Speculative Fictions and Cultures of Science Designated Emphasis
Catalog pages 446
Subject abbreviation: SFCS College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Sherryl Vint (English), Director Office, 1202 HMNSS sherryl.vint@ucr.edu
Advisory Committee & Participating Faculty
Jayna Brown (Ethnic Studies) Derek Burrill (Media and Cultural Studies) Stephanie Hammer (Comparative Literature & Foreign Languages) Tamara Ho (Gender and Sexuality Studies) Nalo Hopkinson (Creative Writing) Stuart Krieger (Theatre, Film and Digital Production) Tim Labor (Music and Media and Cultural Studies) Juliet McMullin (Anthropology) Yolanda Moses (Anthropology) Lisa Raphals (Comparative Literature & Foreign Languages) Dana Simmons (History) Eric Schwitzgebel (Philosophy) Stephen Sohn (English) Chikako Takeshita (Gender and Sexuality Studies) James Tobias (English) Susan Zieger (English) Designated Emphasis Requirements
The Designated Emphasis is a 12-unit interdisciplinary graduate course of study, requiring coursework across at least two departments. Two of the three required courses, if otherwise eligible, may count towards the student’s Ph.D. requirements.
- 1. All students must complete a ENGL 297 graduate course (4 units) with an
affiliated faculty member that produces an approximately 25-page research paper. This course will fulfill the research requirement of the Designated Emphasis.
- 2. Two (2) courses (8 units) selected from
ANTH 262, CPLT 272, CPLT 273, CPLT 275, CPLT 276, CWPA 255, ENGL 246, ENGL 247, ENGL 248, ETST 243F, HIST 287A, MUS 251, MUS 264, and PHIL 237. Students may ask to count another course with relevant content as approved by the Designated Emphasis Director. Students must select courses from at least two different departments or programs, one of which may be their home department. Undergraduate courses taken to fulfill these requirements must be accompanied by a 292 course with extra work mutually agreed upon by professor and student.
All requirements for the Designated Emphasis must be satisfied before a student advances to candidacy in their Ph.D. field; a minimum GPA of 3.0 is required for the award of the Designated Emphasis.