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New Series of Professional Forums Introduced
Villanova’s Graduate English Program is pleased to announce a new series of
forums aimed at addressing the academic and professional interests of its
graduate students. The first of these forums is entitled “Preparing for and
Pursuing the Ph.D.” and features a faculty panel that will offer advice and
answer questions on how to negotiate the rigorous doctoral application process.
English graduate faculty members will address various issues, including choosing
a suitable Ph.D. program; determining a program’s placement record; submitting a
strong writing sample; requesting letters of recommendation; fulfilling foreign
language requirements; applying for fellowships, grants, and assistantships; and
generating an appealing personal statement and curriculum vitae. This event
takes place Wednesday, November 7th from 7:30-9:30 pm and will be held in the
DeLeon Room (SAC 300). A light dinner of sandwiches will be served!
Teaching Internships
To ensure that our Master’s candidates have the opportunity to gain
undergraduate teaching experience while pursuing their degree, the Graduate
English Program has developed a unique teaching internship program. This program
is designed to allow each Master’s candidate to receive one-on-one instruction
and mentoring from our graduate faculty in how to be an effective teacher at the
college level.
At the end of their first year of study, students who have maintained at
least a B+ average and who have no outstanding incompletes may approach a
graduate faculty member who is teaching an upper-level English course of
particular interest to them and request permission to serve as his or her
teaching intern. Interns attend all class sessions; confer with each student at
least once during the semester concerning their work for the class; teach two to
three classes under the supervision of the faculty member; and complete a final
project for the course that is either (1) a substantial critical essay
concerning the subject matter of the course or (2) a research project concerning
trends and issues within college-level pedagogy. For this work, the student
receives three credits toward their degree.
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