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This program is designed for individuals who already have or are working on master's degrees and have significant experience in education, composition/rhetoric, TESOL, or technical writing. Documentation of the graduate degree or program in progress and relevant prior experience is required for admission.

Individuals with master's degrees in hand often discover that in order to teach literature at the community college level they need some course work in literature and experience in the teaching of literature. This is particularly true of those with degrees in Rhetoric and Composition, because many schools now use literature to teach composition, and most who teach composition at the community college level are also expected to teach introductory literature courses. This certification program addresses the needs of these people.

For current information about program requirements, please see current EWU Catalog.

Prerequisites

Ten quarter or six semester college or university credits in literature, and a graduate degree or current graduate-student status in a related program (education, composition/rhetoric, TESOL, or technical writing [or literature, if the student has no teaching experience]).

Required Certificate Courses

ENGL 521 Graduate Research in Literature (5)

or ENGL 598 Seminar in Language and Literature (5)

Two approved 400 or 500 level literature courses or seminars (10)

and ENGL 698B Internship: Teaching Literature (5)