There are three graduate certificates in English that provide graduate-level instruction in English to students interested in obtaining advanced skills and knowledge in this discipline. For those students who are teaching or plan to teach introductory post-secondary language, writing, and literature courses in English or Dual-Credit classes, our courses will help them integrate disciplinary concepts and approaches into their teaching, thereby improving the quality of instruction and learning outcomes for their students.

The certificates allow instructors of introductory college-level English courses to meet in part the faculty educational standards of many post-secondary institutions.

Students may complete the requirements for a Graduate Certificate in English in one of three competency areas.

Online Graduate Certificate in Literature for Dual-Credit Instructors

Students must take one course in each of the numbered requirements.

1. ENG L503—Teaching Literature in College.
2. ENG L553—Studies in Literature.
3. ENG D600—History of the English Language.
4. ENG L500/600—Literature Elective.
5. ENG L500/600—Literature Elective.

Electives may be repeated for credit so long as they are on a different topic.

Online Graduate Certificate in Language and Literature for Dual-Credit Instructors

Students must take one course for each of the numbered requirements.

1. ENG W509—Introduction to Writing and Literary Studies.

or

ENG W500— Issues in Teaching Writing and Literature.

2. ENG L503—Teaching Literature in College.
3. ENG D600—History of the English Language.
4. ENG W600—Topics in Rhetoric or Composition.

or

ENG W682—Special Topics: Rhetoric and Composition.

or

ENG W508—Creative Writing for Teachers.

5. ENG L500/600—Literature Elective. 

Online Graduate Certificate in Composition Studies for Dual-Credit Instructors

Students must take one course for each of the numbered requirements.

1. ENG W509—Introduction to Writing and Literary Studies.

or

ENG W500— Issues in Teaching Writing and Literature.

2. ENG G660—Stylistics.
3. ENG W590—Teaching Writing: Theories and Applications.

or

ENG W620—Advanced Argumentative Writing.

4. ENG W501—Teaching College Writing.

or

ENG W600—Topics in Rhetoric and Composition.

5. ENG W682—Capstone course.