English, Instructional Certification: Teacher Certification in English (Preschool-Grade 12) - Graduate
Students with a baccalaureate degree who are interested in teaching may pursue the Post-baccalaureate program for initial teacher certification.
Additional undergraduate coursework in the certification content area may be required to meet State and University certification standards.
Upon successful completion of the program the student will be recommended to the State of New Jersey for initial teacher certification (Certificate of Eligibility with Advanced Standing, or CEAS). The CEAS authorizes the holder to teach in New Jersey public schools and expedites the ability to become certified in most other states. The CEAS never expires.
In New Jersey, candidates who have completed an initial teaching certification program must successfully complete one year of teaching in order to be eligible to receive a permanent Standard Certificate.
Total credit requirements for this program include the Teaching Field Requirements, Additional Requirements for State Certification, and the Graduate Professional Sequence.
Program Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Teaching Field Requirements | ||
| Requirement Categories | ||
| Complete the following seven requirements for 30 credits (one course may fill more than one category): | 30 | |
| Critical Theory | ||
Select 3-4 credits from the following: | ||
| The Pursuits of English | ||
| Seminar in Comparative Literature | ||
| Literary Criticism from 1800 to the Present | ||
| Theoretical Approaches to Literature | ||
| British Literature | ||
Select 6 credits from the following: | ||
| English Literature I: Beginnings to 1660 | ||
| English Literature II: 1660 to Present | ||
| Special Topics in English or American Literature | ||
| English Novel to 1900 | ||
| Literature of the Long Eighteenth Century | ||
| From Sensibility to Romanticism | ||
| Milton | ||
| Chaucer | ||
| Medieval English Literature | ||
| 19th Century English Romantic Literature | ||
| Victorian Poetry | ||
| Renaissance Literature | ||
| English Drama: Beginnings to 1642 | ||
| Shakespeare: Comedies-Histories | ||
| Shakespeare: Tragedies-Romances | ||
| Modern British Fiction 1900-1945 | ||
| Postwar British Fiction 1946-1990 | ||
| Recent British Fiction 1990-Present | ||
| Old English Language and Literature | ||
| 17th Century English Poetry | ||
| Restoration and 18th Century Drama | ||
| 20th Century English Novel | ||
| Seminar in English Literature | ||
| Chaucer | ||
| Shakespeare Studies: Tragedies | ||
| Shakespeare Studies: Comedies | ||
| Shakespeare Studies: Histories | ||
| Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama | ||
| Seventeenth Century Literature: Poetry | ||
| Milton | ||
| The Augustan Age | ||
| British Romanticism I: Wordsworth and Coleridge | ||
| British Romanticism II: Byron, Shelley, and Keats | ||
| Victorian Studies II: Novel | ||
| Victorian Studies III: Poetry | ||
| Turn-of-the-Century British Writers | ||
| The Modern British Novel | ||
| The Irish Renaissance | ||
| Independent Study in British Literature | ||
| Seminar in British Literature | ||
| American Literature | ||
Select 6 credits of the following: | ||
| American Drama | ||
| Black Writers in the United States: A Survey | ||
| Social Protest Literature in America | ||
| Special Topics in English or American Literature | ||
| Vietnam War and American Culture | ||
| The Novels of Toni Morrison | ||
| American Poetry to 1940 | ||
| American Poetry: World War II to Present | ||
| Early American Literature | ||
| Literature of American Renaissance | ||
| American Literary Realism | ||
| Modern American Fiction | ||
| Contemporary American Fiction | ||
| Seminar in American Literature | ||
| Studies in Early American Literature | ||
| American Romanticism | ||
| Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville | ||
| American Realism | ||
| Modern American Fiction | ||
| Modern American Poetry | ||
| Recent American Fiction | ||
| American Drama | ||
| Black American Women Writers | ||
| Independent Study in American Literature | ||
| Seminar in American Literature | ||
| Writing | ||
Select 3 credits from the following: | ||
| Creative Nonfiction | ||
| Teaching Writing in the Public Schools | ||
| Theory and Practice of Teaching Writing | ||
| Research in Writing Studies | ||
| Graduate Writing Seminar | ||
| Rhetorical Theories and the Teaching of Writing | ||
| Seminar in Writing Studies | ||
| Genre Study | ||
Select 9 credits from the following: | ||
| American Drama | ||
| English Novel to 1900 | ||
| Art of Poetry | ||
| Art of Fiction | ||
| Art of Drama | ||
| Women Poets | ||
| American Poetry to 1940 | ||
| American Poetry: World War II to Present | ||
| English Drama: Beginnings to 1642 | ||
| Shakespeare: Comedies-Histories | ||
| Shakespeare: Tragedies-Romances | ||
| Modern British Fiction 1900-1945 | ||
| Postwar British Fiction 1946-1990 | ||
| Recent British Fiction 1990-Present | ||
| Contemporary Poetry | ||
| 17th Century English Poetry | ||
| Restoration and 18th Century Drama | ||
| 20th Century English Novel | ||
| Shakespeare Studies: Tragedies | ||
| Shakespeare Studies: Comedies | ||
| Shakespeare Studies: Histories | ||
| Seventeenth Century Literature: Poetry | ||
| The English Novel from Defoe to Austen | ||
| Victorian Studies II: Novel | ||
| Victorian Studies III: Poetry | ||
| The Modern British Novel | ||
| Modern American Fiction | ||
| Modern American Poetry | ||
| Recent American Fiction | ||
| American Drama | ||
| Contemporary European Drama | ||
| Modern Drama: Ibsen to O'Neill | ||
| Modern European Novel | ||
| Speculative Fiction: Fantasy | ||
| Science Fiction | ||
| Modern Poetry to T.S. Eliot | ||
| Ancient Tragedy | ||
| Ancient Comedy | ||
| Ancient Epic | ||
| Ibsen, Strindberg, and Shaw | ||
| The Modern Novel | ||
| Trends in the Contemporary Novel | ||
| Film Studies | ||
| Sociocultural Lenses | ||
Select 6 credits from the following: | ||
| World Literature: The Coming of Age Theme | ||
| World Literature: Voices of Tradition and Challenge | ||
| Myth and Literature | ||
| Images of Muslim Women in Twentieth Century Literature and Culture | ||
| Contemporary Chinese Women's Literature | ||
| Black Writers in the United States: A Survey | ||
| Social Protest Literature in America | ||
| Special Topics in English or American Literature | ||
| Special Topics in Comparative Literature | ||
| Twentieth Century Literature of Immigration | ||
| Vietnam War and American Culture | ||
| Women Poets | ||
| The Novels of Toni Morrison | ||
| Irish Literary Revival: 1890-1939 | ||
| The Irish Renaissance | ||
| Black American Women Writers | ||
| American Indian Themes | ||
| African, Asian and Caribbean Literature in English | ||
| Contemporary Irish Literature | ||
| African Myth and Literature | ||
| Contemporary African Literature | ||
| Women Prose Writers | ||
| Contemporary European Drama | ||
| Modern European Novel | ||
| Seminar in Comparative Literature | ||
| Ancient Tragedy | ||
| Ancient Comedy | ||
| Ancient Epic | ||
| The Enlightenment in Europe | ||
| The Modern Novel | ||
| Trends in the Contemporary Novel | ||
| Independent Study: International Literature | ||
| Seminar in International Literature | ||
| Language Study | ||
Select 3 credits from the following: | ||
| The English Language | ||
| The Grammars of English | ||
| Structure of American English | ||
| History of the English Language | ||
| Teaching Methods | ||
| ENGL 571 | Teaching Methods (Secondary English) | 4 |
| Total Credits | 34 | |