Department of English
Stephanie Tingley, Graduate Director
245 DeBartolo Hall
(330) 941-2482
satingley@ysu.edu
Certificate Description
This four-course certificate (12 semester hours) is valuable as an enhancement for employment as a writing instructor and also as a springboard to further graduate work in the field. It is designed to meet the needs of K–12 language arts teachers; writing instructors at two-year colleges; and YSU graduate students who would like to enter doctorate programs in rhetoric and composition. Students gain understanding of issues in the field of rhetoric and composition, such as:
- current writing pedagogy,
- assessment of writing,
- language theory,
- language varieties,
- multicultural literacies,
- electronic literacies, and
- teaching strategies incorporating electronic media.
Frequency of course offerings allows most students to finish the certificate in two to three semesters.
Certificate Requirements
COURSE | TITLE | S.H. |
---|---|---|
ENGL 6901 | Methods of Composition Research | 3 |
ENGL 6907 | Teaching of Writing | 3 |
Select one of the following: | 3 | |
Methods of Literary Research | ||
Teaching of Literature | ||
Technical Communication | ||
TESOL Methods | ||
Studies in English Education 1 | ||
Select one of the following: | 3 | |
Sociolinguistics | ||
English Grammar | ||
Discourse Theory | ||
Total Semester Hours | 12 |
To be eligible for the graduate certificate in teaching of writing, students need not have an undergraduate degree in English but must have a B.A. or B.S. degree and meet requirements for admission to the College of Graduate Studies at YSU.
1 | If topic applied to rhetoric and composition. |