Certificate Literature Certificate

Please note: Admission for this certificate is currently on hold pending certificate review. 

Easily completed in one calendar year, this certificate gives students who already hold at least a master’s degree in a different field the 18 hours of graduate study in literature that are the minimum requirement for teaching that subject at the post-secondary level in Virginia.

Curriculum Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
British Literature before 1800		3
British Literature after 1800 *		3
American Literature		3
Electives in Literature **		9
Total Credit Hours		18

*

Or Post-colonial Literature and Theory.

**

which may include ENGL 600 and ENGL 764.

NOTE: at least nine of the 18 hours must be at the 600-level.