Requirements
Ph.D. students in the English Department at Purdue “must demonstrate proficiency in a secondary area by either course work or a second written preliminary examination” (from the Department of English Manual for Graduate Study). Proficiency in the secondary area in Writing Program Administration may be demonstrated by taking four courses, as outlined below.

Required Course
English 680WPA Seminar in Writing Program Administration

At least one of the following:
English 680WAC Seminar in Writing Across the Curriculum
English 680A  Seminar in Writing Assessment and Evaluation

At least one of the following:
English 516  Teaching English as a Second Language: Theoretical Foundations
English 518  Teaching English as a Second Language: Principles and Practices
English 625 Composition Research (does not count for Rhetoric/Composition students)
English 605  Rhetoric and Computing
English 630  Issues in ESL Writing
English 680T  Professional Writing Theory
English 680D  Distance Education/On-line Learning
English 680W Writing Center Administration

Note: English 591, College Composition: Theory and Practice, is strongly recommended for students not in Rhetoric and Composition. Students may petition to have other courses substituted for those listed.

Students wishing to substitute a course not appearing on the list of approved options can petition the writing program administration area committee to seek approval for the substitution.

Participating Faculty
Irwin Weiser, Professor http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~iweiser/ iweiser@purdue.edu
Shirley Rose, Professor (current coordinator) roses@purdue.edu  http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~roses
Tony Silva, Professor tony@purdue.edu
David Blakesley, Professor  http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~blakesle/index.html
Linda Bergmann, Associate Professor http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~lbergman

Writing Program Administration Opportunities for Graduate Students
Each year several graduate students have an opportunity to gain experience in writing program administration by serving as program assistants or mentors in the Introductory Writing Program and the Professional Writing Program.

For more information, contact
               Ms. Jill Quirk
               Office of Graduate Studies
               Department of English
               Heavilon Hall
               Purdue University
               West Lafayette, IN 47907
               317-494-3748

This page waslast updated December 14, 2007.