MAEd Education: Rhetoric and Literary Studies

The Master of Arts in Education, Rhetoric and Literary Studies program is a dynamic program designed to meet the needs of education professionals who desire to teach lower-division college English courses in high school or higher education but who don’t have the necessary graduate credits to do so. The degree is awarded after successful completion of 33 credit hours in graduate coursework in English and education, and the program is designed to provide students with more advanced knowledge in education research, curriculum, instruction, culture and pedagogy, educational technology, composition and rhetoric, literary theory, linguistics, creative writing, and American and British literature.

Important information for this program:

As a component of this program, students will earn an Graduate Certificate in Rhetoric and Literary Studies prior to beginning coursework specific to the Master of Arts in Education in Rhetoric and Literary Studies degree. Upon completion of the Graduate Certificate in Rhetoric and Literary Studies, graduates will be able to:

All CMU masters-level graduates are expected to demonstrate proficiency in specialized knowledge/applied learning, quantitative fluency, communication fluency, critical thinking, information literacy, and ethical reasoning. In addition to these campus-wide student learning outcomes, a graduate of this program will be able to: