Teaching English at the Community College (Graduate Certificate)
This certificate program prepares graduates to be theoretically informed and reflectively engaged teacher-researchers in U.S. community colleges. Graduates are prepared to teach English and writing studies with pedagogical practices continually shaped by emerging research, theories, and reflection. Title IV federal financial aid is available for this certificate program.
Admission Requirements: Students interested in earning this certificate must be enrolled in the M.A. in English and humanities program. Application to this certificate program after matriculation requires approval from the student's advisor and associate dean, and all paperwork must be submitted to the School of Arts and Sciences.
Program Completion Requirement: All coursework must be completed at Marymount within five years of the date of matriculation. Students completing the M.A. in English and Humanities program will be eligible for the certificate. The certificate may only be awarded at the same time as the master's degree, and students must complete all certificate requirements by the conferral date of the master's degree.
Certificate Requirements
15 credits
| EN 554 | Applied Grammar: Syntactic Structures | 3 |
| EN 551 | Composition: Theory and Practice | 3 |
| EN 561 | Topics in College Composition | 3 |
| EN 571 | Technology for College Literature and Writing | 3 |
| EN 690 | Practicum | 3 |