American and English Literature Post-Baccalaureate Certificate
Required Credit Hours/Tuition and Fees
- 18
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Admission
In addition to fulfilling the general requirements of the Graduate School, applicants must submit the same supporting materials required for application to the MA specializations (a one-page statement of purpose, a writing sample and three letters of reference accompanied by waiver forms). The graduate advisor may require specific undergraduate coursework from students who have not majored in English. Students who begin the post-baccalaureate certificate program and then wish to enroll in the master's program must meet all requirements for admission to the MA program, including foreign language requirements.
Literature
The literature certificate is designed for students seeking graduate work in literature and research but not wishing to commit to a two-year MA program. The certificate program offers substantive study in a relatively brief time and is intended for students teaching or planning to teach on the community college, high school and middle school levels.
Program of Study
Eighteen hours of coursework (six courses) are required for completion of the program, of which at least nine hours (three courses) must be at the 500 level.
- Students must complete ENG 501: Modern Literary Studies, preferably in their first semester
- Students may distribute the remaining five courses among the following (providing that at least two of these are at the 500 level):
ENG 403 History of the English Language
ENG 404 Chaucer: Canterbury Tales
ENG 406 Old English Language
ENG 412 Digital Literacies
ENG 420 Topics in Film Studies
ENG 443 Prosody
ENG 444 Creative Non-Fiction
ENG 445 Young Adult Literature
ENG 446 Studies in African American Literature
ENG 457 Topics in Postcolonial Literature and Criticism
ENG 463 Topics in Literary Periods
ENG 464 Topics in Forms and Genres
ENG 465 Special Topics
ENG 471 Shakespeare
ENG 473 Milton
ENG 475 Methods of Teaching Secondary English Language Arts
ENG 477 Morrison
ENG 478 Studies in Women, Language and Literature
ENG 479 Major Authors: Shared Traditions
ENG 480 Major Authors: Crossing Boundaries
ENG 482 Technology & Literature
ENG 486 Teaching Creative Writing
ENG 490 Advanced Composition
ENG 505 Topics in Forms and Genres
ENG 506 Topics in Literary Periods
ENG 508 Major Author Studies
ENG 521 Topics in Lit & Culture
ENG 526 Studies in African American Texts
ENG 570 Teaching African American Oral and Written Literature
ENG 578 Gender, Language and Pedagogy
Enrollment in this program does not qualify for federal financial aid.
