English Faculty Qualifying Credentials

Accreditation Qualifications and Rationale

While academic credentials are typically the standard qualification for faculty members, other qualifications may also be considered appropriate. Examples could include:

  • Appropriately related work experiences in the field

  • Professional licensure and certifications related to the teaching assignment

  • Honors and awards

  • Continuing professional development

  • Relevant peer-reviewed publications

  • Continuous documented excellence in teaching

These qualifications are especially important in professional, technical, and technology-dependent fields.

Qualifications for teaching non-transferrable technical courses depend heavily on professional experience and appropriate certifications. When credentials do not conform to traditional guidelines, the appropriate dean must provide an overall assessment of the professional experience, appropriate licensures, or alternative credentials using the Faculty Certification of Credentials Form, documenting qualifications related to the teaching area.

Course Type Definitions

Abbreviation

Meaning

T

Transfer

W

Workforce

D

Development

CE

Continuing Education

English Courses and Qualifying Credentials

Course

Number

Title

Course Type

Qualifying Credentials

ENGL

1301

Composition and Rhetoric I

T

Master's degree in English, Literature, Linguistics, or Creative Writing; or a Master's degree with 18 graduate hours in these disciplines (MALA English courses are equivalent)

Requires at least three graduate hours of Composition or Writing or Teaching Composition or Writing.

ENGL

1302

Composition and Rhetoric II

T

Master's degree in English, Literature, Linguistics, or Creative Writing; or a Master's degree with 18 graduate hours in these disciplines (MALA English courses are equivalent)

Requires at least three graduate hours of Composition or Writing or Teaching Composition or Writing.

ENGL

2307

Creative Writing

T

Master's degree in English, Literature, Linguistics, or Creative Writing; or a Master's degree with 18 graduate hours in these disciplines (MALA English courses are equivalent)

Requires at least three graduate hours of Composition or Writing or Teaching Composition or Writing.

ENGL

2311

Technical and Business Writing

T

Master's degree in English, Literature, Linguistics, or Creative Writing; or a Master's degree with 18 graduate hours in these disciplines (MALA English courses are equivalent)

Requires at least three graduate hours of Composition or Writing or Teaching Composition or Writing.

ENGL

2321

British Literature

T

Master's degree in English, Literature, Linguistics, or Creative Writing; or a Master's degree with 18 graduate hours in these disciplines (MALA English courses are equivalent)

ENGL

2322

British Literature I

T

Master's degree in English, Literature, Linguistics, or Creative Writing; or a Master's degree with 18 graduate hours in these disciplines (MALA English courses are equivalent)

ENGL

2323

British Literature II

T

Master's degree in English, Literature, Linguistics, or Creative Writing; or a Master's degree with 18 graduate hours in these disciplines (MALA English courses are equivalent)

ENGL

2326

American Literature

T

Master's degree in English, Literature, Linguistics, or Creative Writing; or a Master's degree with 18 graduate hours in these disciplines (MALA English courses are equivalent)

ENGL

2327

American Literature I

T

Master's degree in English, Literature, Linguistics, or Creative Writing; or a Master's degree with 18 graduate hours in these disciplines (MALA English courses are equivalent)

ENGL

2328

American Literature II

T

Master's degree in English, Literature, Linguistics, or Creative Writing; or a Master's degree with 18 graduate hours in these disciplines (MALA English courses are equivalent)

ENGL

2331

World Literature

T

Master's degree in English, Literature, Linguistics, or Creative Writing; or a Master's degree with 18 graduate hours in these disciplines (MALA English courses are equivalent)

ENGL

2332

World Literature I 

T

Master's degree in English, Literature, Linguistics, or Creative Writing; or a Master's degree with 18 graduate hours in these disciplines (MALA English courses are equivalent)

ENGL

2333

World Literature II

T

Master's degree in English, Literature, Linguistics, or Creative Writing; or a Master's degree with 18 graduate hours in these disciplines (MALA English courses are equivalent)

ENGL

2341

Forms of Literature

T

Master's degree in English, Literature, Linguistics, or Creative Writing; or a Master's degree with 18 graduate hours in these disciplines (MALA English courses are equivalent)