Certificate Course/Curriculum Requirements

All students must complete the following six-credit course:

• ENG 5585 - Writing Project for K-12 Teachers Credits: 6

• Students must complete one year of teaching before applying for ENG 5585

Additional Courses

Students must complete a minimum of 12 credit hours of graduate-level courses (5000 and above)

Students should choose at least four of the following three-credit courses:

• ENG 4760 - Special Topics in Professional Writing Credits: 3

• May be repeated.

• ENG 4801 - Integrating the English Language Arts. Credits: 3
• ENG 4906 - Problems in the Teaching of English Credits: 3

• May be repeated.

• ENG 5007 - Composition Theory and Pedagogy. Credits: 3
• ENG 5011 - Studies in Composition and Rhetoric Credits: 3

• May be repeated.

• ENG 5091A - Studies in Language, Linguistics, and Literacy Credits: 3

• May be repeated.

• ENG 4765 - Professional Editing Credits: 3
• ENG 5061A - Special Topics in Literature and Literary Theory Credits: 3
• ENG 5061B - Special Topics in Literature and Literary Theory Credits: 3
• ENG 5061D - Special Topics in Literature and Literary Theory Credits: 3

Graduate Certificate

By completing these five courses, teachers will earn 18 hours of graduate work that may be applied toward an M.A. in English.