Doctor of Philosophy in Composition and TESOL
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Ph.D. program in English–Composition and TESOL meets the needs of English instructors at two-year and four-year colleges and universities. The program is designed to increase the professional qualifications and teaching effectiveness of instructors now in teaching positions. Because of its emphasis on language research and composition, the program is also appropriate for teachers of English to nonnative speakers in second or foreign language contexts and for teachers of English at the high school level.
C&T faculty recognize the changing structure of American education and the interdisciplinary nature of research in adult literacy. The curriculum provides core courses in research, technology, and language as well as specialty courses in composition theory and second language acquisition.
The program emphasizes the flexible yet intensive preparation of instructors of literacy. To achieve this flexibility, the program is designed to permit variation in the fields of concentration. All students focus their inquiry and research on the uses of interdisciplinary knowledge for the transmission of literacy in the teaching of English.
Contacts
- Dr. Ben Rafoth, director of Graduate Studies in Composition and TESOL, brafoth@iup.edu
- Ms. Bertha Cecconi, secretary of English Graduate Studies, bcecconi@iup.edu
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