Certificate Description
This four-course certificate (12 semester hours) 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 arts 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.
Certificate Director
Dr. Lucas Hardy
240 DeBartolo Hall
330-941-3420
lhardy01@ysu.edu
Admission Requirements
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 Graduate Studies at YSU.
Certificate Requirements
| COURSE | TITLE | S.H. |
|---|---|---|
| ENGL 6901 | Methods of Composition Research | 3 |
| ENGL 6907 | Teaching of Writing | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Methods of Literary Research | ||
| Teaching of Literature | ||
| Professional Writing | ||
| TESOL Methods | ||
| Studies in English Education 1 | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Sociolinguistics | ||
| English Grammar | ||
| Discourse Theory and Research | ||
| Total Semester Hours | 12 | |
- 1
If topic applied to rhetoric and composition.
Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcome 1: Teaching of Writing Certificate students will form an understanding of a range of historical and contemporary theories and methods for teaching writing and learn to incorporate those philosophies into the classroom.
Learning Outcome 2: Teaching of Writing Certificate students will learn, analyze, and practice using various research methods for studying academic and nonacademic writing to draw conclusions about research questions.
Learning Outcome 3: Teaching of Writing Certificate students will collect, analyze, synthesize, and present primary and secondary research results and will credit sources according to chosen style guides.
Learning Outcome 4: Teaching of Writing Certificate students will collaborate with peers and instructors to write, revise, and edit written and designed materials thoroughly and effectively.