Summer Postscript:

It occurs to me, after a faculty member voiced concerns about yesterday’s blog post regarding summer, that I need to make sure you understand how our summer grad offerings typically work.  In the past the department has not received a budget for summer grad courses from the upper administration.  Typically, however, we are able to offer a limited number of summer, one-week workshop courses through the RCDE (Regional Campuses and Distance Ed program).  These courses are offered on faculty initiative and desire to teach, and normally they have to reach a certain enrollment to “make.”  That is the reason Dr. McCuskey originally requested that we assess interest in his potential course (please talk to him directly or other faculty members about potential courses they may offer).

I want to reassure you that I don’t think that Dr. McCuskey’s course will be the only graduate offering this summer.  The Fife Folklore course is a regular offering.  Creative Writing typically offers one or two workshops.  American Studies faculty are presently considering a course.  In the past, PhD students have had courses in Specialized Docs.  There may be others I have not heard about yet.  However, fair warning: this is no guarantee any of these courses will be offered, and we won’t know the final list for summer until some time in January.  As DGS, I do not make decisions about what will be offered, but I will try to keep you apprised of course availability once we have a better sense.  My only goal is to keep you informed as best I can.
                                                                                            --Evelyn Funda, DGS