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Teaching College-Level English
General
Program Title
Teaching College-Level English
Degree Designation
GC
Award Type
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate
Program Level
Graduate
Instruction Mode
On Campus
Program Description
Provides certification for in-service teachers who need 18 credits in order to teach college-level courses in the high schools according to accreditation requirements.
Requirements
Free Form Requisites
Program Requirements
3 credits: Choose at least one from ENGL 606 (recommended) or ENGL 602 or ENGL 605
Electives
15 credits from 500- and 600-level courses in English Studies, Rhetoric and Writing, Literature, Pedagogy, or Creative Writing
Notes
Up to 6 graduate credits may transfer into this
program.
Program Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Understand and apply educational principles relevant to the physical, social, emotional, moral, and cognitive development of preadolescents and adolescents
Outcome
The ability to identify instructional practices, approaches, and methods and match materials, print and digital, to the cognitive levels of all readers, guided by an evidence-based rationale, which support the developmental, cultural, and linguistic differences of readers;
Outcome
The ability to use a wide range of instructional practices, approaches, methods, and curriculum materials to support reading instruction including:
Outcome
Think critically, draw inferences or conclusions from facts, analyze author's purpose and point of view, evaluate author's argument and evidence, and synthesize information from more than one text;
Outcome
Philosophy and theories of communication arts and literature instruction;
Outcome
Technological resources including software, databases, and networks that can be used to gather, synthesize, create, and communicate knowledge;
Outcome
Language for independent learning and enjoyment;
Outcome
Know how to involve representatives of business, industry, and community organizations as active partners in creating educational opportunities;
Outcome
Relationships among the elements of the communication process across various types of print and nonprint media;
Outcome
Knowledge, skills, and ability to teach literature including: ?3.B.8.a : - a repertoire of literary texts, including fiction and nonfiction, classic and contemporary works, and works written for preadolescents and adolescents by a diversity of authors;
Outcome
Strategies for selecting and using texts and materials which recognize and accept a broad range of common and diverse perspectives;
Outcome
The social, intellectual, and political importance and impact of communication
Degree Maps or Program Completion Plans
Major Code
8233
Program Code
348452019