Graduate Certificate for Dual Credit Teaching in English
The Graduate Certificate in English Literature and Language is a fully online cohort program, which provides the opportunity to complete the graduate courses necessary to be credentialed for teaching dual credit courses. For college-level academic courses, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) requires a master’s degree or doctoral degree with 18 graduate hours in the discipline being taught. Students, who already have a master’s degree in another area, can complete this 18-hour requirement in English through the Certificate. Students, who have not yet earned a master’s degree, can apply their completed 18 credit hours toward a Master of Arts in English Literature and Language from St. Mary’s University.
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Courses required for a Certificate | ||
| Grammar - select one course from the following: | 3 | |
| History of the English Language | ||
| Linguistics: Voice and Text | ||
| Rhetorical Grammar | ||
| American Literature - select one course from the following: | 3 | |
| Early American Literature | ||
| Realism and Naturalism in the American Novel | ||
| History of the American Novel | ||
| The American Novel: Multicultural Literature | ||
| Women of Color: Writing as Memoir and Resistance | ||
| International Literature - select one course from the following: | 3 | |
| International Literature | ||
| Nineteenth Century British Literature | ||
| Shakespeare's Major Plays | ||
| Digital Humanities - select one course from the following: | 3 | |
| Digital Humanities with American Literature Focus | ||
| Introduction to the Digital Humanities | ||
| Literary Theory - select one course from the following: | 3 | |
| Narrative Theory | ||
| Contemporary Literary Criticism | ||
| Modernism and Postmodernism | ||
| Pedagogical Development - select one from the following: | 3 | |
| Writing to Change the World | ||
| Writing Assessment | ||
| Approaches to Teaching Multi-Ethnic Literature | ||
| Transformational Writing | ||
| Approaches to Teaching Writing & Critical Thinking | ||
| Total Semester Hours | 18 | |