While working toward a doctorate in the Graduate Program of Literatures in English, students have the option of pursuing a concentrated course of study in the theory and practice of writing instruction and, upon completion of certificate program requirements, receiving a Certificate in the Teaching of Writing.

Students who fulfill the requirements are awarded the Certificate in the Teaching of Writing by the Graduate School-New Brunswick upon completion of their Ph.D. degree. The certificate program consists of three courses: “The Teaching of Writing” and two courses selected from the list of courses approved by the Director of the Writing Program. Students interested in the certificate program must be accepted into the Graduate Program of Literatures in English; the Graduate Program of Literatures in English does not admit students for the Certificate in the Teaching of Writing alone.