MA Handbook 2011-12 (1) - Queen's University Belfast

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Introduction to Postgraduate Studies Welcome to the postgraduate studies programme in the School of English at QUB. Every year between fifty and sixty students begin MA study in the School, and it has acquired a reputation for excellence in research and scholarship over many decades. Many of the graduates from our postgraduate programmes are now leading experts in the field, and are teaching new generations of scholars in the UK, Ireland and around the world. We are very pleased that you have decided to undertake postgraduate study in the School of English, and we are committed to maintaining and improving a flourishing postgraduate community as an essential part of the School’s academic life. Our aim is to continue to encourage and stimulate the best work in all of our postgraduate students. Becoming a postgraduate student is an exciting time, a time in which you have an excellent opportunity to develop your own ideas, arguments and writing skills with the advice and tuition of established scholars, critics and writers. It is a time not only for researching a subject which you find stimulating and rewarding, but also for discovering your distinctive voice, whether as a scholar, critic, or writer and making your original contribution to knowledge and understanding. Whatever your aims in undertaking postgraduate study, the opportunities offered by a postgraduate degree to explore, research and write about subjects which interest you will enable you to develop personally and professionally. We hope that you will find your life and work as a postgraduate student in the School of English rewarding and stimulating, and that your achievements here will serve you well in the future. With best wishes, Moyra Haslett and Ramona Wray, Co-‐Directors of PG Education 4
Induction Week: Enrolment and Registration You will be required to enroll for modules and register as a MA student in the week preceding first semester (w/c Monday 19 th September, 2011). This year, enrolment will take place on Thursday 22 nd September, 2011 in the Social Space, in the School of English (Ground Floor, 1 University Square). This process will use the QSIS system, but administrative staff (including Linda) will be present to help with this process, and academic staff (including Moyra and Ramona) will be present to help with queries concerning module choices. The Library holds information sessions on using QSIS which you may find helpful. You will be required to sign up for modules in both semesters. Modules in first semester are, with a few exceptions, core modules for each pathway. Modules in second semester are elective modules, so that you can choose from a wide range of modules within your designated pathway and across different pathways. Don’t worry if you are not entirely certain at this point which modules you would like to study in second semester: there will be an opportunity for you to change the registration details of second semester modules during first semester. Changes to module choice can be discussed with the convenor of your MA, with Moyra or Ramona, and Linda can process any required changes. MA students study the equivalent of 2 ‘full’ modules (ie taught over 12 weeks) in semesters 1 and 2 (eg you might be studying 2 ‘full’ modules’, or 4 ‘half’ modules). The dissertation is then equivalent to 2 modules in terms of its credit within the MA. At enrolment, you will need to tell us whether you wish to register as a part-‐time (rather than a full-time) student. You need to complete enrolment before registration (ie enrol for your modules before paying tuition fees, as the modules will determine the fee). Registration is available until 5pm on Thursday, 22 nd September, in the International and Postgraduate Students Centre, and should take only 10-‐15 minutes. Email Once you have registered you will be issued with a Queen’s email address. It is IMPERATIVE that you use this account as your tutors and the School will be communicating with you using the QUB email address you have been given. Queen’s Online (QOL) http://www.qub.ac.uk/qol Queen’s Online (QOL) is an on-‐line information and learning environment for Queen’s students and staff. You will need your student number and email password to login. Most of your administrative contact with the School of English will be conducted through QOL. Course and exam information will be stored on module-‐specific directories. For more information, see: http://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/InformationServices/StudentComputing/ Students should familiarise themselves with QOL as quickly as possible as lecturers and tutors will be making immediate use of the platform. 5
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