Teaching of Writing 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 three-to five-page paper which explains how the applicant became interested in the field of teaching of writing; what the applicant hopes to learn in the program and how that learning will help the applicant in a career; and three letters of reference). 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.
Teaching of Writing
The teaching of writing post-baccalaureate certificate is designed for students seeking graduate work in composition pedagogy and research but not wishing to commit to a two-year MA program. The certificate program offers substantive, comprehensive study in a relatively brief time and is intended for students teaching or planning to teach on the university, community college, high school and middle school levels.
Program of Study
Required courses (12 hours):
ENG 552 Academic Writing and Research Methods in Composition Studies
ENG 554 Composition Pedagogy
ENG 556 Theory of Composition and Rhetoric
ENG 558 Practicum in the Teaching of Writing
Electives (6 hours, 3 credit hours each) selected from:
ENG 486 Teaching Creative Writing
ENG 490 Advanced Composition
ENG 491 Technical Writing
ENG 492 Advanced Fiction Writing
ENG 493 Advance Poetry Writing
ENG 541 Discourse Analysis
ENG 570 Teaching African American Oral and Written Tradition
ENG 572 Theory and Practice of Teaching Writing with Computers
ENG 574 Basic Writing Theory and Pedagogy
ENG 576 Writing Across the Curriculum
ENG 578 Gender, Language, and Pedagogy
ENG 581 Topics in Teaching Writing
ENG 587 Politics of Composition Pedagogy
ENG 588 History of Rhetoric I - The Classical Period to the Renaissance
ENG 589 History of Rhetoric II - The Enlightenment to Today
ENG 592 Creative Writing
Enrollment in this program does not qualify for federal financial aid.
