Graduate
Certificate Programs
Teaching Writing
The graduate Certificate in Teaching Writing is a 20-hour program of study for certified middle school or high school teachers, part-time university writing faculty and lecturers in other disciplines, and M.A. students interested in earning a certificate in writing to enhance their professional teaching careers.
Major topics include theories and methods of teaching writing; understanding linguistic diversity; uses of technology in writing; social aspects of writing development; non-fiction writing; writing assessment; and teacher research. The certificate requires completion of five graduate courses consisting of one core course and four elective courses.
Graduate credits earned can be applied toward the M.A. in English upon acceptance into the M.A. For further information, please contact Professor Kim Brian Lovejoy (274-2120).
Admission Requirements
- Successful completion of a B.A. with a minimum GPA of 3.0 (out of 4.0) or the equivalent from an accredited institution; or
- Current enrollment as a Graduate student at IUPUI; or
- Successful completion of an M.A. degree or higher at an accredited institution; or
- State certification in middle school of high school teaching.
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Instructions for applying to the Certificate in Teaching Writing can be found on the English Department’s website.
Curriculum Requirements
Core course (4 cr.):
- W509 Introduction to Writing and Literacy Studies (4 cr.)
Elective courses: (16 cr.)
- W500 Teaching Writing: Issues and Approaches (4 cr.)
- W508 Graduate Creative Writing for Teachers (4 cr.)
- W510 Computers in Composition (4 cr.)
- W531 Designing and Editing Visual Technical Communication (4 cr.)
- W590 Teaching Composition: Theory and Practice (4 cr.)
- W600 VariableTopics in Rhetoric and Composition (4 cr.)
- Assessing Writing
- Qualitative Research
- Basic Writing Pedagogy
- Written Englishes: Living Cultural Realities
- Teaching Technical and Professional Writing
- W605 The Writing Project Summer Institute (4 cr.)
- W609 Individual Writing Projects (1-4 cr.)
- W615 Graduate Creative Non-fiction Writing (4 cr.)
- W697 Independent Study in Writing (1-3 cr.)
Writing Project Advanced Institute