Justin Young, Program Director

EWU graduate students in good standing who intend to pursue college teaching careers may complete the Certificate in the Teaching of Writing program while working toward their graduate degrees. The Certificate program provides an education in composition theories and pedagogies, including areas of curriculum development, assessment practices, research design, grammar instruction, and teaching and/or tutoring. Credits earned as part of the certificate program may also be counted toward students’ graduate requirements upon approval from their advisor.

Individuals who already have master’s degrees and who have significant experience in education, literature, communications, business, or technology may also pursue this program.

Any course substitutions must be approved by the current English Composition director before being submitted to the Graduate Programs Office.

Required Certificate Courses
ENGL 511	COMPOSITION PEDAGOGIES: THEORIES AND PRACTICES	5
ENGL 520	SEMINAR IN RESEARCH METHODS AND DESIGN	5
ENGL 568	TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION: PRACTICE, THEORY AND PEDAGOGY	5
ENGL 573	HISTORY OF RHETORIC (or an approved substitution)	5
or ENGL 575	CONTEMPORARY RHETORICAL THEORIES
ENGL 560	APPLIED LINGUISTICS	5
or ENGL 564	PEDAGOGICAL GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION
ENGL 695A	INTERNSHIP: TEACHING COMPOSITION	3-5
or ENGL 695E	INTERNSHIP: WRITER'S CENTER
Total Credits		28-30

Students who earn a Teaching of Writing Graduate Certificate at EWU should be able to do the following:

• develop research-based plans for the assessment of student writing in a college-level writing course;
• produce a curriculum for a college composition course based on current best practices in the field of composition and rhetoric;
• write a research-based essay focused on a pedagogical issue in the field of composition, suitable for submission to a graduate scholarly conference or publication.