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Graduates of this program will be able to:
For more information about graduate admissions, visit the graduate admission website. For more information on international admissions, visit the international admission website.
For more information about graduate admissions, visit the graduate admission website. For more information on international admission, visit the Office of Global Education’s admission website.
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
---|---|---|
Major Requirements | ||
ENG 76706 | METHODS IN THE STUDY OF LITERATURE | 3 |
Focus Requirement, choose from the following: | 27 | |
Literary Traditions Focus | ||
Literary Traditions courses (12) | ||
Literary Criticism and Theory course (3) | ||
Electives (12) | ||
Theory and Criticism Focus | ||
Literary Criticism and Theory courses (12) | ||
Literary Traditions courses (6) | ||
Electives (9) | ||
Culminating Requirement | ||
ENG 89199 | DISSERTATION I 1 | 30 |
Minimum Total Credit Hours: | 60 |
Each doctoral candidate, upon admission to candidacy, must register for ENG 89199 for a total of 30 credit hours. It is expected that a doctoral candidate will continuously register for ENG 89199, and thereafter ENG 89299, each semester, until all requirements for the degree have been met.
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The Master of Arts degree in Teaching English as a Second Language is grounded in linguistic principles, language learning theory and empirical research on language learning and teaching. The program enables students to teach effectively in varied learning contexts. Students gain experience through a supervised practicum and have the opportunity to teach in a variety of English-as-a-second/foreign-language contexts. Graduates are prepared for international teaching and research, adult education, and advanced study in applied linguistics. literacy positions.
The Teaching English as a Second Language major includes the following optional concentration:
This program is designed to prepare students to sit for applicable licensure or certification in Ohio. If you plan to pursue licensure or certification in a state other than Ohio, please review state educational requirements for licensure or certification and contact information for state licensing boards at Kent State's website for professional licensure disclosure.
For more information about graduate admissions, visit the graduate admission website. For more information on international admissions, visit the international admission website.
Applicants are assessed holistically, considering academic credentials, academic or professional references, non-academic criteria and other specific program criteria.
Graduates of this program will be able to:
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
---|---|---|
Major Requirements | ||
ENG 63001 | METHODOLOGY OF TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE | 3 |
ENG 63033 | THEORIES IN SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION | 3 |
ENG 63040 | LINGUISTICS FOR THE LANGUAGE PROFESSIONS | 3 |
ENG 63041 | DESCRIPTIVE GRAMMAR OF ENGLISH | 3 |
Additional Requirements or Concentration | ||
Choose from the following: | 24-36 | |
Minimum Total Credit Hours: | 36-48 |
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
---|---|---|
ENG 63034 | SOCIOLINGUISTICS | 3 |
or ENG 63047 | HERITAGE LANGUAGES AND SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING | |
or ENG 63048 | SOCIOCULTURAL THEORY AND FOREIGN AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION | |
ENG 68492 | PRACTICUM IN TEACHING INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS | 3 |
Major Electives, choose from the following: 1 | 18 | |
ENG 63034 | SOCIOLINGUISTICS 2 | |
ENG 63038 | TEACHING LITERATURE AND CULTURE | |
ENG 63039 | SECOND LANGUAGE CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT | |
ENG 63043 | SECOND LANGUAGE WRITING | |
ENG 63044 | SECOND LANGUAGE READING | |
ENG 63045 | ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES | |
ENG 63046 | SECOND LANGUAGE LISTENING AND SPEAKING | |
ENG 63047 | HERITAGE LANGUAGES AND SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING 2 | |
ENG 63048 | SOCIOCULTURAL THEORY AND FOREIGN AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION 2 | |
ENG 63098 | SECOND LANGUAGE RESEARCH METHODS | |
ENG 63391 | SEMINAR: LINGUISTICS | |
ENG 69199 | THESIS I | |
Minimum Total Credit Hours: | 24 |
Students may use 6 credit hours in appropriate graduate courses in other departments with approval of department advisor toward the 18 credit hour requirement.
Students may choose these courses if not chosen above.
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
---|---|---|
Concentration Requirements | ||
CI 67105 | IMPROVING CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION | 3 |
CI 67310 | THEORY AND PRACTICE IN THE TEACHING OF READING | 3 |
or CI 67330 | READING IN CONTENT AREAS | |
ENG 63044 | SECOND LANGUAGE READING | 3 |
ENG 68592 | PRACTICUM IN TEACHING P-12 ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS 1,2 | 3 |
Concentration Electives, choose from the following: | 15 | |
CI 60169 | UNDERSTANDING EMERGENT BILINGUAL AND IMMIGRANT STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES | |
CI 60171 | TEACHING EMERGENT BILINGUAL AND IMMIGRANT STUDENTS | |
CI 61130 | MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION: STRATEGIES | |
ENG 63034 | SOCIOLINGUISTICS | |
ENG 63038 | TEACHING LITERATURE AND CULTURE | |
ENG 63039 | SECOND LANGUAGE CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT | |
ENG 63043 | SECOND LANGUAGE WRITING | |
ENG 63045 | ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES | |
ENG 63046 | SECOND LANGUAGE LISTENING AND SPEAKING | |
ENG 63047 | HERITAGE LANGUAGES AND SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING | |
ENG 63048 | SOCIOCULTURAL THEORY AND FOREIGN AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION | |
ENG 63098 | SECOND LANGUAGE RESEARCH METHODS | |
EPSY 65524 | LEARNING THEORIES | |
Culminating Requirement | ||
ENG 51525 | INQUIRY INTO PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 3 | 3 |
ENG 53392 | STUDENT TEACHING 2,3,4 | 6 |
Minimum Total Credit Hours: | 36 |
Students complete 100 hours of field work as teacher assistants in area schools, which enable them to gain collaborative clinical experience as P-12 teachers.
Prior to enrollment in ENG 53392 and ENG 68592, students must be evaluated satisfactorily on non-academic dimensions, including completing background checks and modules. Further information is available in the Office of Graduate Student Services.
ENG 51525 and ENG 53392 must be taken concurrently.
During students' full-time student teaching assignment, they are assessed on professional dispositions, understanding of codes of ethics and professional standards appropriate to TESL and work with English language learners. In the school context, students are assessed data literacy and analysis; use of research and assessment data; leadership and collaboration; utilization and support of appropriate technology for the discipline; and understanding of laws related to English language learners.
Candidates seeking Ohio licensure are required to pass specific assessments in order to apply for licensure. Students should consult their advisors for specific program requirements and refer the Ohio Department of Education-Educator Preparation website for more information on assessments specific to licensure type.
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The Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing is a consortium program between Kent State, the University of Akron, Cleveland State University and Youngstown State University. The program allows students to take advantage of collaboration with an award-winning 15-member faculty and to concentrate in the writing of plays, poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction. The number and variety of the faculty guarantee consistent individual attention to student work. The range of study gives students opportunities to take classes with other writers from different backgrounds and in different genres. An annual series of readings and visiting writers in all genres supports the regular curricular offerings.
Selected students attend special summer programs, such as the Juniper Institute in Massachusetts and the Imagination Writers Conference in Cleveland; many students attend the annual Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Conference representing the consortium, or publish in journals and presses associated with the program.
For more information about graduate admissions, visit the graduate admission website. For more information on international admissions, visit the international admission website.
Applicants must apply to both the NEOMFA consortium and Kent State University. For more information on admission to the consortium, please visit the NEOMFA website.
For more information about graduate admissions, please visit the Graduate Studies admission website. For more information on international admission, visit the Office of Global Education’s admission website.
Graduates of this program will be able to:
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
---|---|---|
Major Requirements | ||
Writing Workshops | 15 | |
Craft and Theory courses | 9 | |
Literature courses | 6 | |
Internship 1 | 3 | |
Electives | 9 | |
ENG 69199 | THESIS I 2 | 6 |
Minimum Total Credit Hours: | 48 |
The internship must be in a teaching, editing or arts administration setting.
The thesis must be submitted according to the general requirements established by the Division of Graduate Studies. The student is required to defend the thesis in an oral presentation before a committee of graduate faculty from a minimum of two consortium schools.
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The Master of Arts degree in English offers students broad learning in English studies while providing concentrated study in one area.
The English major comprises the following concentrations:
The Concentration for Teachers is for educators interested in advanced study of literature and writing. Coursework focuses on current scholarship and approaches to literature and writing. While not a degree in literary and composition pedagogy, the concentration is designed to encourage the application of current literary and writing research to the work responsibilities of the practicing teacher.
The Literature and Writing concentration prepares students for further graduate study in English and related fields, for professional training in such fields as library and information science and for careers in teaching. The program achieves this goal with distribution requirements, electives and a required focus in either literary traditions, critical theory or rhetoric and composition.
For more information about graduate admissions, visit the graduate admission website. For more information on international admissions, visit the international admission website.
For more information about graduate admissions, visit the graduate admission website. For more information on international admission, visit the Office of Global Education’s admission website.
Graduates of this program will be able to:
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
---|---|---|
Major Requirements | ||
ENG 61000 | INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH AND PEDAGOGY IN CRITICAL READING | 3 |
ENG 61094 | INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH IN THE TEACHING OF COLLEGE WRITING 1 | 0-3 |
Concentrations | ||
Choose from the following: | 30 | |
Minimum Total Credit Hours: | 33 |
Students who will serve as graduate assistants are required to take ENG 61094. Students who are not graduate assistants do not have to take the course; however, they must complete an additional 3 credit hours of additional coursework to meet the minimum 33 credit hours to graduate.
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
---|---|---|
Concentration Requirements | ||
Choose from the following (three courses, each from a separate area): | 9 | |
Literary Traditions | ||
Rhetoric and Composition | ||
Literary Criticism and Theory | ||
Creative Writing | ||
Electives 1 | 18-21 | |
Minimum Total Credit Hours: | 30 |
Elective courses may include 9 credit hours taken outside the Department of English, 6 credit hours of graduate workshops, and 6 credit hours of master's project.
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
---|---|---|
Concentration Requirements | ||
Choose one focus from the following: | 30 | |
Literary Traditions Focus | ||
Literary Traditions courses (12) | ||
Literary Criticism and Theory course (3) | ||
Electives and/or Thesis (15) | ||
Theory and Criticism Focus | ||
Literary Criticism and Theory (12) | ||
Literary Traditions courses (6) | ||
Electives and/or Thesis (12) | ||
Rhetoric and Composition Focus | ||
ENG 65012 | READING AND INTERPRETING RESEARCH ON WRITING | |
ENG 65044 | RESEARCH DESIGN | |
Literary Traditions courses (6) | ||
Literary Criticism and Theory course (3) | ||
Elective (3) | ||
Choose from the following (12): | ||
ENG 65022 | RHETORICAL THEORY:GREEK AND ROMAN | |
ENG 65023 | RHETORICAL THEORY:18TH, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES | |
ENG 65027 | ROLE OF COMPOSITION | |
ENG 65035 | LINGUISTICS FOR RHETORICIANS | |
ENG 65051 | LITERACY:FUNCTIONS, PRACTICES AND HISTORY | |
ENG 65052 | WRITING ACTIVITY AS SOCIAL PRACTICE | |
ENG 65053 | WRITING TECHNOLOGIES | |
Elective (3) | ||
Minimum Total Credit Hours: | 30 |
Students are required to complete 33 credit hours of graded coursework to earn the M.A. degree.
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The Master of Arts degree in English offers students broad learning in English studies while providing concentrated study in one area.
The English major comprises the following concentrations:
The Concentration for Teachers is for educators interested in advanced study of literature and writing. Coursework focuses on current scholarship and approaches to literature and writing. While not a degree in literary and composition pedagogy, the concentration is designed to encourage the application of current literary and writing research to the work responsibilities of the practicing teacher.
The Literature and Writing concentration prepares students for further graduate study in English and related fields, for professional training in such fields as library and information science and for careers in teaching. The program achieves this goal with distribution requirements, electives and a required focus in either literary traditions, critical theory or rhetoric and composition.
For more information about graduate admissions, visit the graduate admission website. For more information on international admissions, visit the international admission website.
For more information about graduate admissions, visit the graduate admission website. For more information on international admission, visit the Office of Global Education’s admission website.
Graduates of this program will be able to:
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
---|---|---|
Major Requirements | ||
ENG 61000 | INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH AND PEDAGOGY IN CRITICAL READING | 3 |
ENG 61094 | INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH IN THE TEACHING OF COLLEGE WRITING 1 | 0-3 |
Concentrations | ||
Choose from the following: | 30 | |
Minimum Total Credit Hours: | 33 |
Students who will serve as graduate assistants are required to take ENG 61094. Students who are not graduate assistants do not have to take the course; however, they must complete an additional 3 credit hours of additional coursework to meet the minimum 33 credit hours to graduate.
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
---|---|---|
Concentration Requirements | ||
Choose from the following (three courses, each from a separate area): | 9 | |
Literary Traditions | ||
Rhetoric and Composition | ||
Literary Criticism and Theory | ||
Creative Writing | ||
Electives 1 | 18-21 | |
Minimum Total Credit Hours: | 30 |
Elective courses may include 9 credit hours taken outside the Department of English, 6 credit hours of graduate workshops, and 6 credit hours of master's project.
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
---|---|---|
Concentration Requirements | ||
Choose one focus from the following: | 30 | |
Literary Traditions Focus | ||
Literary Traditions courses (12) | ||
Literary Criticism and Theory course (3) | ||
Electives and/or Thesis (15) | ||
Theory and Criticism Focus | ||
Literary Criticism and Theory (12) | ||
Literary Traditions courses (6) | ||
Electives and/or Thesis (12) | ||
Rhetoric and Composition Focus | ||
ENG 65012 | READING AND INTERPRETING RESEARCH ON WRITING | |
ENG 65044 | RESEARCH DESIGN | |
Literary Traditions courses (6) | ||
Literary Criticism and Theory course (3) | ||
Elective (3) | ||
Choose from the following (12): | ||
ENG 65022 | RHETORICAL THEORY:GREEK AND ROMAN | |
ENG 65023 | RHETORICAL THEORY:18TH, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES | |
ENG 65027 | ROLE OF COMPOSITION | |
ENG 65035 | LINGUISTICS FOR RHETORICIANS | |
ENG 65051 | LITERACY:FUNCTIONS, PRACTICES AND HISTORY | |
ENG 65052 | WRITING ACTIVITY AS SOCIAL PRACTICE | |
ENG 65053 | WRITING TECHNOLOGIES | |
Elective (3) | ||
Minimum Total Credit Hours: | 30 |
Students are required to complete 33 credit hours of graded coursework to earn the M.A. degree.
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NOTE: Kent State Geauga’s workplace safety training program, at the time of initial publication of this document (10/2023), is funded by a grant of $75,000 in federal funds, which constitutes 100 percent of the program budget. Zero percent, or $0 of the program budget, is financed through nongovernmental sources. Workforce training—in both English and Spanish—is coming soon to small businesses in Geauga County, focusing on safety and health hazards that disproportionately affect women workers. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is part of the United States Departmen...