Graduate Studies in English Education

This area of study is primarily designed for English language arts professionals who are currently teaching in the schools. It provides advanced study in pedagogical content knowledge for high school and middle school English teachers. Students interested in initial teacher certification in English should consult the teacher certification coordinator as soon as possible.

Required Courses

English 501 Bibliography and Methods of Research

Electives in pedagogy (9 semester hours)

ENGL 504 Topics in Materials for the English Classroom (3-9)

ENGL 522 Theories and Methods of TESOL

ENGL 523 Second Language Acquisition

ENGL 547 The Teaching of Writing in Middle and High School

ENGL 548 Materials and Methods of Teaching English in Middle and High School

ENGL 597 English Institute

Electives in Language, Literature, and Rhetoric (15-24 semester hours)

In consultation with the advisor, choose at least two courses from literature, one course from linguistics, and one course from rhetoric (one semester of ENGL 500 may be used to satisfy the rhetoric requirement).

Other Electives (0-9)

In consultation with the advisor, as many as three (track I) or nine (track II) hours of course work may be taken outside the department in such areas as communication, curriculum and instruction, media, reading, special education, etc (such as ESPY 508, TLSE 457, or EPFE 510, 520, or 521).