Advising Notes

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Fall 2007 (for Spring 2008 courses)
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Writers of Color courses

English 492 (South Asian Fiction)
English 321/CES 331 (African American Literature)
English 315/CES 315 (Asian Pacific American Autobiography).
Engl 492 - South Asian Fiction

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Spring 2007 notes (for Fall 2007 courses)
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Writers of Color courses

English 322 (xlisted CES) Af Am lit
English 341 Native Am Lit
English 494 Jazz Age/Harlem Renaissance

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Fall 2006 notes
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Writers of Color Courses

English 309 Women in Literature

Engl 332 [M] Topics in Poetry, 3 credits
01 25999 TU,TH10:35-11:50 THOM 201 Jan 8–May 4
C. Roman 35 [Modern American Poetry]

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Special Topics Courses

Engl 338 [M] Topics: Major Trends and Figures, 3 credits
01      26039            TU,TH13:25-14:40             THOM 24              Jan 8–May 4
         A. Rohrbach            40             [The Invention of American Literature]

Engl 358 Workshop Topics in Writing, Teaching, Literature, 1 credit S/F
01   26138     M,TU,W,TH,F18:00-21   ARR ARR       Apr 2–Apr 6
       Giscombe      15                      [Writing Fiction/Poetry (tentative)]


Engl 359 Topics in Creative Writing, 3 credits
01     60871            M,W,F9:10             CUE 216              Jan 8–May 4
        R. Goodrich            20              [Writing Children’s Literature]


Engl 595 Topics in English, 3 credits T
01     26757            TU,TH12:00-13:15 WHET ARR Jan 8–May 4
       P. Narayanan            12   [Postcolonial Literature, Film and Theory]

Engl 597 Topics in Composition and Rhetoric, 3 credits
01            26765            M15:10-18             AVER 110              Jan 8–May 4
             B. Monroe            12             [Rhetoric of Contact Zones]

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Spring 2006 notes
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Writers of Color Courses for Fall 2006:

Engl 220 (also cross-listed with CES 220) Introduction to Multicultural Literature: M, W, 1:25-2:40 Todd 204
Engl 314 (also cross-listed with CES 314) Topics in Asian Pacific American Literature: TuTh 12:00 - 1:15, Bryn 406
Engl 309 (also cross-listed with WS 309) Women Writers: TuTh 7:45-9:00, Thom 24

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We have encountered a couple of issues of which you should be aware:

1. Engl 380, 381 (now for fall 480, 481) are not offered this fall. You may use Engl 368 to substitute for Engl 381 if you wish and if, in the extreme circumstance of a student perhaps graduating in December who needs this requirement, you can also substitute Engl 482. Both of these courses are offered this coming fall semester.

2. We have encountered a problem with DARS. Unfortunately, it will probably not be repaired until next week sometime. The problem is that English classes which count in the major requirements are also being shown in the College of Science and Liberal Arts GERs under Arts and Humanities. Please be careful, when you are advising students, to look at that area to see whether or not they have REALLY satisfied those requirements.

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Thanks to Lynn Gordon's sharp eye, we have caught an error in the DARS programming which caused some students to receive GER credit for an H class and also again for the additional College of Liberal Arts requirement. Some students have even been given CLA credit for classes that were also counted toward their major.

The glitch has been fixed, but that now means that some students who thought they were through are short of some requirements.

Since advisors didn't catch this earlier and it was a technical problem with DARS, students caught in this trap may petition to have the requirement waived so they can graduate this May or June. See Jerri Smith about the details.

Be careful to scrutinize the old DARS reports to make sure classes aren't being counted twice. If you've filled out the paper forms correctly you should be safe.

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To all English Education advisors:

Paul Brians asked me to write to you regarding a DARS error for one of his English Education advisees. Her DARS indicates that she needs to take T&L 445: Elementary Methods of Educational Technology instead of what she should be taking, which is T&L 446: Secondary Methods of Educational Technology. T&L 446 is a relatively new course (445 used to cover both levels), and it would appear that the degree audit for this particular student has not caught up with the requirement. I suspect this may be a fairly rare occurrence as opposed to a systematic problem with DARS, as I have not noticed this problem in any of my own students. However, we wanted to let everyone know so you can keep any eye out for this potential problem. If you do notice this problem on your advisees’ DARS, please contact Vicki Dehlbom, Academic Coordinator for the T&L program, at 335-7682 or dehlbomv@wsu.edu, and ask her to make the substitution.

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