university faculty senate forms - College of Arts and Sciences

Explain, when appropriate, how this new/revised curriculum supports the 10 goals ofundergraduate education: http://www.ugs.udel.edu/gened/Identify other units affected by the proposed changes:None.Describe the rationale for the proposed program change(s):Although the English Graduate program has been quite prosperous in the last decade, we haveseen a decline in numbers of applicants in the last few years. The English Department hasdecided that we need to proactively make strategic changes to the program. The proposalassembled by the English Graduate Studies Committee eliminates the terminal MA and moves usto a direct-to-PhD. admissions model that will provide 6 years of funding and streamline theprogram. The new direct-to-PhD program will enable us to accomplish several major goals,including:1) expand the pool of applicants to become more selective in our admissions,2) streamline our program to shorten time to degree,3) integrate our Research Tracks more effectively,4) facilitate an alt-academic placement path for students who earn a Ph.D.5) improve our minority recruitment and retentionFor this program revision the committee looked at a number of peer institutions including PennState, Maryland, Missouri, UConn, and Nebraska. We found a variety of interesting models atthose institutions, but ultimately we decided to focus on ways we could make the most of ourdepartment’s demography and geography. Our Research Tracks, for example, reflect broadtrends in the profession but also the particular strengths of our faculty in English and thehumanities at Delaware. At the same time, our approach to expanding the types of doctoralprojects our students produce reflects not only our engagement with current conversations in thefield but also our program’s history of placing students in variety of careers both within andoutside of the academy.Program Requirements:(Show the new or revised curriculum as it should appear in the Course Catalog. If this is a revision, besure to indicate the changes being made to the current curriculum and include a side-by-side comparisonof the credit distribution before and after the proposed change.)Proposed Program Requirements in the Course Catalog:The Ph.D. in English is granted when students have: (1) completed at least 15 courses (45credit hours); (2) demonstrated either (a) an ability to read and work in one languageother than English or (b) the acquisition of a skill or body of knowledge important to thestudent’s doctoral project; (3) passed the Qualifying and the Ph.D. Specialty exam; (4)completed and successfully defended the doctoral project.Students who wish to leave the program and receive an M.A. degree must successfullypass the Qualifying Exam, complete a total of 10 courses (including the required coursesin the program—ENGL600, ENGL 684 and ENGL 688), complete at least one course inAmerican Literature and one course in British Literature, and earn at least a 3.5