The Certificate in The Theory and Practice of College Composition

The Department of English offers a post-baccalaureate certificate program in the Theory and Practice of College Composition.

Prerequisites:

1. An acceptable BA or BS from an accredited institution. 2. Admission to the Office of Graduate Studies. 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/Practice in Tutor Comp 4.0 FS
Prerequisites: ENGL 333 and ENGL 335 are strongly recommended.
ENGL 632 Theories of Literacy 3.0 SP
ENGL 634 Teaching Composition 3.0 SP
ENGL 670 Topics Contemporary Ling 3.0 FS

1 course selected from:

ENGL 474 Syntactic/Morpholog Analysis 3.0 FS
Prerequisites: ENGL 371, ENGL 375.
ENGL 478 Linguistic Apprchs to Reading 3.0 SP
Prerequisites: ENGL 371.

1 course selected from:

ENGL 630 Writing in the Profession 3.0 FA
ENGL 671 Adv Theory 2nd Lang Acquisitn 3.0 Inq
Prerequisites: ENGL 470.

1 course selected from:

ENGL 415 Literary Editing 4.0 FA
Prerequisites: ENGL 220 (may be taken concurrently).
ENGL 470 Second Language Acquisition 3.0 FS
Prerequisites: ENGL 371.
ENGL 534 Literature/Lang/Composition 3.0 FS
Prerequisites: ENGL 335, ENGL 375, and ENGL 441.

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 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 534 in the core and one additional required course.