Required Credit Hours/Tuition and Fees
- 30
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Curriculum
Required primary courses (12 credit hours)- ENG 556-Theory of Composition and Rhetoric
- ENG 558-Writing: Teaching and Practice
- ENG 583-History of Rhetoric I-The Classical Period to the Renaissance
- ENG 596-Preparatory Reading/Teaching of Writing (exit project)
Students are required to complete five of the following secondary courses (three credit hours each, 15 credit hours total):
- ENG 486 Teaching Creative Writing
- ENG 552 Academic Writing and Research Methods OR ENG 541 Graduate Research Methods
- ENG 554 Composition Pedagogy (required for Teaching Graduate Assistants)
- 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 584 History of Rhetoric II-The Enlightenment to Today
- ENG 587 Politics of Composition Pedagogy
One of the secondary courses can also be fulfilled with one of the following linguistics courses: ENG 400 Principles of Linguistics, 541 Discourse Analysis, or 544 Reading and Writing Pedagogy in Teaching English as a Second Language.
Elective course (three credit hours): 400- or 500-level ENG course (e.g., technical, expository or creative writing; pedagogy; linguistics, literature).
Students are required to complete one of the following options (nine credit hours inside or outside of the English Department):
- Three courses in the same foreign language
- Three TESL/linguistics courses
- Three literature courses
- Three creative writing courses
- Three computer and/or internet-based courses
- Three literacy and/or reading courses
Alternative three-course sequence to be determined by student in consultation with graduate advisor (e.g., courses in curriculum and instruction, mass communications, or instructional technology). Coursework used to fulfill this option may be completed while student is a candidate in the teaching of writing specialization or may have been completed during the five years immediately preceding entrance to the program.
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate - 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.
Required courses (12 hours)
552 Academic Writing and Research Methods in Composition Studies
554 Composition Pedagogy
556 Theory of Composition and Rhetoric
558 Writing: Teaching and Practice
Electives (6 hours) selected from
486 Teaching Creative Writing
490 Advanced Composition
491 Technical Writing
492 Advanced Fiction Writing
493 Advanced Poetry Writing
541 Discourse Analysis
570 Teaching African American Oral and Written Tradition
572 Theory and Practice of Teaching Writing with Computers
574 Basic Writing Theory and Pedagogy
576 Writing Across the Curriculum
578 Gender, Language, and Pedagogy
581 Topics in Teaching Writing
583 History of Rhetoric I - The Classical Period to the Renaissance
584 History of Rhetoric II - The Enlightenment to Today
587 Politics of Composition Pedagogy
592 Creative Writing
