MATW Degree

The core of the teaching of writing curriculum is a series of graduate courses and seminars devoted to theories and methods of teaching composition.  Students in this emphasis investigate ways of learning to write and rhetorical and linguistic approaches to the teaching of writing.  In addition, students improve their own writing skills through a writing workshop and by working on a project directed by a faculty advisor.  The Teaching Writing Emphasis is not a program designed to develop writers of fiction and poetry; in other words, it is not an M.F.A. program in creative writing.  It is designed instead to prepare teachers of all kinds of writing, creative and expository.

Degree Requirements

The student must complete a minimum of 35 units of upper-division and graduate work with a grade point average of 3.0 (B) or above.  At least half of these units must be in graduate-level (500- and 600-series) courses.  Transfer of up to nine semester units is allowed in special cases.

  • Take All of the Following Courses
    English 600: Fundamentals of Research
    English 611: Seminar in Teaching Writing
    English 612: Development of Writing Abilities
    English 614: Teaching Writing to ESL Students
    English 615: Writing Workshop
    English 618: Linguistic and Rhetorical Approaches to Writing*
    English 690: Master's Project

        

  • Take Eight Units from the Following Graduate-Level Literature Courses
    English 536: Seminar in American Literature
    English 546: Seminar in British Literature
    English 560: Special Topics in Literature
    English 562: Advanced Studies in Shakespeare

  • Please note that the following courses are offered fall semester only and are designed to prepare students for subsequent required courses:
    English 600: Fundamentals of Research
    English 611: Seminar in Teaching Writing
    English 615: Writing Workshop

*English 328: Structure of American English or its equivalent is a prerequisite for English 618: Linguistic and Rhetorical Approaches to Writing.  Please consult current catalog for additional course prerequisites.

 

For additional information about our graduate program, please contact:

  • Nikola Hobbel, Graduate Coordinator
    707.826.3161 | nh16@humboldt.edu | FH 201
  • Barbara Cline, Graduate Program & Administrative Support Assistant
    707.826.3758 | bjc7001@humboldt.edu | FH 201