Information and Courses:
Summer Session 2009 (JUNE 1-JULY 24)

1. Enrollment
2. Late Arrival
3. Books
4. Costs
5. Financial Aid
6. Courses
7. Syllabi
8. Independent-Study Courses

1. Enrollment

Students enroll themselves via Tiger Tracks (https://tigertracks.fhsu.edu). 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.

2. 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 arrive late.  Since four-week classes that begin June 1 cannot be enrolled in late, the July classes will be the only courses available to you.

3. 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.  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. You may download a list of the required books for all of the Summer 2009 courses by clicking here.

4. Costs

A. Tuition:

Kansas residents pay $163.15 per graduate credit hour. Tuition for fifteen credit hours will be $2,447.25.

Out-of-state residents pay $431.15 per graduate credit hour. Tuition for fifteen credit hours will be $6,467.25.

B. Housing Arrangements:

A few on-campus apartments are available (apply as soon as possible; these go quickly. A 2 bedroom apartment is $369.00 per bedroom per month, water is $15.00, the electricity charge will be billed later. They include 1 bath. There are also some 4 bedroom apartments available also. These are $318.00 per bedroom per month and include 2 bathrooms. All apartments have kitchens and free laundry facilities. The current housing contract for summer is for both sessions. However, we are checking into the availability of 4-week contracts. We will notify of this at a later date.

For housing information and application forms, please write Carol Hackerott, Director of Student Residential Life, FHSU, or call (785) 628-4245. You may also apply through Tiger Tracks.

C. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

A. First Four-Week Courses (June 1-June 26)

811 Studies in Composition and Rhetoric: Teaching Community-Based Writing
Dr. Cheryl Duffy (9:00-11:10)

654 Major American Authors: Wallace Stevens and His Group
Dr. Eric Leuschner (11:20-12:20* and 1:20-2:30)

662 Studies in English Literary Periods: Modern British Literature
Dr. Sharla Hutchison (2:40-4:50)

* Please note that a lunch hour has been built into the June schedule.

B. Second Four-Week Courses (June 29-July 24)

*826 Approaches to Literature
Dr. Amy Cummins (8:00-10:10)

692 Theme Studies in Literature: Film and Literature
Dr. Eric Leuschner (10:20-12:30)

694 Studies in Folklore and Mythology: World Mythology
Dr. Lexey Bartlett (1:30-3:40)

655 Regional Literature of the United States: Literature of the South
Dr. Carl Singleton (3:50-6:00)

* Approaches to Literature is a required course for all graduate students.

7. Syllabi

Syllabi for all of these courses (including texts, objectives, and specific reading assignments) can be downloaded as Microsoft Word documents by clicking on the course names above.

8. Independent-Study Courses

Independent-study courses are not allowed to count toward the thirty hours required in this program.

Send questions or comments about the website to: Dr. Lexey Bartlett. Last updated January 31, 2009 .