Hi all again, Here's what I can say about the possibility of doing an
MA or PhD in rhetoric and composition at UBC: It IS possible to do
graduate studies in rhetoric and composition here--although the program
is not as full as it was when Andrea Lunsford and Nan Johnson were here
in the 1980's. Their supervision was behind the happy PhD's of Doug
Brent, Henry Hubert, and moi. The Department here still has in place
courses and structures to allow for such a concentration in the
graduate program. As Cathy has mentioned, our new appointment will
enhance existing opportunities (Right now students would probably work
most closely with Glenn Deer and me, although they would also find
several faculty members in the department sympathetic to their
projects--especially where rhetorical theory is considered with other
critical theory, or where rhetorical studies are considered with
language studies.) Exciting too is the possibility (in discussion phase
only) of integrating the goals of our undergraduate writing program
with those of the graduate program, so that, for example, graduate
students could teach and become professionalized within the context of
the graduate program. Because graduate course offerings in rhetoric are
still few, incoming graduate students would be advised to take
advantage of a wide range of potentially relevant courses outside of
rhetoric but within the department, the faculty, and the university as
a whole. One of my own graduate students, for example, supplemented his
study of rhetoric of medicine by taking a course in medical
anthropology; another took my course in composition pedagogy alongside
a course offered in Language Edcuation by the Faculty of Education. UBC
also has an Individual Interdisciplinary Graduate Program which allows
students to create programs across traditional areas. Students
typically enter the IIGSP program after they have been admitted to a
home department from which they begin their graduate study. Anyone
interested can get more information from me or from our Chair of
Graduate Studies: Laurel Brinton, Dep't of English, UBC, 397-1873 East
Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1. Inquiries about the IIGSP should be
addressed to Rhodri Windsor-Liscombe, Chair, c/o Green College, 6201
Cecil Green Park, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1
Judy
Judy Segal Department of English and Chair of Science Studies
University of British Columbia
Phone: 604-822-5652 Fax: 604-822-6906 Email: [log in to unmask]
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