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English
College of Humanities and Fine Arts
Dean: Joel Zimbelman
Department of English
Taylor Hall 209
530-898-5124
e-mail:
engl@csuchico.edu
http://www.csuchico.edu/engl/
Chair: Aiping Zhang
Assistant Chair: Saundra Wright
Graduate Coordinator:
Undergraduate Advisor:
Credential Advisor:
Linguistics Advisor:
Literary Editing and Publishing Certificate Coordinator:
Program
Undergraduate Certificates
in Literary Editing and Publishing
in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
Graduate Certificate
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:
| ENGL | 431 | Theory and Practice in Tutoring Composition | 4.0 | FS |
| ENGL | 478 | Linguistic Approaches to Reading | 3.0 | SP |
| ENGL | 632 | Theories of Literacy | 3.0 | SP |
| ENGL | 634 | Teaching Composition | 3.0 | SP |
1 course selected from:
| ENGL | 622 | Form and Practice | 3.0 | SP |
| ENGL | 631 | Literacy as Distributed Cognition | 3.0 | FS |
1 course selected from:
| EDSL | 610 | Foreign/Second Language Teaching: Methods | 3.0 | FA |
| ENGL | 630 | Writing in the Profession | 3.0 | FA |
| ENGL | 671 | Advanced Theories of Second Language Acquisition | 3.0 | Inq |
| ENGL | 689T | Internship in Teaching College English | 3.0 | FS |
1 course selected from:
| ENGL | 415 | Editing Literary Magazines | 4.0 | FA |
| ENGL | 420 | Advanced Poetry Writing | 4.0 | FA |
| ENGL | 421 | Advanced Fiction Writing | 4.0 | FS |
| ENGL | 422 | Advanced Play Writing | 4.0 | Inq |
| ENGL | 470 | Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition | 3.0 | FS |
| ENGL | 534 | Literature, Language, and Composition: A Synthesis | 3.0 | FS |
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.