The September meeting is an organizational meeting where students will be introduced to faculty, the Portfolio Program, and assigned a faculty member to advise them in developing a topic for their scholarly paper. The other three colloquia are open to general university faculty, students, staff, and the community. They may include faculty and student presentations, or visiting speakers whose work contributes to the goals of the Portfolio Program. Candidates will be required to present a scholarly paper at one of the regularly scheduled meetings of the Cultural Studies Research Colloquium. This paper is the culmination of the program of studies and is presented after all portfolio courses are completed and approved by the Cultural Studies Portfolio Committee.
Presentations are open to the public.
Candidates will be required to maintain a grade point average of 3.0 or better. The Doctoral Portfolio in Cultural Studies is organized around four theoretical clusters. Students are encouraged, but not required, to focus their courses around these clusters. 20th C. British Lit. 20th C. British Lit.