(For the most up-to-date information, see the MATE Handbook.)
Master of Arts in Teaching English
ENGL 630 Research on the Teaching of Literacy and Literature _____
ENGL 676 Critical Approaches to Literature or ENGL 681 Critical Pedagogy in English Education _____
ENGL 692 American English Grammar _____
ENGL 693 Teaching English in the Secondary School _____
ENGL 730 Teaching Writing _____
And one additional course from the following, approved by the director of Graduate Studies in Composition and TESOL or designate (3 s.h.)
ENGL 762 Topics in American Literature since 1870 _____
ENGL 763 Topics in British Literature before 1660: Shakespeare _____
ENGL 772 Topics in Women’s Literature _____
ENGL 773 Topics in American or British Minority Literature* _____
*Recommended for students seeking initial certification.
B. Teaching, Learning, and Schools (6 s.h.)*
ENGL 690 Writing as a Way of Learning _____
EPSP 604 Advanced Educational Psychology _____
or EDSP 675 Learning and Instruction _____
or EDSP 677 Advanced Psychology of Adolescent Education _____
or EDSP 679 Advanced Studies in Behavior Problems _____
EDSP 577 Assessment of Student Learning _____
EDEX 650 Exceptional Children and Youth _____
*Note: Students seeking initial certification as secondary teachers must take EDEX 650; EDSP 577; and EDSP 573, EDSP 578, OR EDSP 604, to satisfy Pennsulvania Department of Education certification requirements. One of the above will count as a Professional Elective.
C. Professional Electives (6 s.h.)*
Six semester hours to be chosen from graduate courses in the English Department or the College of Education—approved by the director of Graduate Studies in Composition and TESOL or designate.
Elective 1 ________________________________ _____
Elective 2 ________________________________ _____
*Note: Students who have not had an undergraduate or graduate course in Adolescent Literature must take ENGL 518 Adolescent Literature to meet a certification requirement.
D. Professional Practice (6 s.h.)
ENGL 526 ESL Methods and Materials _____
ENGL 698 Internship _____
Note: Students seeking initial certification as secondary teachers must also student teach, as required by the Pennsylvania Department of Education (additional six credit hours).
Total credit hours without initial certification: 36 s.h.
Total credit hours with initial certification: 42 s.h.
Course Descriptions
General English course descriptions are available from the Graduate Catalog.
Course Details and Schedules
Specific course offerings by semester are available from the Graduate Office for Literature and Criticism and Composition and TESOL. You may register for classes online through URSA.
