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English Secondary Education with Initial Teacher Licensure

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English Secondary Education with Initial Teacher Licensure concentration

Students within our English major can pursue initial licensure as a middle or high school English teacher. This program provides students with a both a broad introduction to middle and high school teaching and specific instruction in the theory, research, and practice of secondary English teaching.

Throughout the program, students engage in field-based experiences in the school setting supervised by our faculty, culminating in a formal teaching practicum.

Students planning to teach will have many fine models to emulate and will gain a solid grounding in both literature and in secondary school teaching methods. For practical teaching experience, students will be placed with some of the best high school teachers in the region, many of them graduates of our Bachelor's or Master's level programs.

The Curriculum

BA in English Studies - secondary Education with Initial Teacher Licensure Concentration

 76 Credit Hourse: 21 core, 21 Literature Concentration, 34 Initial Licensure Concentration

Core courses for all English Studies Concentration

All English Studies majors are required to take 21 credits from the following courses:

ENGL 2999 Approaches to English Studies 3 cr.

 

Three Literature Surveys

One American Survey of Literature (3 cr.)

ENGL 2000 American Literature I: Age of Exploration to the Civil War  or 3 cr.
ENGL 2100 American Literature II: Civil War to the Present 3 cr.

 

One British Survey of Literature (3 cr.)

ENGL 2200 British Literature I: Beowulf to Milton  or 3 cr.
ENGL 2210 British Literature II: Pepys to Shelley  or 3 cr.
ENGL 2220 British Literature III: Bronte to Rushdie 3 cr.

 

Students may take a third Survey or substitute an equivalent period course in British or American literature as indicated below (3 cr.)

ENGL 2000 American Literature I: Age of Exploration to the Civil War  or 3 cr.
ENGL 4200 Romantic Movement in U.S. Literature 3 cr.
ENGL 2100 American Literature II: Civil War to the Present 3 cr.

 

or select from:
ENGL 2650 Ethnic American Literature 3 cr.
ENGL 3010 American Drama 3 cr.
ENGL 3220 American Novel to 1950 3 cr.
ENGL 2200 British Literature I: Beowulf to Milton 3 cr.
or select from:
ENGL 3030 The Middle Ages 3 cr.
ENGL 3120 The Golden Age of English Renaissance 3 cr.
ENGL 4010 Chaucer and His World 3 cr.
ENGL 2210 British Literature II: Pepys to Shelley 3 cr.
or select from:
ENGL 4040 Major English Writers of the 17th Century 3 cr.
ENGL 4050 The Novel in the 18th Century 3 cr.
ENGL 4080 British Romanticism 3 cr.
ENGL 2220 British Literature III: Bronte to Rushdie 3 cr.
or select from:
ENGL 3040 British Literature Since World War II 3 cr.
ENGL 4090 The 19th-Century English Novel 3 cr.
ENGL 4100 Victorian Literature 3 cr.
ENGL 4115 British Modernism 3 cr.

 

One Upper Level Literature: 4000 Level (3 cr.)

One Upper Level Writing Intensive (3 cr.)

(Jr/Sr Writing Requirement is met through one of the following writing intensive courses)

Select from:

ENGL 3480 Writing for the Web 3 cr.
ENGL 3500 Creative Writing 3 cr.
ENGL 3510 Fiction Writing I 3 cr.
ENGL 3520 Writing Poetry 3 cr.
ENGL 3530 Fiction Writing II 3 cr.
ENGL 3840 On-Line Magazine 3 cr.
ENGL 3860 Feature & Magazine Writing 3 cr.
ENGL 3870 Writing for Business & Technology 3 cr.
ENGL 3890 Creative Nonfiction Writing 3 cr.
ENGL 3000 Speechwriting 3 cr.

 

Capstone (3 cr.)

ENGL 4999 English Capstone 3 cr.

 

See Literature Concentration for required courses

 

Students in this concentration will fulfill core requirements and literature concentration requirements, as well as the following courses:

ENGL 2860 Introduction to Secondary School Teaching* 3 cr.
ENGL 2870 The Structure and Nature of Language 3 cr.
ENGL 2910 Literature for Young Adults*** 3 cr.
SPED 3800 Secondary Programs for Adolescents with Special Needs* 3 cr.
ENGL 4700 Teaching Reading and Writing Across the Content Area* 3 cr.
ENGL 4850 Special Methods in English** 3 cr.
ENGL 4865 Practicum Seminar 3 cr.
ENGL 4860 English Practicum in a Secondary School I (150 hours) 6 cr.
ENGL 4870 English Practicum in a Secondary School II (150 Hours) 6 cr.

* Students must have an overall minimum GPA of 2.5 to take any of the courses.

**Students must have an overall minimum GPA of 2.75, 3.0 in the major courses and passing score on the MTEL Communication and Literacy and Subject Area Exam.

***May be used to fulfill Genre Studies Requirement

 

 

 

 

 

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