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The English Department’s Certificate Program in Teaching English in Two-Year Colleges is designed to prepare prospective teachers of introductory classes in English, writing, and the humanities in community college settings. Participants will learn critical and analytical reading pedagogy, the processes and disciplines of writing, and at least one additional aspect of the arts, humanities, or communication curriculum in two-year colleges.

ADMISSION

To be admitted to the certificate program, students must have completed or be currently enrolled in a master’s degree in English, writing, or a related field. Applicants must also submit to the director of the certificate program a statement, about five hundred words long, describing the student’s academic strengths and particular interests in teaching in two-year colleges

REQUIREMENTS

The certificate requires 16 quarter hours of graduate credit: three graduate-level courses in English and an internship in teaching English or writing:

ENG 474 Teaching Literature (required).

ENG 480 Teaching Writing (required).

One additional course from ENG 406 Multicultural Rhetorics; ENG 409 Topics in Writing when the topic is appropriate (e.g., Teaching Writing Online; Teaching ESL); ENG 475 Topics in Literature when the topic is appropriate (e.g., Teaching Poetry; Teaching Women Writers); ENG 482 Writing Center Theory and Pedagogy; or another course approved by the director of the certificate program.

ENG 509 Teaching Internship.