Brochure for 2004 Bread Loaf School of English

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by  Bread Loaf School of English

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Calendar and Fees, Summer 2004
Program in Alaska Bread Loaf
June 22—August 4
(Tuition $3,490, Room and Board $2,270)
School of English
Program in Mexico
June 22—August 4
(Tuition $3,490, Room and Board will vary
depending upon the student’s choice of Summer 2004
housing options.) Kek
Program in New Mexico
June 15—July 29
(Tuition $3 490, Room and Board $2,270)
Program at Lincoln College, Oxford
June 28—August 7
(Comprehensive Fee: $7,185)
Program at Bread Loaf, Vermont
June 22—August 7
(Tuition $3,490, Room $515, Board $1,285)
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The Bread Loaf third course for credit. A grade of B- or better Undergraduate Honors Program
is required in order to receive course credit. Undergraduates who have completed their
School of English
While the degree usually takes five summers to junior year of college may also seek admission.
complete, students may transfer in up to two Their courses may be transferred to their home
units of work (six semester-hour credits) and institutions or they may serve as the initial
Since 1920, the Bread Loaf School of English may apply to do up to two independent reading credits leading to the M.A. degree at the
has held six-week summer sessions, offering projects and thus may complete the degree in Bread Loaf School of English.
graduate courses in literary study, the teaching
three or four summers.
of writing, creative writing, and theater arts. ADMISSION
Students may elect to attend the school for The curriculum is divided into six groups:
one or two summers, or they may follow a full (I) Writing and the Teaching of Writing, (II) Admission is based on college transcripts, two
program of studies leading to a graduate degree English Literature through the 17th Century,
letters of recommendation, a statement of
(M.A. or M.Litt.), usually in four or five sum- (IHI) English Literature since the 17th Century, purpose, and a writing sample.
mers. The faculty of the school is drawn from (IV) American Literature, (V) World Literature,
such distinguished colleges and universities as and (VI) Theater Arts. Ordinarily the M.A.
Admissions decisions on first-year students are
Princeton, Stanford, Yale, the University of program includes a minimum of two courses made on a rolling basis, beginning February 1.
Iowa, and OxfordT.h e school’s students, most each from Groups II and III, and one course Students will be considered for admission until
of whom are secondary school teachers, are each from Groups IV and V. May 15, but as the school fills quickly, it is
diverse in geographical origin, age, race, and
suggested that application materials arrive
background. The Master of Letters (M.Litt.) Degree before March 1, when course registration
The M.Litt. program builds, in a concentrated, begins. Decisions on special fellowships may
The Bread Loaf School of English is one of specialized way, on the broader base of the be made somewhat later; this will be noted in
11 summer programs offered by Middlebury M.A. in English, which is a prerequisite for the the application materials. As Bread Loaf is
College. There is no graduate program in
degree. Students choose a field of concentra- especially committed to increasing
English offered during the regular academic
tion in which most or all of their course work diversity in its community, minority
year. is done. A field of concentration may be a applications are encouraged.
period such as the Renaissance, a genre such
as the novel, or a methodology such as literary FINANCIAL AID
DEGREE AND NONDEGREE and cultural theory, or writing theory and
PROGRAMS pedagogy. No thesis is required. In the final Financial aid is available in the form of grants
summer a student must pass a comprehensive
and/or work aid. The aid is awarded on the
The Master of Arts (M.A.) Degree examination covering his or her field of basis of financial need and scholastic achieve-
The M.A. program is limited to highly quali- concentrationT.h e program is limited to ment on a first-come, first-served basis.
fied candidates who hold a bachelor’s degree highly qualified candidates. Requests for aid should be made when the
from an accredited college. Students can attend application form is submitted to the school;
any of the five Bread Loaf campuses, but at Continuing Graduate Education all pertinent forms and information will be
least one summer must be spent in residence Teachers who have their master’s degrees or sent to applicants as soon as they become
at the home campus in Vermont.T o earn the others who have at least a baccalaureate degree available. For more information and down-
M.A., students must successfully complete 10 may enroll for a summer as nondegree students loadable forms, visit the Office of Financial
courses (10 units or 30 semester-hour credits); in continuing graduate education. Upon suc- Aid’s website at:
no thesis is requiredT.h e normal summer cessful completion of this program, Middlebury www.middlebury.edu/oftices/finaid/breadloaf
program consists of two courses, each meeting College will issue the student a Certificate in
five hours a week; exceptional students may, Continuing Graduate Education.
with permission after the first summer, take a
This publication was printed on recycled paper and is recyclable.
The Bread Loaf Programs appears in theatrical productions graduate program at the
Each summer, the Bread Loaf during the summer. The Bread Universidad de Guadalajara in
School of English assembles a Loaf campus is the site for an Mexico, offering courses in
dedicated community of teachers extraordinarily varied educational Latin American, English, and U.S.
and learners at each of its five experience. literature and film and a course
campuses. Faculty members in second-language acquisition.
drawn from many of the best The Program in Alaska Some homestays will be
colleges and universities across Bread Loaf also offers a full pro- available for students who
the country teach courses in the gram at the University of Alaska want to work on their Spanish
study of literature and literary Southeast (UAS) in Juneau. UAS language skills.
theory; the teaching of writing; is a site of spectacular beauty,
creative writing; and acting and located between the Mendenhall BreadNet and the Bread Loaf ,
directing. Students follow courses Glaciér and the sea-waters of the Teacher Network
of study leading to the Master of Alexander Archipelago. Courses One of the most exciting of
Arts or Master of Letters degree at Bread Loat/Alaska take advan- Bread Loaf’s innovations has
in EnglishT.h e emphasis at Bread tage of Juneau’s unique location, been the development of
Loaf has always been upon close and several courses focus on the BreadNet, a national computer
contact between teacher and literature and landscape of the network that links the classrooms
student in an intensive six-week Pacific Northwest and on The Program at Oxford of Bread Loaf teachersT.h e pri-
course of study. indigenous cultures. Bread Loaf also offers a summer mary goals of BreadNet are to
program at Lincoln College, one
perpetuate the Bread Loaf com-
Students may attend any one of of the smallest and most beautiful munity throughout the year and
the five Bread Loaf campuses. of the Oxford colleges, where to encourage collaboration
students enroll in one two-unit
among all Bread Loaf teachers
seminar/tutorial for the session.
Bread Loaf, Vermont and their classroomsA.l l Bread
Courses are offered in the study
Since 1920, the central location Loaf students, faculty, staff, and
for these programs has been the of literature and literary theory graduates are invited to join.
and the study of dramatic texts,
campus situated in a strikingly
beautiful setting in sight of Bread coupled with frequent trips to For more information
Loaf Mountain in the Green dramatic productions in Stratford See the other side of this poster
and London.
Mountains of VermontT.h e for more information about the
academic program benefits from Bread Loaf School. To receive an
the on-site presence of a profes- The Program in Guadalajara, application and catalog, or to
Mexico
sional acting ensemble that visits learn about any special fellow-
classrooms and, along with actors In summer 2004, Bread Loaf is ships, write or visit our Web site:
drawn from the student body, opening a fifth campus and
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The Program in New Mexico
Bread Loaf also offers courses at
its campus at St. John’s College,
nestled in the Sangre de Cristo Bread Loaf School of English
Mountains in Santa Fe, New Freeman International Center
Mexico. At Bread Loaf/New Middlebury College
Mexico special emphasis is placed Middlebury VT 05753
upon such subjects as American Telephone: [phone]
Indian literature, American Fax: [phone]
Hispanic literature, and writing E-mail:
of the Southwest. [email protected]
http://www.middlebury.edu/blse
Bread Loaf campus photography by Edward Brown.