ENGLISH DEPARTMENT – City College of New York
Elizabeth Mazzola, Department Chair
English Department Graduate Programs
Office NAC 6/210
160 Convent Avenue
New York, NY 10031
(212) 650-6694
https://english.ccny.cuny.edu
GRADUATE PROGRAM ADVISORS
MFA in CREATIVE WRITING
Michelle Valladares, Director
mvalladares@ccny.cuny.edu
MA in ENGLISH LITERATURE
Václav Paris, Director
vparis@ccny.cuny.edu
MA in LANGUAGE & LITERACY
Barbara Gleason, Director
bgleason@ccny.cuny.edu
Notes on Registration
PLEASE NOTE: All students must be advised by their respective program director prior to registration. You should expect to receive information about registration via your CityMail account.
All students are required to use their City College EMAIL accounts in order to get emails from the college. If you have your CCNY email forwarded to another account, these emails may randomly be filtered into a JUNK folder. Questions about email can be addressed to the Help Desk (212) 650-7878. To find your email and set up your account: Please visit the CITYMAIL FAQ: https://citymail.ccny.cuny.edu/faqs.html
All STOPS (e.g. Financial Aid, Bursar, Library, GPA, Immunization) must be cleared prior to course registration and bill payment. To avoid de- registration, all students are required to pay the total in full by the DUE DATE listed on your bill. Due dates are staggered depending on registration appointments. To find out your due date, please view your bill online via CUNYfirst. To find out if you are eligible for a tuition payment plan, please visit the FAQ on the website of the Office of Financial Aid.
Please Note: The English Department is not notified when a student has been de-registered for non-payment and seats made available may be filled.
REGISTERING FOR THESIS
In order to register for the Thesis Tutorial, students must have the full-time faculty member who has agreed to act as thesis advisor/mentor send an email confirming this agreement to yjoseph@ccny.cuny.edu.
The English Department will then submit paperwork to the Scheduling Office and shortly thereafter, the Thesis Tutorial should appear on the student’s schedule and bill as a 3-credit course.
Please Note: The Scheduling Office CANNOT enroll students in Thesis Tutorial if the student has any STOPS or HOLDS on their CUNYfirst account.
During the first semester in which they’re eligible to apply for graduation, students will receive an email from the Registrar’s Office containing a link to APPLY FOR GRADUATION through CUNYfirst.
Courses
MONDAYS ____ ____________________________
4:45 – 6:35pm
B3000 – Workshop in Fiction [CW]
(Reg. Code: 20772) Dalia Sofer
B4501 – Special Topics: Screenwriting Workshop [CW/CR]
(Reg. Code: 32606) Marc Palmieri
6:45 – 8:35pm
B3600 – Non-Fiction Workshop [CW]
(Reg. Code: 32607) Irvin Weathersby, Jr.
TUESDAYS
4:45 – 6:35pm
B3000 – Workshop in Fiction [CW]
(Reg. Code: 36954) Soraya Palmer
C0910 – Short Stories of the Americas [LIT]
(Reg. Code: 20987) Lyn Di Iorio
6:45 – 8:35pm
B2140 – Immigration Literature [LIT]
(Reg. Code: 21431) Grazyna Drabik
B3000 – Workshop in Fiction [CW]
(Reg. Code: 20991 ) Salar Abdoh
B8118 – Basic Writing in the 21st Century [L&L]
(Reg. Code: 20989) Barbara Gleason
WEDNESDAYS _
4:45 – 6:35pm
B2021 – Imagining the Queen: Race, Sex, and Empire in Elizabethan England [LIT]
(Reg. Code: 20995) Elizabeth Mazzola
B3200 – Poetry Workshop [CW]
(Reg. Code: 32603) David Groff
6:45 – 8:35pm
B1954 – James Baldwin [LIT]
(Reg. Code: 20584) Gordon Thompson
B8109 – Digital Literacies [L&L]
(Reg. Code: 20990) Missy Watson
THURSDAYS
4:45 – 6:35pm
B2046 – Oral History as Praxis [CR/LIT]
(Reg. Code: 20994) Janée Moses
C0862 – Teaching Practicum [L&L/CR]
(Reg. Code: 20988) Missy Watson
6:45 – 8:35pm
B1616 – Bible, Myth and Contemporary Lit. [CR/LIT]
(Reg. Code: 22220) Mark J. Mirsky
B1988 – From Stanza, to Body, to Country: Crafting Place in Poetry [CR]
(Reg. Code: 48255) Rosanna Young Oh
Additional Information
APPLYING TO THE PROGRAMS
All Graduate Degree Program applications and supporting materials (letters of recommendation, transcripts, writing samples, etc.) are to be submitted to the Office of Graduate Admissions online.
Please note: The English Department DOES NOT accept any application materials or fees directly from applicants.
APPLICATION DEADLINES
MFA in CREATIVE WRITING
FALL Admission: February 15
MA in ENGLISH LITERATURE
FALL Admission: May 1
SPRING Admission: November 15
MA in LANGUAGE & LITERACY
FALL Admission: June 1
SPRING Admission: November 15
RETURNING TO CITY COLLEGE
Returning CCNY graduate students who have been out of school for one or more semesters must complete a READMISSION APPLICATION (https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/admissions/re-entering-students) at least three months prior to the first day of classes in order to enroll. Graduate degree students who have been absent from the College for more than five years must reapply for admission to the graduate program. Graduate students whose grade point average falls below 3.0 must submit a letter of appeal addressed to the Dean of Humanities and the Arts along with the READMISSION APPLICATION.
For more information and forms, visit the Admissions web site. [www.ccny.cuny.edu/admissions]
AWARDS AND PRIZES
Each Spring, the English Department hosts the Annual Awards & Prizes, a merit-based competition which offers prizes ranging from $100-$10,000 for creative writing (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama), academic writing, teaching, and general excellence.
EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT GRANTS
The Department is also offering Educational Enrichment Grants to provide funding assistance to students who are presenting at academic conferences or who have been accepted to nationally recognized writing residencies. Calls for written grant proposals will be sent prior to the start of each semester. For information about Financial Aid, please visit the CCNY Office of Financial Aid located in Room A-104 of the Willie Administration Building.
TEACHING IN THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
Each Spring, the English Department invites matriculated Graduate students who have completed at least one semester of graduate coursework and will be continuing their studies to apply for a limited number of adjunct teaching positions for the following Fall semester. Applicants are expected to enroll in, or to have already completed, ENGL C0862: The Teaching of Composition and Literature (offered each Fall).
