Description

This four-course certificate (12 s.h.) 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 art 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.

Courses

Students must complete four courses from the following three groups:

Required (6 s.h.)

Choose one (3 s.h.)

Choose one (3 s.h.)

* if topic applies to rhetoric and composition

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 School of Graduate Studies and Research at YSU.