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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.