Memorandum
Date: August 26, 2009
To: Ben Low, GPC Chair, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
From: Wenying Xu, Professor and Chair of English
Subject: Proposed English MAT Revisions
The English Department seeks to institute revisions to our Maters of Arts in Teaching English
(M.A.T.) program. These changes are sought primarily to reduce the total credit hours of the
M.A.T. program to the standard credit hours of the M.A. program as well as to adjust the
curriculum requirements to ensure the successful delivery of the program.
Please see the current M.A.T. program requirements:
Required Courses:
Principles and Problems
3
of Literary Study (ENG 6009)
Literature
9
Language and Composition
9
Writing and Language Pedagogy
9
Project
6
Total credit hours
36
Here are the proposed changes to the M.A.T. program requirements:
Required Courses:
Principles and Problems
of Literary Study (ENG 6009)
Literature
Pedagogy
Literary Criticism 1 or 2 (ENG 5018,
5019
Elective
Thesis
Total credit hours
3
6
6
3
6
6
30