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The Certificate in Teaching College-Level Writing

The Department of English offers a post-baccalaureate certificate program in Teaching College-Level Writing.

Prerequisites:

1. An acceptable BA or BS from an accredited institution.

2. Admission to the Graduate School

3. ENGL 335 or an equivalent course (this deficiency may be made up during the first semester of certificate work).

Course Requirements for the Certificate: 22-23 units

The following courses, or their approved transfer equivalents, are required of all candidates for this certificate.

4 courses required:

SUBJ NUM Title Sustainable Units Semester Offered Course Flags
ENGL 431 Theory and Practice in Tutoring Composition   4.0 FS  
Prerequisites: ENGL 333 and ENGL 335 are strongly recommended.
Training and experience in the tutoring of students in composition. With permission of instructor, course may be repeated once for credit, but credit will not count toward major. 3 hours seminar, 3 hours laboratory. You may take this course more than once for a maximum of 8.0 units. (003539)
ENGL 478 Linguistic Approaches to Reading   3.0 SP  
Prerequisites: ENGL 371.
An examination of recent psycholinguistic theory and research in the field of reading as a language process, with practical experience in reading instruction. 3 hours seminar. (003535)
ENGL 632 Theories of Literacy   3.0 SP  
Intensive study of contemporary literacy theory and practice; the cultural and individual bases of the development of literacy. 3 hours seminar. (003657)
ENGL 634 Teaching Composition   3.0 SP  
Weekly seminar in the theory and practice of teaching composition. Required of all prospective teaching associates. 3 hours seminar. (003660)

1 course selected from:

SUBJ NUM Title Sustainable Units Semester Offered Course Flags
ENGL 622 Form and Practice   3.0 SP  
Prerequisites: At least one 400-level creative writing course or instructor permission.
Class focus will include studies in theory and forms of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction. 3 hours lecture. You may take this course more than once for a maximum of 6.0 units. (003646)
ENGL 631 Literacy as Distributed Cognition   3.0 FS  
Theories of distributed and situated cognition and learning as applied to literacy development and education. The course materials come from a variety of disciplines, including psycholinguistics, anthropology, cognitive science, sociology, education, and literacy theory. 3 hours lecture. (020258)

1 course selected from:

SUBJ NUM Title Sustainable Units Semester Offered Course Flags
EDSL 610 Foreign/Second Language Teaching: Methods   3.0 FA  
Survey of innovative approaches to foreign/second language teaching. An overview of theory and practice in the field, highlighting methods for the development of comprehension and communication skills. Humanistic techniques, teaching the cultural context of language use, and language testing are also included. 3 hours seminar. (002891)
ENGL 689T Internship in Teaching College English   3.0 FS  
Prerequisites: ENGL 431 or ENGL 470 for ESL; faculty permission.
Supervised classroom experience in teaching ESL, literature, and creative writing. Students must be in MA program in English and have permission of program coordinator and instructor of record. 9 hours supervision. You may take this course more than once for a maximum of 15.0 units. Credit/no credit grading. (015976)

1 course selected from:

SUBJ NUM Title Sustainable Units Semester Offered Course Flags
ENGL 415 Editing Literary Magazines   4.0 FA  
Prerequisites: ENGL 220 (may be taken concurrently), ENGL 315, or faculty permission.
Study of and workshop in the editing of literary magazines, manuscripts, and other literary materials. Practice in selection, evaluation, copy editing, and production. Class publishes Watershed literary magazine. 3 hours discussion, 2 hours activity. (003581)
ENGL 420 Advanced Poetry Writing   4.0 FS  
Prerequisites: ENGL 320 or instructor permission.
Instruction in the writing of poetry at an advanced level. 3 hours discussion, 2 hours activity. You may take this course more than once for a maximum of 8.0 units. (003519)
ENGL 421 Advanced Fiction and Nonfiction Writing   4.0 FS  
Prerequisites: ENGL 321 or 327.
Instruction in the writing of fiction and/or creative nonfiction at an advanced level. 3 hours discussion, 2 hours activity. You may take this course more than once for a maximum of 8.0 units. (003521)
ENGL 470 Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition   3.0 FS  
Prerequisites: ENGL 371.
Introduction to major issues in second language acquisition and teaching. 3 hours seminar. (003540)
ENGL 534 Literature, Language, and Composition: A Synthesis   3.0 FS  
Prerequisites: ENGL 335, ENGL 375, and ENGL 441.
A capstone course focusing on connections among literature, language, and composition required of all single-subject credential candidates. To be taken during the senior year. 3 hours seminar. (003579)

Additional Requirement:

A maximum of 6 units of transfer credit may be allowed in the certificate program. A grade-point average of 3.0 must be earned for courses required for the certificate program. At least a C must be earned in each course in the certificate program before the certificate is awarded.

Students accepted into the MA program in English or in Teaching International Languages may also complete the certificate if they so desire. In this case, courses counted toward the MA may also be counted toward the certificate.

Teachers who have completed ENGL 530 (Northern California Writing Project, invitational) may substitute these 6 units for ENGL 431 and ENGL 634 in the core and one additional required course.

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