Teaching of Writing Graduate Certificate Program Summary

Description What it is: The certificate in Teaching of Writing is designed specifically for students interested in enhancing their teaching skills in the area of writing. This certificate provides advanced coursework in rhetoric, literacy, writing and teacher inquiry. Students who successfully complete the certificate requirements will benefit from improved professional skills and marketability. Who it's for: Master's degree students in English or in Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education. Non degree students seeking additional teaching certification. Delivery: All courses are taught on the University of Nebraska- Lincoln campus. How to apply Step 1: Admission as a UNL graduate student. If you are not already a UNL graduate student, you will have to apply for admission either to a degree program or as a non-degree student. If degree-seeking: Requirements and deadlines vary by degree program. Check your program of interest for details. If non-degree: The following materials are required by the Office of Graduate Studies: Application for Graduate Admission as a non-degree student $45 non-refundable application processing fee One set of official transcripts showing conferral of a bachelor's or higher degree Step 2: Entry into this certificate program. Meet with the Coordinator for the Certificate in the Teaching of Writing to set up a plan of study for the certificate program.

Contact Faculty Contact Professor Chris Gallagher 326 Andrews Hall Lincoln NE 68588-0333 cgallagher2@unl.edu 402-472-1835 Department Website http://www.unl.edu/english

Required courses

The graduate certificate program consists of five courses. Due to the variation in credit per course, students will take 15 - 18 semester credit hours. Up to six credit hours may be taken outside the English Department.

Unless otherwise noted, courses listed below are 3 credit hours each.

One of the following three courses is required.

ENGL 875A - Composition and Rhetoric
Rhetorical theory in relation to literature, composition, and language.

ENGL 957 - Composition Theory and Practice
This course is restricted to new teaching assistants in the department of English. The purpose of the course is to immerse teachers in the writing, thinking, and reading that will support their teaching of composition in our department.

ENGL 957B - Nebraska Writing Project Summer Institute
The Nebraska Writing Project is a network of professional educators and affiliated writers, provides opportunities to improve, enhance and celebrate writing for classrooms and communities across Nebraska.

Electives

ENGL 857 - Composition and Theory Practice
Recent research on language development and the process of writing. Applications of theory to composition instruction, especially in K-12 grades.

ENGL 857A - Rhetoric of Women Writers
Theoretical approaches to writing instruction and to the field of composition and rhetoric.

ENGL 857B - Nebraska Writing Project
The Level II seminar gives experienced Nebraska Writing Project teachers the opportunity to continue the personal writing development begun in the Summer Institute, to share and discuss best teaching practices and principles with other experienced Nebraska Writing Project teachers, and to engage in guided focused observation of aspects of writing in our own classrooms.

ENGL 895A - Nebr Writing Proj Internship
This course is restricted to invited participants in the Nebraska Writing Project Rural Institutes, offered during the summer. The Internship allows Rural Institute participants to earn graduate credit by conducting an in-service program in their local school or Educational Service Unit.

ENGL 973 - Seminar in Literacy Theory
This course explores the concept and practice of "institutional literacy" in university and community contexts.

ENGL 976 - Rhetorical Theory

ENGL 880 - Writing Theory and Practice for Consultants
Successful completion of ENGL 480/880 is required to intern or work as a consultant in UNL's Writing Assistance Center. Introduction to issues and scholarship in teaching writing and working as a writing consultant.

ENGL 882 - Literacy and Community
This course examines the ways that literacy is defined in our culture and the impact these definitions have for the way literacy is valued and understood in schools, communities, and public policy.

ENGL 992B - Place-Conscious Teaching
Theory and practice of teaching writing, literature, and rhetoric in connection with local place, region, and community.