Graduate School Policies and Procedures  apply to this program.

The English Department at the University of Colorado Denver offers a Graduate Certificate in Teaching College-level Language and Literacy. It fulfills the increasing needs of educators seeking to deepen and to broaden their specialization. It allows an English Master’s Candidate to specialize in an area of study in addition to the primary area of degree focus. The certificate does not grant state licensure. It ensures competency for those who already are licensed, provides documentation in expertise for those teaching in community colleges, and enables specialization for those with master’s degrees in related fields (i.e. Rhetoric, Composition, Literature, Film Studies, Humanities, Education). 

This certificate can be completed fully online, fully on campus, or a combination of the two.

General Requirements:

1. Students must complete a minimum of 18 ENGL credit hours
2. Students must complete all 18 ENGL credits at the graduate (5000 or above) level.
3. Students must earn a minimum grade of B- (2.7) in all certificate courses taken at CU Denver and must achieve a minimum cumulative certificate GPA of 3.0. All graded attempts in required and elective courses are calculated in the certificate GPA. Students cannot complete certificate or ancillary course requirements as pass/fail.
4. All credits for the certificate must be completed with CU Denver faculty.
5. All courses must be completed with ENGL subject code.
6. All candidates must possess a Bachelor’s of Arts in any field.

Additional Information

Additional Information about the Graduate Certificate in Teaching College-level Language and Literacy may be obtained from:

Associate Professor: Rodney Herring
Office: 1061 9th St. Park, Room 102 
Phone: 303-315-7848
E-mail: Rodney.Herring@ucdenver.edu