Department of Languages
Dr. Lucas Hardy, Graduate Director
240 DeBartolo Hall
330-941-3420
lhardy01@ysu.edu
Certificate Description
This is a six-course certificate (18 semester hours) specifically targeted at teachers in the College in High School program. It responds directly to the state's demand for training College in High School teachers and to YSU's recent scholarship program for such teachers.
Admission Requirements
Applicants for this graduate certificate must meet the requirements for admission to the College of Graduate Studies at YSU.
Certificate Requirements
| COURSE | TITLE | S.H. |
|---|---|---|
| ENGL 6906 | Teaching of Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 6907 | Teaching of Writing | 3 |
| ENGL 6922 | Twentieth-Century American | 3 |
| ENGL 6915 | Early American Studies | 3 |
| or ENGL 6917 | Nineteenth-Century American Studies | |
| Select two of the following: | 6 | |
| The Medieval World | ||
| Sixteenth- and 17th-Century British Studies | ||
| Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama | ||
| Restoration and 18th-Century British Studies | ||
| Early American Studies | ||
| Nineteenth-Century British Studies | ||
| Nineteenth-Century American Studies | ||
| Studies in Young Adult Literature | ||
| Twentieth-Century British Studies | ||
| Working Class Literature | ||
| Studies in Romanticism | ||
| Perspectives in Multicultural Studies | ||
| Studies in Literary Form | ||
| English Education Seminar | ||
| Studies in English Education | ||
| Total Semester Hours | 18 | |
Learning Outcomes
- Certificate in English students will situate texts in the appropriate literary, historical, intellectual, and cultural contexts to promote dual-enrollment student learning.
- Certificate in English students will analyze and model how the production and reception of language, writing, and literature are influenced by plurality in form/genre, culture, and identity.
- Certificate in English students will present and model ideas about literature and language in a manner appropriate for the dual-enrollment high school classroom.
- Certificate in English students will demonstrate skill in teaching dual-enrollment students how to write persuasively and analytically about literature and language.
- Certificate in English students will demonstrate skill in teaching dual-enrollment students how to write analytically and persuasively for multiple college disciplines.