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

Graduate Certificate in Literature (ONLINE)

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. Complete one of the following:
   ENG-D 600/ENG-G 655 History of the English Language
   ENG-L 639 English Fiction To 1800
   ENG-L 641 English Literature 1790-1900
   ENG-L 660 Studies In British and American Literature
   ENG-L 681 Genre Studies
   
   
4. Certificates Electives (8 credits)
   Complete two additional courses in English Literature (ENG-L 500/600)

    

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

Graduate Certificate in Language and Literature (ONLINE)

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— Teaching Composition
2. ENG-L 503—Teaching Literature in College.
   
   
3. Complete one of the following:
   ENG-D 600/ENG-G 655 History of the English Language
   ENG-L 639 English Fiction To 1800
   ENG-L 641 English Literature 1790-1900
   ENG-L 660 Studies In British and American Literature
   ENG-L 681 Genre Studies
   
   
4. Choose one of the following:
   

   ENG-W 600 Topics in Rhetoric and Composition 
   ENG-W 682 Special Topics in Rhetoric and Composition 
   ENG-W 508 Graduate Creative Writing for Teachers
   ENG-W 554 Practicum: Teaching Creative Writing

5. ENG-L500/600—Literature Electives
   Complete one additional course in English Literature (ENG-L 500/600)   

Graduate Certificate in Composition Studies (ONLINE)

Course requirements are as follows:

1) Complete one of: ENG-W 509 Introduction to Writing and Literacy Studies, or ENG- W500 Teaching Composition

2) Complete one of: ENG-G 660 Stylistics or ENG-L 646 Readings in Media, Literature, and Culture

3) Complete one of:

ENG-W 510 Computers in Composition
ENG-W 553 Theory and Practice of Exposition
ENG-W 590 Teaching Composition: Theories & Applications
ENG-W 620 Advanced Argumentative Writing

4) Complete one of: ENG-W 501 Practicum on Teaching of Composition or ENG-W 600 Topics in Rhetoric and Composition

5) Complete one of:

ENG-R 546 Rhetoric and Public Culture
ENG-W 600 Topics in Rhetoric and Composition
ENG-W 682 Special Topics in Rhetoric and Composition