For More Information, Contact:

Susan Hauser , Chair
Office: HS 319
Phone: 218 755-3355
schauser@bemidjistate.edu

Office of Graduate Studies
Office: DH 110
Phone: 218.755.2027
grad@bemidjistate.edu

RELATED INFORMATION:

Candidacy

The Application for Admission to Candidacy forms can be obtained at the Graduate Office. In the application, the student lists the program of courses which he/she has worked out in consultation with his/her advisor. This program must be approved by the advisor, the department chairperson, and the Dean of Graduate Studies.

Advisor

As soon as possible, the student should request one of the English faculty to act as his/her permanent advisor. If the professor agrees, both sign the form "Appointment of Graduate Advisor." The completed form is filed in the Graduate Office.

Comprehesive Exams

Refer to the Precedures for Written Comprehensive Exams, Thesis, and Oral Exams.

Graduate Research Paper & Oral Examination Committee

A graduate research paper (ENGL 6980) is required of all M.S. candidates who do not choose to write a thesis (ENGL 6990). The student must secure the approval of his/her advisior before beginning research.

The original and two copies of the research paper must be submitted to the Oral Examination Committee. The committee should have a minimum of two weeks to read the paper (prior to the oral examination). For instructions on format and content, see the Graduate Office's Specifications for Research Projects and the Final Oral Examination.

The final oral examination of an M.S. candidate, covering his/her course work and research paper, is conducted by a four-member committee. The student nominates three members of this committee on his/her Application for Graduation form. (The student is well advised to check first to see whether his/her nominees are willing to serve and expect to be on campus.) The membership of the Oral Examination Committee is subject to the approval of the University Graduate Committee. One member the student nominates must be from outside the English department. Additionally, a member of the graduate faculty-at-large will be appointed by the Dean of Graduate Studies to serve as a procedural observer and a non-voting participant in the oral examination.

Application for Graduation

Each degree candidate must file an Application for Graduation with the Dean of Graduate Studies during the first week of the session in which he/she plans to graduate. This form can be obtained at the Graduate office. The application provides a form for nominating members of the Oral Examination Committee.

Graduation Plans

Graduation Planning Forms are filed at the Records Office; these forms enable the student to file for graduation upon completion of the appropriate classes. As soon as the paperwork is filed and accepted, advisor codes are no longer necessary. If the students deviates from the grad plans, then he/she must turn in a change request form to the Records Office.

Petitions

If a student needs to have any requirements modified, he/she should submit a petition to the Chairperson of the English Graduate Committee as far in advance as is feasible. The Graduate Committee cannot always act upon last-minute petitions.