Graduate academic calendar 2012 - 2013 - Trent University
Graduate academic calendar 2012 - 2013 - Trent University
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GRADUATE PROGRAMS Cultural Studies<br />
63<br />
CUST 6125 – Comprehensive examination<br />
The comprehensive examination, held in April or May of Year One, tests the student’s familiarity<br />
with the Cultural Studies canon. Satisfactory completion of the Comprehensive Examination<br />
requires a grade of PASS. A student who does not pass (PASS) the comprehensive examination<br />
on the first attempt will be awarded a grade of INC (“incomplete”) and will be offered a second<br />
chance to take the examination, normally not later than August 31, the end of Year One.<br />
CUST 6200 – Year two dissertation seminar<br />
CUST 6200 aims to ensure that the dissertation arises from a continuous practice not only of<br />
research and writing but also of collegial inquiry, discussion, and presentation. The main focus of<br />
the seminar is the presentation and discussion of the students’ work in progress, including any<br />
difficulties in making progress, and students are required on several occasions during the <strong>academic</strong><br />
year to workshop different parts, stages, or turning points of their dissertation project.<br />
CUST 6225 – Special field bibliography<br />
A reasoned bibliography, accompanied by a brief text of description and justification, of the student’s<br />
special field(s) of competency within the larger domain of cultural studies, which evolves under the<br />
supervision of the Supervisory Committee. A first draft should be attempted by the student by August<br />
31 of Year One and presented in CUST 6200; the bibliography and accompanying text should be<br />
submitted not later than August 31 of Year Two.<br />
CUST 6250 – First project<br />
By August 31 at the end of Year Two, the student’s first project must be completed at a level<br />
considered by the Supervisory Committee to be of publishable quality. The student will receive a<br />
satisfactory grade (PASS) when the student’s Supervisory Committee confirms that the project is<br />
completed. Receiving a satisfactory grade (PASS) on this component does not prejudge the outcome<br />
of the oral defence in Year Four.<br />
CUST 6275 – Dissertation proposal<br />
A Dissertation Proposal, normally up to 2,000 words, is due by August 31 of Year Two for the<br />
approval (PASS) of the Supervisory Committee. The proposal is expected to provide convincing links<br />
between the completed first project, the second project about to be undertaken, and the third<br />
project hypothetically contemplated and conceptualized.<br />
CUST 6325 – Special field examination<br />
A student will take a written and oral examination of the Special Field, based on the approved<br />
Special Field Bibliography, in the Spring of Year Three. A student who does not pass (PASS) the<br />
Special Field Examination on the first attempt will be awarded a grade of INC (“incomplete”) and<br />
will be offered a second chance to take the Examination, normally not later than August 31 of Year<br />
Three.<br />
CUST 6350 – Second project<br />
By August 31 of Year Three, the student’s second project must be completed at a level considered<br />
by the Supervisory Committee to be of publishable quality. The student will receive a satisfactory<br />
grade (PASS) when the student’s Supervisory Committee confirms that the project is completed.<br />
Receiving a satisfactory grade (PASS) on this component does not prejudge the outcome of the oral<br />
defence in Year Four.<br />
CUST 6450 – Third project<br />
By January 1 of Year Four, the student’s third project must be completed at a level considered by<br />
the Supervisory Committee to be of publishable quality. The student will receive a satisfactory grade<br />
(PASS) when the student’s Supervisory Committee confirms that the project is completed. Receiving<br />
a satisfactory grade (PASS) on this component does not prejudge the outcome of the oral defence<br />
in Year Four.<br />
CUST 6475 – Dissertation as a whole<br />
In Year Four, students are expected to bind their three projects together into a dissertation as a<br />
coherent whole. The Director will appoint a Supervisory Committee for the final dissertation and<br />
oral defence. The student will receive a satisfactory grade (PASS) for CUST 6475 when all members<br />
of the student’s Supervisory Committee sign the evaluation form stating that the dissertation is<br />
completed and of sufficient quality to proceed to formal examination.