These 100 percent online, consortial graduate certificates are taught by IU Bloomington, IUPUI, IU East, IU Kokomo, IU Northwest, IU South Bend, and IU Southeast. 

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.

Of Special Interest for Dual-Credit and Community College Instructors Needing to Meet HLC Standards 

The stand-alone Certificate in Composition Studies provides the requisite number of discipline-specific graduate credits for those who already hold a master's degree. Students who need both the discipline-specific coursework and a master's degree may take the additional required English graduate classes to earn a master's in English.   

Students may complete the requirements for a Graduate Certificate in English in one of three competency areas: literature, language and literature, or composition studies.

Online Graduate Certificate in Literature 

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

1. ENG-L 503—Teaching Literature in College.
2. ENG-L 553—Studies in Literature.
3. ENG-D 600—History of the English Language.
4. ENG-L 500/600—Literature Elective.
5. ENG-L 500/600—Literature Elective.

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

Online Graduate Certificate in Language and Literature 

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

1. ENG-W 509—Introduction to Writing and Literary Studies or ENG W500— Issues in Teaching Writing and Literature.
2. ENG-L 503—Teaching Literature in College.
3. ENG-D 600—History of the English Language.
4. ENG-W 600—Topics in Rhetoric or Composition or ENG W682—Special Topics: Rhetoric and Composition or ENG-W 508—Creative Writing for Teachers.
5. ENG-L 500/600—Literature Elective. 

Online Graduate Certificate in Composition Studies

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

1. ENG-W 509—Introduction to Writing and Literary Studies or ENG-W 500— Issues in Teaching Writing and Literature.
2. ENG-G 660—Stylistics.
3. ENG-W 590—Teaching Writing: Theories and Applications or ENG W620—Advanced Argumentative Writing.
4. ENG-W 501—Teaching College Writing or ENG-W 600—Topics in Rhetoric and Composition.
5. ENG-W 682—Capstone course.

For more information on the Graduate Certificates in English see:

https://online.iu.edu/program/indiana-composition-studies-graduate-1515523342718
https://online.iu.edu/program/indiana-university-online-language-and-literature-certificate-1556041659602
https://online.iu.edu/program/indiana-university-online-literature-certificate-1556040286442.