Welcome to the website for instructors teaching in the English Department during the Winter and Summer Sessions. Here you’ll find general information about the upcoming Sessions, the Department expectations for Winter and Summer instructors teaching English courses, tips and strategies for promoting and filling your assigned classes, and resources to support your teaching.  The site will grow over time, so you’ll want to bookmark it and use it as a reference source.

General Information about Winter and Summer Sessions

Each Summer, Queens College offers four Summer Sessions for matriculating and non-matriculating undergraduate and graduate students:

Session 1 runs for 4 weeks in June.
Session 2 runs for 4 weeks in July.
Session 3 runs for 6 weeks from the start of July to the middle of August.
Session 4 runs for 10 weeks from the start of June to the middle of August. 

The Winter Session runs for 3 weeks in January between the Fall and Spring semesters.

Between Winter and Summer 2024, students will able to take the following undergraduate courses in the English Department:

English 109 – Introduction to Academic Writing
English 110 – College Writing 1
English 130 – Writing about Literature in English (College Writing 2)
English 151/151W – Readings in British Literature
English 152/152W – Readings in American Literature
English 157W – Readings in Global Literatures
English 161 /161W – Introduction to Narrative
English 162W – Literature and Place
English 165W – Introduction to Poetry
English 170W – Introduction to Literary Study
English 200W – Writing about Writing
English 210W – Introduction to Creative Writing
English 211W – Introduction to Writing Non-Fiction
English 241 – The Text in Its Historical Moment
English 242 – Literary History
English 332 – Shakespeare I
English 333 – Shakespeare II
English 360 – Latina, Latino, and Latinx Literature
English 363 – Global Literatures in English

The following MA graduate courses will also offered during the Summer Sessions:

English 719 – Studies in Medieval Literature
English 721 – 17th Century Literature
English 728 – Late 19th- and Early 20th-Century U.S. Literature
English 781 – Special Seminars

Course schedules for current and previous Winter and Summer Sessions can be viewed here: courses.qc.cuny.edu.

I hope this site proves invaluable to you if you are interested in teaching in the Winter or Summer, are preparing to teach, or are in the process of teaching a Winter or Summer class. If you have any suggestions for what else could be included here, please do not hesitate to contact me. I hope you have an enjoyable experience teaching in the English Department this Winter and Summer.

Best,

Christopher Williams
Winter/Summer Sessions Director
christopher.williams@qc.cuny.edu