English Education, BSED

The English Department offers a program leading to the Bachelor of Science in Education degree program in English education. This program has been accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation. Graduates are prepared to teach in middle, junior high, and senior high schools.

English education majors fulfill all the requirements for state certification, including practical experience in methods courses and student teaching; content preparation in a variety of literature, language, and composition courses; and philosophical background in current theories of teaching. Although most students choosing the English education major will be best prepared for the secondary school classroom, those who opt not to teach will find that their speaking, writing, and management skills may also be useful to the media, governmental services, and business.

Program requirements are available at the English Department office and in the English Education Handbook. Majors must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0. They must be formally admitted to English Education, a process that includes application and screening within the English Department as well as an application to the teacher certification program in the College of Education and Communications. This screening involves review of the student’s portfolio of written work and faculty evaluations as well as an interview with English education faculty. Refer to the section “Admission to Teacher Education and Certification” in the College of Education and Communications section of this catalog and the English Education Handbook.

See requirements leading to teacher certification, titled “3-Step Process for Teacher Education” in the College of Education and Communications section of section of this catalog.

Liberal Studies: 43-44

As outlined in the Liberal Studies Requirements with the following specifications:

Liberal Studies Elective: 3

MATH (1)

College: 6

Foreign Language Intermediate Level or Free Electives

College: 30

Preprofessional Education Sequence:

ETIT 103 - Digital Instructional Technology Credits: 3
EDSP 102 - Educational Psychology Credits: 3

Professional Education Sequence:

EDEX 301 - Education of Students with Disabilities in Inclusive Secondary Settings Credits: 2
EDSP 477 - Assessment of Student Learning: Design and Interpretation of Educational Measures Credits: 3
or
EDSP 577 - Inclusive Secondary Settings Assessment of Student Learning: Design and Interpretation of Educational Measures Credits: 2
EDUC 242 - Pre-student Teaching Clinical Experience I Credits: 1
EDUC 342 - Pre-student Teaching Clinical Experience II Credits: 1
ARHU 343 - Applied Practice in Secondary English Language Arts Credits: 1
EDUC 441 - Student Teaching Credits: 5-12
EDUC 442 - School Law Credits: 1
EDUC 452 - Teaching of English and Communication in the Secondary School Credits: 3

Major: 43

Required Courses:

ENGL 212 - American Literature: Beginnings to 1900 Credits: 3
ENGL 220 - Advanced Composition Credits: 3
ENGL 314 - Speech and Communication in the Secondary English Classroom Credits: 3
ENGL 323 - Teaching Literature and Reading in the Secondary School Credits: 3
ENGL 324 - Teaching and Evaluating Writing Credits: 3
ENGL 415 - English Language Study for Teachers Credits: 3
or
ENGL 515 English Language Studies for Teachers Credits: 3
ENGL 418 - Young Adult Literature Credits: 3
or
ENGL 518 - Young Adult Literature Credits: 3
ENGL 426 - ESL Methods and Materials Credits: 3
or
ENGL 526 - ESL Methods and Materials Credits: 3
ENGL 434 - Shakespeare Credits: 3

Controlled Electives:

(2)

One Film Studies Track course Credits: 3
One Literature/Cultural Track course Credits: 3
One general English elective (any track) Credits: 3

British Literature Survey

One British literature survey course from

ENGL 210 - British Literature to 1660 Credits: 3
ENGL 211 - British Literature to 1660-1900 Credits: 3

Literature/Cultural Track:

Choose one course from the following LC Track:

ENGL 213 - British and American Literature Since 1900 Credits: 3
ENGL 225 - Introduction to Literature by Women Credits: 3
ENGL 226 - Survey of Global Literature Since 1900 Credits: 3
ENGL 344 - Ethnic American Literature Credits: 3
ENGL 348 - African American Literature Credits: 3
ENGL 350 - Gender and Sexual Orientation in Literature, Theory, and Film Credits: 3
ENGL 398 - Global Genres Credits: 3
ENGL 437 - Major Global Authors Credits: 3
ENGL 463 - Topics in Global Literature and Film Credits: 3

Total Degree Requirements: 121-122

(1) The second MATH course is a teacher certification requirement and counts as Liberal Studies elective credits for mathematics.

(2) One of the controlled English-elective track courses (either the Literature/ Cultural Track or the general English elective from any track) must be a Global and Multicultural course; this requirement is separate from and in addition to the global and multicultural Liberal Studies requirement.