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Process
for applying for English 413 (3) —Senior
Research and Writing
Junior majors, watch your email. By the end of
the Washington Holiday, please let the department
secretary know your answers to the following
questions:
Question 1: What
three capstone courses, in order of preference,
do you request? Please identify them by title and
professor's name.
Question 2: Is there
a pressing reason why you must do your
capstone in either fall or winter? If so, explain
in detail.
Question 3: Regarding
your #1 choice. Please write a paragraph
explaining why you would prefer this capstone
experience, and if possible, suggest what you
would like to explore in such a course.
Question 4 (optional):
Use this space to tell us why you'd like to do
your #2 and #3 courses, or to insert special
pleas that otherwise wouldn't fit.
Departmental procedure: We will
run a lottery to place students in capstone
sections, but we will first attempt to
accommodate the requests of those students who
have replied to the above questions on time with
full answers. In the event that 30 people put one
particular course as a #1 choice, the chances
would be about 1 in 5 of getting your first
choice. If requests are distributed, as we
expect, there is a very good chance that most of
you will get one of your top three choices.
Disclaimer: The English Faculty
reserves the right to place you in a capstone
section that you have not requested, because we
believe that you all should graduate on time!
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