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Advanced Certificate in Children’s/Adolescent Literature

The Department of English and Comparative Literature offers an Advanced Certificate in Children’s/Adolescent Literature to those who are currently enrolled in a graduate program or anticipate enrolling in graduate-level instruction. For more information on graduate admissions, review the graduate application criteria.

The program requires a 3.0 grade point average of matriculated students. Non-matriculated students’ applications will be reviewed for relevant and sufficient preparation.

Program Requirements

Students in the certificate program will take twelve units of graduate-level courses. Applicable courses include:

  • ENGL 604D Seminar: Literary Period or Movement- Children's Literature (3 units)
  • ENGL 606D Seminar: A Literary Type- Children's Literature (3 units)
  • ENGL 700 Seminar: A Major Author or Authors (3 units)
  • ENGL 727 Seminar: Issues in Children’s Literature (3 units)
  • Three  to six  of the twelve units selected from:
    • ENGL 501 Literature for Children (3 units)
    • ENGL 502 Adolescence in Literature (3 units)
    • ENGL 503 Topics in Children’s Literature (3 units)

Units taken to complete the advanced certificate may be applied to an M.A. degree in English or Comparative Literature with approval of the graduate adviser.

It should be understood that graduate courses in Children's Literature in SDSU's Department of English and Comparative Literature are not classes in writing for children (creative writing), nor are they classes in educational methodology (how to use books with children in school classrooms). Instead, they are advanced courses in literary study where Children's Literature is examined.

How to Enroll

Individuals interested in enrolling and applying for the Graduate Certificate in Children's Literature should first contact Lashon Daley, the Director of the Children's Literature Program at [email protected].

 

Advising

The Certificate Director is Professor Lashon Daley.  To make an advising appointment, please contact [email protected].

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