Master of Arts in English, Teaching of English Option

Dr. Timothy Bostic, Coordinator

This option requires:

• Three hours in British Literature before 1800
• Three hours in British Literature after 1800 or Postcolonial Literature
• Three hours in American Literature
• Three hours of Research and Theory, ENGL 600
• Three hours of Writing Pedagogy from ENGL 555 or 664
• Three hours of Teaching Colloquium, ENGL 687
• Three hours of Rhetoric from ENGL 667 or 669
• Three hours of Linguistics
• Six hours of electives

Graduate Certificate in the Teaching of Writing

Easily completed in one calender year, this certificate gives students who already hold at least a master's degree in a different field the 18 hours of gradute study in the teaching of writing that are the minimum requirement for teaching that subject at the post-secondary level in Virginia. Requirements are:

• Three hours of Rhetoric from ENGL 667 or 669
• Three hours of Writing Pedagogy from ENGL 555 or 664
• Three hours of Teaching Colloquium, ENGL 687
• Nine hours of English electives in Rhetoric, Professional Writing, Journalism, Linguistics or Creative Writing
• Note: at least nine of the 18 hours must be at the 600-level.