Admission Requirements:

Applicants must submit the following:

1. A completed graduate school application
2. A personal statement (we recommend that these statements be 1 to 2 pages in length)
3. Official transcripts from ALL prior colleges and universities (note: If you attended EMU, you do not need to request your EMU transcript)
4. An academic writing sample (preferably something related to your intended concentration in either the Teaching of Writing or Professional Communication)
5. Two letters of recommendation

Department Information:

English Language & Literature - College of Arts & Sciences

Advisor Information:

Degree Requirements: 15-17 hours

• WRTG 503 - Rhetorical Theory and the Teaching of Writing 3 hrs
• WRTG 515 - Literacy and Written Literacy Instruction 3 hrs
• WRTG 516 - Computers and Writing: Theory and Practice 3 hrs

• One course from the following

• WRTG 514 - Issues in Teaching Writing 3 hrs
• WRTG 596 - Teaching Composition on the College Level 3 hrs
• ENGL 675 - Eastern Michigan Writing Project Summer Institute 5 hrs

• One course from the following

• WRTG 517 - Topics in the Teaching of Writing 3 hrs
• ENGL 518 - Topics in English Education 3 hrs