Frequently Asked Questions
On this page you will find answers and information to the most common questions and issues fielded by the English department. If you do have a question, we ask that you please read through these FAQs thoroughly before contacting us.
Fill out a change of major form and obtain a departmental signature in HUM 289.
Get an add slip and an independent study petition with instructions from HUM 289. Have your advisor and/or your instructor sign and return it, along with a copy of your unofficial SFSU transcript to HUM 289. You cannot use permit numbers for this process.
There are many easy ways to find answers to these questions:
Check the syllabus given to you by your instructor the first day of class.
Check here for the information.
Check the list posted outside of HUM 289.
Check the white binder in 289 (on the counter next to the key sign out log).
Check the blue binder in HUM 125
Second floor HUM 290.
Fourth Floor HUM 407.
Fourth Floor HUM 404 (Foreign Languages Lab).
Syllabi are available to view in HUM 289 (the last five years are on file). You can also try to contact the instructor.
Sometimes instructors cancel classes for conferences, or hold class in a different room or the library and don't tell our office. A teacher will almost always post a note on the door if the class is being held eleswhere and will also have told the class, at the very least, the week before. If a teacher is sick, it will more than likely be posted in front of the classroom.
We strongly urge you to speak to your instructor first about your concern. If this does not resolve the matter, then speak with the Program Coordinator:
Literature Classes: Loretta Stec (Acting Coordinator for Fall 2008), lstec@sfsu.edu
Composition Classes: Elise Wormuth, earthman@sfsu.edu
CMS Classes: Lisa Heyer, lheyer@sfsu.edu
Have you first reader sign an add slip and return it to the Graduate Secretary. You cannot use permit numbers for this process.
Yes. Get the proper slip from the library, have your first reader sign it, and then return it to the library.
To teach composition, contact the the comp office (415-338-2128). To teach ESL, contact the CMS office (415-338-1320), HUM 112. To teach literature, send a cv and cover letter to the English department. To teach literature courses, you usually need a Ph.D.
Contact the Composition Office (338-2128).
Last Update: 4-29-2008
