Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in College English Teaching

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The program provides a credential for current teachers and prospective English teachers already holding a Masters degree in another field who are interested in earning the SACS-mandated 18 graduate credit hours in discipline required to teach English at technical colleges, in first-year writing courses or in specialized secondary education contexts. CETC students would be required to take at least two graduate pedagogy seminars, aligned with the program’s focus on early college teaching, along with graduate level courses on literature and writing, selected in consultation with the English Graduate Coordinator. Students would submit a portfolio of teaching materials as their program capstone. Students who satisfactorily complete the program and wish to pursue an English M.A. may apply certificate credits towards that degree.

Pedagogy

Students will take six credit hours of ENGL 6301 (2 versions of the course, covering different topics)

ENGL 6301 - Seminar in English Pedagogy 3 Credit Hours

Literature and Writing

Students will take four additional 3-credit courses in literature and writing at the graduate level. At least ONE of these courses must be at the 6000-level.

ENGL 5000 - Studies in British Literature I 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 5002 - Studies in British Literature II 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 5003 - Studies in American Literature I 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 5005 - Studies in American Lit. II 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 5106 - Studies in Genre 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 5170 - Studies in African-American Literature 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 5180 - Studies in Regional Literature 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 5185 - Studies in Literature by Women 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 5188 - Studies in Individual Authors 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 5210 - Advanced Creative Writing 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 5295 - Studies in Young Adult Literature 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 5304 - Advanced Writing in Disciplines 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 5385 - Special Topics 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 6105 - Seminar in British Literature I 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 6110 - Seminar in American Literature I 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 6115 - Seminar in British Literature II 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 6120 - Seminar in American Literature II 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 6385 - Seminar in Special Topics 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 5108 - Studies in the Novel 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 5109 - Film as Literature 3 Credit Hours