed and used and the impact they had on
students' learning (or a similar factor). Instruction is the most common
attributed critically analyzed in the reflective piece.
b)
classroom managements techniques you observed and used and the degree to which
they helped you achieve a productive learning environment
c) the
kinds of activities you observed and designed yourself and how these
helped students apply thinking and
language skills to new English concepts (literature, composition, or language).
These include Socratic seminars, questioning techniques, double-entry journals,
and other inquiry-based strategies.
d) the
kinds of grouping activities you observed and experimented with and the impact
these had on student learning
These examples should be adequate
although there are many other possibilities. Most of the supporting evidence
you need to provide for each aspect that you critically analyze should come
right from your classroom experiences, but you can also support your views with
documented source views. The essay is approximately five or six pages long and
must use MLA-style formatting and documentation.
2. The unit plan created in
AED 541 Teaching Literature and Critical Literacy with needed revisions and up-dates.
3. The unit plan created
during the middle or high school placement: The ideal student teaching portfolio includes a middle
school and high school unit plan that demonstrate understanding of
constructivist principles of lesson planning (covering all six criteria learned
in AED 541), grade-appropriate constructivist instruction (scaffolded
content-based lessons, guided and active reading and writing tasks, balance of
direct and inquiry-based instruction, varied learning formats, use of graphic
organizers, etc.), and performance-based in-class assessment practices. These
unit plans should reflect proper MLA documentation of any planning materials,
handouts, or material borrowed from a text, instructor, or internet site and
are subject to the all-college policy on academic honesty.
4. A copy of the Review of
Literature that you developed and
presented in AED 663: Research in the Teaching of English
All work submitted to the Master’s
Portfolio must have received a grade of B or better in the course for which it
was originally created. Successful completion of the Master’s Portfolio is a
prerequisite for passing ENG 506.
Project Due Dates:
April 1st for May degree
July 1st for August degree
November 1st for December degree
Master of Science in Adolescence
Education, English 7-12 (M.S.Ed.)
Electronic or Paper
Student-Teaching Portfolio
Students in the MSEd:AEN program
are responsible for assembling the following materials and placing them in the
electronic or paper portfolio to be built in ENG 506 Computers and the Study of
English:
1.) A five-to six-page
Reflective Essay based on middle school or high school teaching: Your reflective essay should summarize, analyze in depth,
and evaluate at least three relevant aspects or components of your experiences
as a middle school or high school teacher. Use MLA manuscript conventions and
documentation as needed when drawing on source views to support your
evaluations. Address such aspects as
a)
instructional methods you use and the impact they have on students’ learning
(or a similar factor.) Instruction is the most common attribute critically
analyzed in the reflective piece.
b)
classroom management techniques you use and the degree to which they help you
achieve a productive learning environment.
c) the
kinds of activities you design and how these help students apply thinking and
language skills to new English concepts (literature, composition, or language).
These include Socratic seminars, questioning techniques, double-entry journals,
and other inquiry-based strategies.
d) the
kinds of grouping activities you have experimented with and the impact these
have on student learning.
These examples should be adequate
although there are many other possibilities. Most of the supporting evidence
you need to provide for each aspect that you critically analyze should come
right from your classroom experiences, but you can also support your views with
documented source views. The essay is approximately five or six pages long and
must use MLA-style formatting and documentation.
2. A Unit Plan that you have
created in AED 541 Teaching Literature and Critical Literacy OR your course
paper developed for ENG 504 Seminar in the Composing Process
3. Instructional materials
(i.e. mini-lessons) created for AED 668 Language Development in Adolescents
4. The literature review
written for AED 663 Research in the Methods of Teaching English
Note: The ideal teaching portfolio
includes a middle school or high school unit plan that demonstrates
understanding of constructivist principles of lesson planning,
grade-appropriate constructivist instruction (scaffolded content-based lessons,
guided and active reading and writing tasks, balance of direct and
inquiry-based instruction, varied learning formats, use of graphic organizers,
etc.), and performance-based in-class assessment practices. These unit plans
should reflect proper MLA documentation of any planning materials, handouts, or
material borrowed from a text, instructor, or internet site and are subject to
the all-college policy on academic honesty.
All work submitted to the Master’s Portfolio must have received a grade
of B or better in the course for which it was originally created or have been
substantially revised before being submitted.
Successful completion of the Master’s Portfolio is a prerequisite for
passing ENG 506.
Project Due Dates:
April 1st for May degree
July 1st for August degree
November 1st for December degree
M.A. in English Worksheet/Checklist of Program Requirements
A minimum of 30 credit hours of
approved graduate work is required. A minimum of nine credit hours must be
taken in courses at the 600 level. On each line provided, record the date of
completion of the course.
Old/Middle
English Requirements: One of the following courses (3. cr.)
____________ ENG 500: Old English
____________ ENG 530: Chaucer
____________ ENG 601: History of the English Language
____________ ENG 632: Middle English Literature
One course in 16th or 17th-century
British Literature (3 cr.)
____________ ENG 538:
Studies in 17th-Century English Literature
____________ ENG 539:
Milton
____________ ENG 636:
Seminar in Shakespeare
____________ ENG 640:
Studies in English Literature, 1660-1800
One course in 18th
or 19th-century British Literature (3 cr.)
____________ ENG 547:
19th-Century British Women Writers
____________ ENG 645:
Studies in the Romantic Era
____________ ENG 646:
Studies in the Victorian Era
One course in 20th-century
British or American Literature (3 cr.)
____________ ENG 548:
Studies in British Literature 1950-Present
____________ ENG 616:
Studies in American Literature from 1900-1950
____________ ENG 617:
Studies in American Literature Since 1950
____________ ENG 677:
Seminar in Contemporary British Literature
One other course in American Literature (3 cr.)
____________ ENG 615: Studies in American Literature to 1900
____________ ENG 616: Studies in American Literature from 1900-1950
____________ ENG 617: Studies in American Literature Since 1950
____________ ENG 622: Seminar in American Women Writers
One course in
literary theory:
____________ ENG 672: Seminar in Literary Criticism (3
cr.)
NOTE:
Requirements in the various categories can also be fulfilled by appropriate ENG
529 or 629 Special Topics courses.
12 credit hours of electives, with
adequate distribution of courses in American and British literature. N.B.
Only one non-literature course can be taken as an elective by MA students.
____________
(write in name of elective course: ______________________________)
____________
(write in name of elective course: ______________________________)
____________
(write in name of elective course: ______________________________)
____________
(write in name of elective course: ______________________________)
____________
Foreign Language Requirement (one year of college-level study)
____________
Comprehensive Exam or Master’s Paper
M.A.T. in
Adolescence Education, English 7-12 (AEN)
The Master
of Arts in Teaching degree is designed for individuals who have completed a
baccalaureate degree and are seeking a teaching certificate in Adolescence
Education: English 7-12. It is not open to students who already have initial
certification in secondary English. The program provides:
§
the pedagogical coursework, practica, and student teaching
experiences necessary for the initial certificate that qualifies individuals to
teach in the public schools in New
York State
§
the opportunity for advanced study in English and the language
arts
§
the master’s degree necessary for the professional certificate in
Adolescence Education: English 7-12
A
minimum of 50-51credit hours of approved graduate work is required. A minimum of
nine credit hours must be taken in courses at the 600 level.
For each
category below, record the date of completion of the course OR enter the
undergraduate equivalent:
Program requirements
I.
Required
Pedagogical Core: 35-36 credit hours
ENG
504, ENG 505, AED 541, AED 668 and AED 669 must be completed before student
teaching.
_______________ ENG 504: Seminar in the Composing Process:
(3 cr.)
_______________ EDU 505: Participant Observation
Experience: Composing Process
(50 hrs. of fieldwork) (3 cr.)
_______________ AED 541: Teaching Literature and Critical
Literacy, (3 cr.)
_______________ AED 668:
Language Development in Adolescents (3 cr.)
_______________ AED 669:
Participant-Observer Experience: Language Development (50 hrs. of fieldwork) (3
cr.)
_______________ AED 663: Seminar in Research in
the Teaching of English (3 cr.)
_______________ EDU 671:
Issues in Foundations of Education, (3 cr.)
_______________ AED 576: Practicum I: Student Teaching in
the Middle School, (6
cr.)
_______________ AED 577: Practicum II: Student Teaching in
the Secondary School,
(6 cr.)
One
of the following health courses:
_______________ HLH 110: Personal and Community Health (3
cr.)
_______________ HLH 199: Critical Health Issues (2 cr.)
_______________ HLH 510: Proseminar in Health Foundations
(3 cr.)
_______________ Child Abuse Workshop (0 cr.)
_______________ Preventing School Violence Workshop (0
cr.)
II.
Required
Content Core: 15 credits
Students
are required to take a minimum of 5 courses in literature and/or rhetoric.
These courses are selected in consultation with the Director of Adolescence
Education—English. Course selection is intended to increase knowledge of
literature and to meet the content distribution required for a teacher of
secondary English. A minimum of 9 semester hours must be taken in courses at
the 600 level. Depending on their background, students will be required to take
a minimum of 1 course from each of the following 6 categories:
One
course in American Literature with emphasis on women authors and authors of
color
_______________ ENG 615: Studies in American Literature to
1900 (3 cr.)
_______________ ENG 616: Studies in American Literature
1900 to 1950 (3 cr.)
_______________ ENG 617: Studies in American Literature
since 1950 (3 cr.)
_______________ ENG 622: Seminar in American Women Writers
(3 cr.)
One
course in Literature before 1800
_______________ ENG 500: Old English (3 cr.)
_______________ ENG 530: Chaucer (3 cr.)
_______________ ENG 538: Studies in 17th-Century English
Literature (3 cr. )
_______________ ENG 539: Milton (3 cr.)
_______________ ENG 632: Middle English Literature (3 cr.)
_______________ ENG 636: Seminar in Shakespeare (3 cr.)
_______________ ENG 640: Studies in English Literature
1660-1800 (3 cr.)
One
course in British and/or Irish Literature
_______________ ENG 500: Old English (3 cr.)
_______________ ENG 530: Chaucer (3 cr.)
_______________ ENG 538: Studies in 17th-Century English
Literature (3 cr.)
_______________ ENG 539: Milton (3 cr.)
_______________ ENG 547: 19th-Century British
Women Writers (3 cr.)
_______________ ENG 548: Studies in British Literature 1950-Present
_______________
ENG 549: Studies in Irish Literature
(3 cr.)
_______________ ENG 632: Middle English Literature (3 cr.)
_______________ ENG 636: Seminar in Shakespeare (3 cr.)
_______________ ENG 640: Studies in English Literature
1660-1800 (3 cr.)
_______________ ENG 645: Studies in the Romantic Era (3
cr.)
_______________ ENG 646: Studies in the Victorian Era (3
cr.)
_______________ ENG 677: Studies in Contemporary British Literature (3 cr.)
One
course in World Literature with emphasis on women authors and authors of color
_______________ ENG 618: Global Multicultural Literature
(3 cr.)
_______________ ENG 678: World Drama (3 cr.)
One
course in Literature for Young Adults with emphasis on women authors and
authors of color
_______________ ENG 619: Seminar in Literature for
Adolescents (3 crs.)
One
course in technology
_______________ ENG 506: Computers and the Study of
English (3 crs.)
Total
Credit Hours for Program: 50-51
List three completed 600-level ENG courses: Give completion dates for 3 required NYS exams:
_____________________________ LAST: ________________________
_____________________________ ATS-W: _______________________
_____________________________ CSE: __________________________
Students
who have met the content distribution may select additional courses from the
following electives:
ENG 529, 629: Special
Topics (3 cr.)
ENG 601: History of the English Language (3 cr.)
ENG 602: Rhetorical Tradition: Connecting Reading and Writing (3 cr.)
ENG 699: Independent Study (3
cr.)
Note: Students who desire middle school extension certification must
complete EDU 533: Introduction to Middle Childhood Education and PSY 533:
Advanced Developmental Psychology. Students with the extension are required to
fulfill a minimum of 55-56 hours.
__________________ Foreign Language
Requirement (one year of college-level study)
_______________Electronic or
Paper Student-Teaching Portfolio
Suggested Schedule for the M.A.T.
degree in Adolescence Education-English 7-12 (AEN) over two years
|
First Year
|
|
|
|
|
Fall
|
|
Spring
|
|
|
AED 541 Teaching Literature and Critical
Literacy
|
3 cr.
|
AED
668 Language Development in Adolescents
|
3 cr.
|
|
ENG
504 Seminar in the
Composing Process
|
3 cr.
|
AED
669 Participant-Observer
Experience: Language Development
(50 hrs. field
experience)
|
3 cr.
|
|
ENG
505 Participant-Observer
Experience: Composing Process (50
hrs. field experience)
|
3 cr.
|
AED 663 Research in the Teaching of
English
|
3 cr.
|
|
ENG 618 or 678 or Elective*
|
3 cr.
|
ENG 619 or ENG Elective*
|
3 cr.
|
|
|
|
HLH course
|
2-3 cr.
|
|
|
|
Complete: Child Abuse Recognition Workshop
|
|
|
Total
|
12
cr.
|
Total
|
12
cr.
|
|
Second Year
|
|
|
|
|
Fall
|
|
Spring
|
|
|
ENG Elective*
|
3 cr.
|
AED
576 Practicum I Student
Teaching in the Middle School
|
6 cr.
|
|
ENG Elective*
|
3 cr.
|
AED 577 Practicum II Student Teaching in
the Secondary School
|
6 cr.
|
|
ENG 506 or ENG Elective*
|
3 cr.
|
|
|
|
EDU 671 Issues in Foundations of
Education
|
3 cr.
|
|
|
|
Complete: School Violence Prevention Workshop
|
|
Complete: Student-Teaching Portfolio
|
|
|
Total
|
12 cr.
|
Total
|
12 cr.
|
|
*See required content distribution list
|
|
|
|
Suggested Schedule for the M.A.T. degree in Adolescence
Education-English 7-12 (AEN) over three years
|
Spring
First Year
|
|
|
ENG 619
|
3 cr.
|
|
ENG Elective*
|
3 cr.
|
|
TOTAL
|
9 cr.
|
|
*See required content distribution list
|
|
Fall First Year
|
|
Spring Second Year
|
|
Summer
|
|
|
AED 541 Teaching Literature and Critical
Literacy
|
3 cr.
|
AED 668 Language Development in Adolescents
|
3 cr.
|
ENG Elective*
|
3 cr.
|
|
ENG 504 Seminar in the Composing Process
|
3 cr.
|
AED 669 Participant-Observer Experience:
Language Development (50 hrs. fieldwork)
|
3 cr.
|
ENG or Elective*
|
3 cr.
|
|
ENG 505 Participant-Observer Experience:
Composing Process (50
hrs. of fieldwork)
|
3 cr.
|
AED 663 Research in the Teaching of English
|
3 cr.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Complete: Child Abuse Recognition
Workshop
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
9 cr.
|
Total
|
9 cr.
|
Total
|
6 cr.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fall Third Year
|
|
Spring Third Year
|
|
Summer
|
|
|
ENG 618 or ENG 678
|
3 cr.
|
AED 576 Practicum I
Student Teaching in the Middle School
|
6 cr.
|
EDU 671 Issues in Foundations of
Education
|
3 cr.
|
|
ENG 506
|
3 cr.
|
AED 577 Practicum II
Student Teaching in the Secondary School
|
6 cr.
|
|
|
|
HLH course
|
2-3 cr.
|
Complete: Student Teaching
Portfolio School
Violence Prevention Workshop
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
8-9 cr.
|
Total
|
12 cr.
|
December Degree
|
|
|
The following required courses are
offered only in the fall semester:
|
|
ENG 504 Seminar in the Composing
Process: Rhetoric and Analysis
|
3 cr.
|
ENG 505 Participant-Observer Experience:
Composing Process
(50 hrs. of field work)
|
3 cr.
|
|
|
|
AED 541 Teaching Literature and Critical
Literacy
|
3 cr.
|
|
|
|
ENG 506 Computers and the Study of
English
|
3 cr.
|
|
The following required courses are
offered only in the spring semester:
|
|
|
AED 668 Language Development in Adolescents
|
3 cr.
|
AED 669 Participant-Observer Experience:
Language Development
(50 hrs. of field work)
|
3 cr.
|
|
|
|
AED 663 Seminar in Research in the
Teaching of English
|
3 cr.
|
M.S.Ed. in Adolescence Education,
English 7-12 (AEN)
This
program leads to the Master of Science in Education degree and is designed for
individuals who hold a provisional teaching certificate and are seeking a
professional certificate in Adolescence Education: English 7-12. The M.S.Ed.
program provides:
·
the pedagogical coursework necessary for the professional
certificate
·
the opportunity for advanced study in English and the language
arts
·
the master’s degree necessary for permanent certification
A
minimum of 30 credit hours of approved graduate study, including a minimum of
nine credits at the 600-level, is required.
On each line provided, record the date of completion of the course.
I.
Required Pedagogical Core: 12
hours
____________ ENG 504: Seminar in the Composing Process
(3 cr.)
____________ AED
541: Teaching Literature and Critical Literacy (3 cr.)
____________ AED 668: Language Development in Adolescents (3 cr.)
____________ AED
663: Seminar in Research in the Teaching of English (3 cr.)
Students who have completed the
BA_AEN program at SUNY - Cortland
or who have completed equivalent course work elsewhere may waive AED 541
Teaching Literature and Critical Literacy and ENG 540 Seminar in the Composing
Process. Note: To qualify for a waiver
of AED 541, two undergraduate courses in the methods of teaching English must
have been completed. Students who have
completed the BA_AEN program at SUNY Cortland and who received a grade of B+ of
better in AED 308/310 Grammar and the Writing Process may also waive AED 668
Language Development in Adolescents.
Course Substitutions
Students who have been waived
from AED 541 may select one of the following courses instead:
EDU
524 Democracy and Social Education
EDU
525/AAS 581 Teaching the Inner City Child
EDU 531
Developing Creative Elementary School Experiences (Note: This course is a
treatment of gifted and talented students at the middle school age.)
EDU
552 Gender Issues in Education
EDU
570 Character Education
LIT
550 Current Issues in Assessment 5-12
SPE
510 Teaching the Special Education Learner in the General Education Classroom
Students who have been waived
from ENG 504 should select a writing course offered by the English department
or ENG 602 Rhetorical Tradition: Connecting Reading and Writing.
Students who have been waived
from AED 668 should take ENG 601 History of the English Language or Eng 600
Advanced Grammar and Usage if offered.
In the event that neither of these courses is offered, students may
choose a free elective.
II.
Required Content Core: 18 credits
Students
are required to take a minimum of 5 courses in literature and/or rhetoric.
These courses are selected in consultation with the Graduate Director of
English. Course selection is intended to increase knowledge of literature and
to meet the content distribution required for a teacher of secondary English. A
minimum of 9 semester hours must be taken in courses at the 600 level.
Depending on their background, students will be required to take a minimum of 1
course from each of the following 6 categories:
One course in American Literature
with emphasis on women authors and authors of color
____________ ENG 615: Studies in American Literature to
1900 (3 cr.)
____________ ENG
616: Studies in American Literature 1900-1950 (3 cr.)
____________ ENG 617: Studies in American Literature since 1950 (3 cr.)
____________ ENG 622: Seminar in American Women Writers
(3 cr.)
One
course in Literature Before 1800
____________ ENG 500: Old English (3 cr.)
____________ ENG 530: Chaucer (3 cr.)
____________ ENG 538: Studies in 17th-Century English Literature (3 cr.)
____________ ENG 539: Milton
(3 cr.)
____________ ENG 632: Middle English Literature (3 cr.)
____________ ENG 636: Seminar in Shakespeare (3 cr.)
____________ ENG 640: Studies in English Literature 1660-1800 (3 cr.)
One
course in British and/or Irish Literature
____________ ENG 500: Old English (3 cr.)
____________ ENG 530: Chaucer (3 cr.)
____________ ENG 538: Studies in 17th-Century English Literature (3 cr.)
____________ ENG 539: Milton
(3 cr.)
____________ ENG 547: 19th-Century British Women writers (3 cr.)
____________ ENG 548: Studies
in British Literature 1950-Present (3 cr.)
____________ ENG 549: Studies in Irish Literature (3 cr.)
____________ ENG 632: Middle English Literature (3 cr.)
____________ ENG 636: Seminar in Shakespeare (3 cr.)
____________ ENG 640: Studies in English Literature 1660-1800 (3 cr.)
____________ ENG 645: Studies in the Romantic Era (3 cr.)
____________ ENG 646: Studies in the Victorian Era (3 cr.)
____________ ENG 677: Studies in Contemporary British Literature (3 cr.)
One
course in World Literature with emphasis on women authors and authors of color
____________ ENG 618: Global Multicultural Literature (3 cr.)
____________ ENG 678: World Drama (3 cr.)
One course
in Literature for Young Adults with emphasis on women authors and authors of
color
____________ ENG 619: Seminar in Literature for Adolescents (3 cr.)
One
course in technology
___________ ENG 506: Computers and the Study of English (3 cr.)
Note: Students who have
met the content distribution may select elective ENG courses instead.
Students
who desire middle school extension certification must complete EDU 533:
Introduction to Middle Childhood Education and PSY 533: Advanced Developmental
Psychology. Students with the extension are required to fulfill a minimum of 36
hours of graduate study.
____________ Foreign
Language Requirement (one year of college-level study)
____________ Electronic or
Paper- Teaching Portfolio
Suggested Schedule for the M.S.Ed. in Adolescence
Education, English 7-12
August
or December degree
|
Fall
|
|
Spring
|
|
|
AED 541 Teaching Literature and Critical
Literacy
|
3
cr.
|
AED 668 Language Development in
Adolescence
|
3
cr.
|
|
ENG 504 Seminar in the Composing Process
|
3
cr.
|
AED 663 Research in the Teaching of
English
|
3
cr.
|
|
ENG 618 or 678 or Elective*
|
3
cr.
|
ENG Elective*
|
3
cr.
|
|
ENG 506 or Elective*
|
3
cr.
|
ENG Elective*
|
3
cr.
|
|
ENG Elective*
|
3
cr.
|
ENG Elective*
|
3
cr.
|
|
Total
|
15 cr.
|
Total
|
15 cr.
|
|
*See required content distribution list
|
|
*The following required courses are offered only in the fall
semester:
ENG 504 Seminar in the Composing Process: Rhetoric and Analysis, 3
cr.
AED 541 Teaching Literature and
Critical Literacy, 3 crs.
ENG 506 Computers and the Study of
English, 3 crs.
The following required courses are
offered only in the spring semester:
AED 668 Language Development in
Adolescents, 3 crs.
AED 663 Seminar in Research in the
Teaching of English, 3 crs.
N.B. The schedules depicted in these grids
reflect suggested timeframes only. Actual course offerings will be subject to
the availability of instructor and other resources.
Matrix of
Required Courses—M.A. and M.S.Ed. Programs
|
M.A. Program Requirements Categories:
|
|
Old English,
Middle English, or History of the English Language
|
3 cr.
|
|
16th
or 17th-century British Literature
|
3 cr.
|
|
18th
or 19th-century British Literature
|
3 cr.
|
|
20th-century
British or American Literature
|
3 cr.
|
|
American
Literature (Other than 20th Century)
|
3 cr.
|
|
Literary Theory
|
3 cr.
|
|
Electives
|
12 cr.
|
|
Total
|
30 cr.
|
|
M.S.Ed.—AEN Program Requirements Categories:
|
|
Pedagogical
Core: ENG 504, AED 541, AED 668, AED 663
|
12 cr.
|
|
American
Literature with emphasis on women authors and authors of color
|
3 cr.
|
|
Literature
Before 1800
|
3 cr.
|
|
British and/or
Irish Literature
|
3 cr.
|
|
World
Literature with emphasis on women authors and authors of color
|
3 cr.
|
|
Literature for
Young Adults
|
3 cr.
|
|
Technology
Course
|
3 cr.
|
|
Total
|
30 cr.
|
|
Course #
|
Course Title
|
Program Requirement
MA
|
Program Requirement MSEd
|
|
AED 668
|
Language
Development in Adolescence
|
Not Required
|
Required
Pedagogical Core
|
|
AED 663
|
Seminar in
Research in the Teaching of English
|
Not Required
|
Required
Pedagogical Core
|
|
AED 541
|
Teaching
Literature & Critical Literacy
|
Not Required
|
Required
Pedagogical Core
|
|
ENG 504
|
Seminar in
Composing Process
|
Not Required
|
Required
Pedagogical Core
|
|
ENG 506
|
Computers and
the Study of English
|
Elective
|
Course in
Technology
|
|
ENG 529/629
|
Contemporary
British Historical
Novel
D. H. Lawrence
E. M. Forster
Lawrence and
Forster
Lawrence and
Woolf
Yeats, Eliot,
Auden, Thomas
Williams,
Rexroth, Snyder
|
20th-Century
British Lit.
20th-Century
British Lit.
20th-Century
British Lit.
20th-Century
British Lit.
20th-Century
British Lit.
20th-Century
British Lit.
20th-Century
American
Lit.
|
British and/or
Irish Lit.
British and/or
Irish Lit.
British and/or
Irish Lit.
British and/or
Irish Lit.
British and/or
Irish Lit.
British and/or
Irish Lit.
Elective
|
|
ENG 529/629
|
Modernism &
Postmodernism in
British Literature
Studies in
Irish Literature
Virginia Woolf
William Blake
The Romantics
Thomas Hardy*
|
20th-Century
British Lit.
20th-Century
British Lit.
20th-Century
British Lit.
19th-Century
British Lit.
19th-Century
British Lit.
20th-Century
British Lit.
*(may qualify as 19th-century
British Lit.)
|
Elective
British and/or
Irish Lit.
British and/or
Irish Lit.
British and/or
Irish Lit.
British and/or
Irish Lit.
British and/or
Irish Lit.
|
|
The Evolution
of Writing
|
Elective
|
Elective
|
|
The 30s:
American Earthquake
|
20th-Century
American Lit.
|
Elective
|
|
African
American Women Novelists
|
American Lit.
(Other)
|
American Lit.
with emphasis on Women Writers & Writers of Color
|
|
African
American Autobiography
|
American Lit.
(Other)
|
American Lit.
with emphasis on Women Writers & Writers of Color
|
|
Literature of
American Women Immigrants
|
20th-Century
American Lit.
|
American Lit.
with emphasis on Women Writers & Writers of Color
|
|
ENG 530
|
Chaucer
|
Old English,
Middle English, or History of English Language
|
Literature
Before 1800
|
|
ENG 538
|
Studies in 17th-Century
English Lit.
|
16th
or 17th-Century British Literature
|
Literature
Before 1800
|
|
ENG 539
|
Milton
|
16th
or 17th-Century British Literature
|
Literature
Before 1800
|
|
ENG 572
|
Seminar in
Literary Criticism
|
Literary Theory
|
Elective
|
|
ENG 576
|
Modern British
Drama
Shaw &
Brecht
O’Neill,
Miller, and Williams
|
20th-Century
British Lit.
Elective
20th-Century
American Lit.
|
British and/or
Irish Lit.
Elective
Elective
|
|
ENG 601
|
History of
English Language
|
Old English,
Middle English, History of Eng.
Language
|
Elective
|
|
ENG 615
|
Whitman and
Dickinson
Hawthorne and
Melville
Seminar in
Crane, James, & Chopin
|
American Lit.
(Other)
American Lit.
(Other)
American Lit.
(Other)
|
Elective
Elective
Elective
|
|
ENG 616
|
Studies in American
Lit. 1900-1950
|
20th-Century
American Lit.
|
Elective
|
|
Faulkner and
Styron
|
20th-Century
American Lit
|
Elective
|
|
Hemingway and
Faulkner
|
20th-Century
American Lit.
|
Elective
|
|
ENG 617
|
Studies in
American Lit. Since 1950
Updike &
Styron
|
20th-Century
American Lit.
20th-Century
American Lit.
|
Elective and/or
American Lit. w/emphasis on Women Authors and Authors of Color
Elective
|
|
ENG 618
|
Global
Multicultural Literature
|
Elective
|
World Lit. with
emphasis on Women Authors and Authors of Color
|
|
ENG 619
|
Seminar in
Literature for Adolescents
|
Not Required
|
Course in
Literature for Lit. for Young Adults
|
|
ENG 632
|
Middle English
Literature
|
Old English, Middle
English, History of English Language
|
Literature
Before 1800
|
|
ENG 636
|
Seminar in
Shakespeare
|
16th
or 17th-Century British
|
Literature
Before 1800;
British
Literature
|
|
ENG 640
|
Studies in
English Lit. 1660-1800
|
17th
or 18th-Century British
|
Literature
Before 1800
British
Literature
|
|
ENG 645
|
The Romantics
|
18th
or 19th-Century British
|
British
Literature
|
|
ENG 678
|
World Drama
|
Elective
|
World Lit.
w/emphasis on Women Authors & Authors of Color
|
Registration Instructions for M.A.T. and
M.S.Ed. Students
Because
the enrollment in our graduate courses is limited to fifteen students, and
seats are available on a first come-first served basis, students should
register for courses as soon as possible after receiving an active time
ticket. M.S.Ed. students must register
for the 001 sections of ENG 504 and AED 668. M.S.Ed students should see p. 25 of
this manual for appropriate course substitutions in the event that they can
waive AED 541, AED 668, or ENG 504.
To ensure that placements can be
made in a timely fashion, M.A.T. students must register for their course work
as soon as possible after being admitted into the program and, in subsequent
semesters, at the earliest opportunity during the regular registration period
(generally in November for Spring courses, and the end of March or beginning of
April for Fall courses). For fall
enrollment in ENG 504 Seminar in the Composing Process: Rhetoric and Analysis
and ENG 505 Participant-Observer Experience: Composing Process (50 hour field
experience), you should do the following:
1.
Agree with your advisor on an appropriate class schedule. Note that ENG 504 and ENG 505 are
co-requisite courses (they must be taken at the same time). AED 541 Teaching Literature and Critical
Literacy should be taken at the same time as ENG 504 and ENG 505, or in unusual
circumstance AED 541 might have been taken prior to ENG 504 and ENG 505.
2. Visit the Field Studies Office (210-D Cornish)
to fill out a data sheet indicating your availability and preferences for field
placement. Failure to notify the Field
Studies Office of subsequent changes in your location may result in significant
delays in receiving a placement. After
you have completed the information sheet, the Field Studies Office will give
you a dated, initialed copy.
3. Show the dated, initialed form from the Field
Studies Office to Karen Knapp or Priscilla Harvey (secretaries in the English
Department) who will then “lift the flag” that will enable you to register for
both ENG 504 and ENG 505.
4. You will not be registered
for your courses until you complete WEB registration. M.A.T. students must register for the 601
(majors only sections) of ENG 504 and AED 668.
For spring enrollment in
AED 668 Language Development in Adolescents and AED 669 Participant-Observer
Experience: Language Development, the steps are the same except that students
must have completed AED 541 prior to registering for AED 668 and AED 669, and
they must have maintained their 3.0 GPA.
Before you commit to the fieldwork
courses, make sure that you will have sufficient time available during the
middle school/high school day (generally 8:00
a.m. to 2:30 p.m.) to accumulate fifty hours of participation
and/or observation. For AED 669, in
particular, you must be able to visit your assigned placement at least twice,
and preferably three times, a week.
Checklist of
Important Items
Below
are the important items you must comply with in order to assure successful
completion of your degree. Keep this
list in your folder of important documents as suggested and write the dates in
for every item when it has been completed.
____________ Pick up a Graduate Catalog so that you have easy
access to course
descriptions, course prerequisites, and regulations. (Admissions
Office)
____________ Gain acceptance into the program (matriculation). Be
sure to include proof of certification and formal transcripts as needed, as
well as two letters of recommendation (Graduate Studies Office).
____________ Gain approval for candidacy. You must apply for
candidacy no sooner that the completion of 6 credit hours at Cortland and no later than the completion of
15 credit hours. Send this form to your
advisor in the English Department.
____________ Transfer of courses (limit: 6 credits). If you are
transferring graduate courses from another approved institution, you must fill
out a transfer approval form and make certain official transcripts are on file
at SUNY Cortland. You must be approved for candidacy before you are allowed to
transfer courses. Send this form to your
advisor in the English Department.
____________ Completed successfully all required and elective hours.
You must maintain a G.P.A of 3.0 throughout your graduate study. (A 3.0 G.P.A.
is required for student teaching.)
____________ Completed a comprehensive exam or a Master’s Thesis.
(Consult with the Coordinator of the M.A. in English)
____________ Compiled and submitted a portfolio (for M.A.T. and
M.S.Ed. students)
____________ Filed Completion of Master’s Thesis or Portfolio Form. Send
this form to your advisor in the English Department.
____________ Filed for graduation and State Certification (for
M.S.Ed. and M.A.T. students) (Graduate Studies Office)
If you have not
done this for your undergraduate degree, students in the M.A.T. and M.S.Ed.
programs must complete two clock-hours of the following workshops and be
fingerprinted (submit proof to Graduate Studies Office):
________ Child
Abuse Workshop ________
Fingerprinting ________SAVE
Workshop
APPENDIX
The
remaining pages in this advisement manual include forms that you will need at
various times during your enrollment in the graduate program. You can either
photocopy the forms for your use or print them from the Graduate Studies Office
Website at http://www.cortland.edu/gradstudies/forms.html. (You
must apply for graduation through Banner Web.)