Core course (8 credit hours/2 courses)

• L503 Teaching of Literature
• L508 Practicum of Teaching Literature

English electives (12 credit hours total, up to 6 credits of which may be School of Education courses)

• ENG L506 Introduction to Methods of Criticism and Research (4 cr.)
• ENG L606 Topics in African American Literature (4 cr.)
• ENG L625 Readings in Shakespeare
• ENG L635 Readings in American Ethnic Literature and Culture (4 cr.)
• ENG L641 Studies in British Literature before 1900 (4 cr.)
• ENG L643 Readings in Colonial and Post-Colonial Literature (4 cr.)
• ENG L649 Studies in British Literature since 1900 (4 cr.)
• ENG L650 Studies in American Literature before 1900 (4 cr.)
• ENG L655 Studies in American Literature since 1900 (4 cr.)
• ENG L657 Readings in Literary and Critical Theory (4 cr.)
• ENG L666 Survey of Children’s Literature (4 cr.)
• ENG L673 Studies in Women and Literature (4cr.)
• ENG L680 Special Topics in Literary Study and Theory (4 cr.)

Variable credit hour courses (1-4 credits):

• ENG L695 Individual Readings in Literature

School of Education electives (up to 6 credits total)

• EDUC L500 Instructional Issues in Language Learning (3 cr.)
• EDUC L502 Socio-Psycholinguistic Applications for Reading Instruction (3 cr.)
• EDUC L535 Teaching Adolescent Literature (3 cr.)

Note: Other graduate courses in literature or related fields as approved by certificate director.