Admission Requirements
Applicants apply for admission to the program via the Graduate School application for admission. Requirements listed here are in addition to Graduate Council policies listed under GCAC-300 Admissions Policies. International applicants may be required to satisfy an English proficiency requirement; see GCAC-305 Admission Requirements for International Students for more information.
To be considered for admission into the certificate program, applicants must have a 3.0 grade-point average in the last two years of undergraduate work (or graduate work if applying with a master’s degree).
Certificate Requirements
Requirements listed here are in addition to requirements listed in Graduate Council policy GCAC-212 Postbaccalaureate Credit Certificate Programs.
Code | Title | Credits |
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Required Courses | ||
EDUC 452 | Teaching Writing | 3 |
EDUC 477 | Teaching Struggling Readers and Writers | 3 |
EDUC 865 | Literacy Leadership | 3 |
Select 3 credits from the following: | 3 | |
Literature for Children and Adolescents | ||
Literacy Methods | ||
Teaching English in Bilingual/Dialectal Education | ||
Total Credits | 12 |
Courses
Graduate courses carry numbers from 500 to 699 and 800 to 899. Advanced undergraduate courses numbered between 400 and 499 may be used to meet some graduate degree requirements when taken by graduate students. Courses below the 400 level may not. A graduate student may register for or audit these courses in order to make up deficiencies or to fill in gaps in previous education but not to meet requirements for an advanced degree.
Contact
Campus | Harrisburg |
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Graduate Program Head | Mary Napoli |
Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) or Professor-in-Charge (PIC) | Mary Napoli |
Program Contact | Katherine Wimer Martin |
Program Website | View |