English Graduate Programs

Certificate in Teaching English in the Two-Year College
and Internship in Two-Year College Teaching

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The Certificate Program in Teaching English in Two-Year Colleges is an interdisciplinary program housed in the Department of English and taught by faculty in both English and the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse. The program is designed to prepare prospective teachers of introductory classes in English, writing, and the humanities in city and community college settings. Participants in the Certificate Program will learn to teach critical and analytical reading, the processes and disciplines of writing, and other aspects of the arts, humanities, or communication curriculum in two-year colleges.
The Certificate program includes a Teaching Internship (see below) at a two-year college, to be arranged by the Certificate Program Director, Dr. Carolyn Goffman. 

Graduate students who are not pursuing the Certificate in Teaching English in the Two-Year College are also eligible to apply for the internship.

Applying to the Certificate Program in Teaching English in the Two-Year College


To be admitted to the Certificate Program, students must have completed or be currently enrolled in a Master's degree in English; Writing and Publishing; Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse; or a related field.

Application materials:
•    Cover letter describing your interest in teaching in the two-year college;
•    Current CV (résumé);
•    Undergraduate and graduate academic transcripts;
•    Sample of recent academic or professional writing;
•    Names of two faculty references.

Applications for the Certificate Program are accepted at any time.

Please submit all application materials to:

Dr. Carolyn Goffman
Department of English
802 W. Belden Ave
DePaul University
Chicago, IL 60614-3214

Completing the Certificate


The Certificate requires 16 hours of graduate credit: four graduate-level courses, including English 509, the teaching internship.

•    ENG 474 Teaching Literature
•    WRD 540 Teaching Writing
•    ENG 509 Teaching Internship

One additional course, from the following list:

  • ENG 407 Language and Style for Writers
  • ENG 473 Teaching Creative Writing;
  • ENG 478 Topics in Teaching (e.g., Teaching Poetry, Teaching Women Writers, Teaching Popular Literature and Popular Culture, Teaching Grammar)
  • WRD 506 Multicultural Rhetorics;
  • WRD 550 Topics in Teaching Writing/Language when the topic is appropriate (e.g., Teaching Writing Online; Teaching ESL);
  • WRD 582 Writing Center Theory and Pedagogy;
  • Or another course approved by the Program Director. 
     

Two-Year College Teaching Internship


The application deadline for 2009-2010 Teaching Internships will be announced this fall.

Please note: Chicago-area two-year colleges operate on the semester system; therefore, the internship’s duration does not correspond to DePaul’s academic calendar. You should expect to complete the work for ENG 509 some time after the end of the quarter in which you are registered. The Program Director will assign a grade of “R” to students whose work is in progress.

Before applying for an internship, please contact Dr. Goffman at 773-325-8688.