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Graduate Program

English Studies for Teachers

 

Program Overview:

English Studies for Teachers is directed toward secondary English teachers interested in joining vibrant ongoing discussions in the field of English education, with the ultimate goal of improving their practice as English teachers. Students have the opportunity to study general issues in English education, learn about a broad range of pedagogical and content-based issues across multiple areas of English studies (literature, writing, language study), and focus on a particular area of interest. As a culmination of the program, students participate in a year-long teacher research course in which they learn research methodologies designed for classroom teachers and carry out their own study. Click here for a program brochure.

Who should apply?

Any teacher who:

• Is interested in growing professionally
• Is certified to teach English in secondary schools
• Has at least two years of classroom experience

Our faculty

Our faculty members are widely known in the field of English education for their publications, presentations, service and commitment to working locally with teachers and schools. You will find them willing to work closely with you as a student and to introduce you to the prominent thinkers in the field. We invite you to email us or stop by during office hours to talk.

W. Douglas Baker
Cathy Fleischer
Rebecca Bowers Sipe
William Tucker
John Staunton

 
 

Degree requirements:

(for more information on courses and requirements, see the English Department Graduate Student handbook)

Required Courses:
	Program Foundations
		ENGL 530: Issues in English Studies for Teachers	(3 credits)
	Writing for Teachers requirement
		ENGL 675: Eastern Michigan Writing Project--Summer Invitational Institute	(6 credits)
		OR
		ENGL 514: Issues in the Teaching of Writing, and	(3 credits)
		ENGL 531: Teacher as Writing	(3 credits)
	Literature for Teachers requirement
		Any two courses with the title “_____ for Teachers”	(3 credits) x2
	Masters Research
		ENGL 535: Teacher Research Seminar [2 semester course]	(6 credits)
Elective Courses
		Any 3 graduate courses in children’s literature, literature,  linguistics, or writing	(3 credits) x3
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			30 credits

Application Procedures

Admission to the program requires the standard EMU Graduate School application form, as well as the additional materials required by all programs in the English Department:

• official transcripts from all universities previously attended
• at least two letters of recommendation
• a statement of purpose: describing both your philosophy of teaching and reasons for pursuing the program
• a writing sample: any document that will give us a better understanding of you as a teacher and writer (i.e., a writing sample from an undergraduate course, a grant proposal, a curriculum unit, etc.)