Degree
- Graduate Certificate https://www.stmarytx.edu/academics/programs/dual-credit-english/ https://www.stmarytx.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dual-credit-ell-student.jpg
Format
- Online
Graduate Certificate for Dual Credit Teaching in English Literature and Language
As demand for dual credit opportunities in Texas secondary schools increases, so does the need for qualified teachers to teach these courses.
The St. Mary’s University Graduate Certificate for Dual Credit Teaching in English Literature and Language is a cohort program that provides an excellent opportunity for high school instructors, who already have a master’s degree in another area, with the necessary graduate courses to be credentialed to teach Dual Credit English courses.
This certificate is designed for San Antonio area teachers who have an interest in teaching Dual Credit courses and High school English teachers who already have a master’s degree. Additional information about dual credit teaching can be found at Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges Faculty Credential Information and Texas Education Agency Dual Credit FAQs.
Students who participate in the certificate program may apply their completed credit hours toward a Master of Arts in English Literature and Language from St. Mary’s University.
The certificate is composed of 18 credit hours of graduate-level courses in the following areas:
- 9 credit hours in Literature
- 6 credit hours in Composition Theory and Praxis
- 3 credit hours of Grammar
Examples of courses offered in the Graduate Certificate for Dual Credit Teaching in English Literature and Language program are:
- History of the English Language
- Women of Color: Writing as Memoir and Resistance
- Shakespeare Studies
- Digital Humanities with American Literature Focus
- Modernism and Post-Modernism
- Transformative Writing
Faculty
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Margaret Cantú-Sanchez, Ph.D. Visiting Assistant Professor of English -
Mallory Coley, Ph.D. Visiting Assistant Professor -
Bonita Dattner Pfleiger, Ph.D. Visiting Assistant Professor of English Literature and Language -
Benjamin “Josh” Doty, Ph.D. Chair of the Department of English Literature and Language -
Mary Lynne Gasaway Hill, Ph.D., FRSA Professor of English Literature and Language
