BOOK, ARCHIVE, AND MANUSCRIPT STUDIES DESIGNATED EMPHASIS

Subject abbreviation: BAM College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Heidi Brayman Hackel (English), Director Office, 1202 HMNSS heidi.braymanhackel@ucr.edu; adriana.craciun@ucr.edu

Advisory Committee & Participating Faculty Malcolm Baker (Art History) Thomas Cogswell (History) Andrea Denny-Brown (English) Brian Geiger (Center for Bibliographic Studies & Research) Catherine Gudis (History) Randolph Head (History) Robb Hernandez (English) Kristoffer Neville (Art History) Deborah Willis (English)

The Designated Emphasis is a 14-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. Three (3) courses (12 units) selected from

AHS 274, CRWT 186A, CRWT 186B, ENGL 246, ENGL 273, ENGL 282, HIST 240 (E-Z), HIST 262, HIST 263, HISE 113, HISE 114. Students may ask to count another course with relevant content as approved by the Designated Emphasis Directors. 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 taken in the student’s department with extra work mutually agreed upon by professor and student.

• 2. MCS 280 (2 units): Colloquium on Book,

Archive, and Manuscript Studies. Ad- dresses current research topics pertaining to the program. Includes events conducted both on and off campus. Graded Satisfac- tory (S) or No Credit (NC).

• 3. Significant Research Product: The

Designated Emphasis requires that 4 credits reflect a “significant research product.” It is the committee’s expectation that students will fulfill this component in at least one of the required courses, typically by writing a research paper appropriate to that discipline’s journal publication or con- ference presentation conventions. In rare cases in which the research component has not otherwise been met, a student may undertake MCS 280 for 4 units in order to produce a research paper of approximately 25 pages.

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.