Graduate Certificate in Teaching College Writing
Graduate Certificate in Teaching College Writing
Dean of the School of Arts and Letters: Dr. Mary Wearn
Associate Dean of the School of Arts and Letters: Dr. Amy Berke
Chair of the Department of English: Dr. Benita Muth
Coordinator of Graduate Technical Writing Programs: Dr. Monica Miller
(478) 471-5799, office
(478) 471-5794, FAX Email: monica.miller@mga.edu
School of Arts and Letters
English Department
100 University Parkway Macon, Georgia 31206
Program Description (Graduate Certificate in Teaching College Writing)
The Graduate Certificate in Teaching College Writing offers a fully online, 18-hour credential that provides targeted professional development for those who plan to teach at the college level. The certificate provides expertise and evidence of specialization in an area of vital need to higher education: strong, effective writing instruction, especially on the first-year level, and targeted development for any who want to add college instruction as a career component or enhance their current qualifications. The program is designed to develop practical teaching skills in vital areas such as first-year composition, developmental writing, and online instruction in research and writing, as well as enrich the student’s experience with rhetoric, editing, and style.
Program Format (Graduate Certificate in Teaching College Writing)
The Graduate Certificate in Teaching College Writing is taught in 8-week sessions classes. Students can complete the program in a calendar year. The program includes an online teaching internship for those not already active educators. The Graduate Certificate in Teaching College Writing is a stand-alone credential, or it can be added as an additional credential to Master of Arts in Technical and Professional Writing.
Graduate Certificate in Teaching College Writing
The Graduate Certificate in Teaching College Writing is an 18-hour, fully online credential which provides targeted professional development for higher educators and dual enrollment instructors who wish to teach writing at a post-secondary level. For those already credentialed to teach, this certificate provides documentation of expertise of the skills needed for strong, effective writing instruction.
This graduate certificate is a stand-alone credential or is stackable with MGA's Master of Arts in Technical and Professional Writing.
Admission Requirements:
Students must meet the General Admissions Requirements for Graduate Study of the Office of Graduate Studies:
· A bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university
· Evidence of aptitude for success in graduate-level studies
· Completion of all program admission requirements
· For residents of Georgia, Documentation of Lawful Residence
Students must meet the requirements of the Graduate Certificate in Teaching College Writing program:
· 2.5 GPA
· Letter of Interest
Required Courses (15 hours)
Students will take the following five courses:
| COMM 5000 | Rhetoric: Written, Visual, and Oral Communication | 3 credits |
| ENGL 5650 | Theory and Practice in Editing and Style | 3 credits |
| ENGL 6300 | Teaching First Year Composition | 3 credits |
| ENGL 6400 | Teaching Developmental Writing | 3 credits |
| ENGL 6500 | Teaching Online Research and Writing | 3 credits |
Elective (3 hours)
Students who are not active educators must take ENGL 5900. This course should be taken in the same semester as either ENGL 6300, ENGL 6400, or ENGL 6500.
Students who are active collegiate educators may choose to take either ENGL 5106 or ENGL 5206 rather than ENGL 5900
| ENGL 5990 | Graduate Internship | 3 credits |
| ENGL 5106 | Technical Writing in the Digital Age | 3 credits |
| ENGL 5206 | Public and Professional Writing | 3 credits |