Summer MA Information and Course Syllabi for Summer 2013

Enrollment
Students enroll themselves via Tiger Tracks. If you have questions or concerns about enrolling, you may contact the English Department or the Registrar's Office. You must be either a current student or admitted to the graduate program to access enrollment through Tiger Tracks. Please also complete and mail the Declaration of Intent to Enroll form to assist the English Department in tracking your program of study.

Late Arrival
Occasionally, participants whose school systems do not end before summer session begins are not able to be on campus for the first three or four days of classes. You will only be able to take three classes if you must arrive late. Since four-week classes that begin June 3 cannot be enrolled in late, the July classes will be the only courses available to you.

Books
We have made arrangements for you to order your books from the University Bookstore, Memorial Union, FHSU. You will need to specify the books. Books are listed on the course syllabi (links posted below) or you can download a combined list of required books here. The University Bookstore will send the books COD. Some of these books have not yet arrived and may not be available until late February or early March.

Tuition
Kansas residents pay $194.65 per graduate credit hour. Tuition for fifteen credit hours will be $2919.75.
Contiguous State (CO, MO, NE, or OK) residents pay $275.58 per graduate credit hour. Tuition for fifteen credit hours will be $4133.70.
Out-of-state residents pay $493.80 per graduate credit hour. Tuition for fifteen credit hours will be $7407.00.

Housing Arrangements
A few on-campus apartments are available (apply as soon as possible; these go quickly).  When you apply, please specify if you will be here for one session or both, and specify which session if it will just be one. For housing information and application forms, please contact Rebecca Lee, Assistant Director of Student Residential Life, FHSU, at ralee4@fhsu.edu, or call (785) 628-4245. You may also apply through Tiger Tracks.

Application Fee
A $35.00 non-refundable application fee is required on degree-seeking applications received. No action will be taken on your application/enrollment until this fee is paid. Checks or money orders should be made payable to the Fort Hays State University Graduate School and included with your application.

Financial Aid
Teaching assistantships, graduate fellowships, or outright grants are not available in this program. However, if need and eligibility can be demonstrated, you may qualify for a Stafford loan. Anyone interested in applying should write or call Mr. Craig Karlin, Director, Student Financial Assistance, FHSU (785) 628-4494.

Courses
If you are in the two-year program, you will enroll in five of these courses for credit this summer (four courses for those in the three-year program); unless otherwise stipulated in the syllabi, papers and written projects are not due until the end of fall semester. You will receive an Incomplete in all courses unless you choose to finish the written work during the summer in one or two of them. Courses are scheduled for Monday through Friday; however, classes do not meet on Friday, since that day is used for conferences and research. Click on highlighted course names for course descriptions; full syllabi will posted in January.

 First Four-Week Session: June 3-June 28

Second Four-Week Session: July 1-July 26
Note that the July 4 Holiday is on Thursday, July 4.

Program Notes

• *Approaches to Literature is a required course for all graduate students. It is only offered every other summer, so students who have not taken it should take it this summer.
• Independent Study Courses: Independent study courses are not allowed to count toward the thirty hours required in this program.