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2017-2018 Undergraduate Bulletin

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English with Certification in Secondary Education, B.A.

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Minimum required credits: 126

General Education Requirements (A&S)

In addition to major requirements, students must meet the General Education Requirements that correlate to their degree.

For B.A. and B.S. degrees, see General Education Requirements for the B.A. and B.S. Degrees (A&S) .
For Transfer students, see General Education Requirements for Transfer Students (A&S) .

Major GPA and Grade Requirements

Students must maintain a minimum grade point average of 2.0 in courses required to complete the major. All courses required for the major must be taken for a letter grade.

English Major Requirements (36 credits)

Each student should plan his or her program of study in consultation with the Secondary English advisor.

Two literature courses at the 300 or 400 level

At least one must be taken from the following pre-1800 literature courses:

ENG 326 - Dante’s Divine Comedy 3 credit(s)
ENG 330 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama 3 credit(s)
ENG 331 - English Renaissance Literature: The 16th Century 3 credit(s)
ENG 340 - Myth, Legend, and Folklore 3 credit(s)
ENG 341 - The Bible and Literature 3 credit(s)
ENG 342 - Greek and Roman Classics in Translation 3 credit(s)
ENG 343 - Medieval Literature in Translation 3 credit(s)
ENG 360 - Chaucer 3 credit(s)
ENG 361 - Shakespeare: Plays to 1600 3 credit(s)
ENG 362 - Shakespeare: Plays after 1600 3 credit(s)
ENG 420 - British Drama, 1660-1830 3 credit(s)
ENG 432 - Rebellion to Restoration: 17th-Century British Literature 3 credit(s)
ENG 433 - Milton 3 credit(s)
ENG 436 - Satire and Sentiment, 1660-1800 3 credit(s)
ENG 437 - Eighteenth-Century British Novel 3 credit(s)
ENG 438 - The Romantic Movement in Britain 3 credit(s)

One Course in Poetry

ENG 262 - Approaches to Poetry 3 credit(s)
ENG 322 - American Poetry 3 credit(s)
ENG 360 - Chaucer 3 credit(s)
ENG 367 - Modern British Poetry 3 credit(s)
ENG 433 - Milton 3 credit(s)

One Cultural Diversity Course

ENG 217 - Survey of Postcolonial Writers 3 credit(s)
ENG 218 - Survey of Minority Writers 3 credit(s)
ENG 223 - Survey of African American Literature 3 credit(s)
ENG 305 - African American Women Writers 3 credit(s)
ENG 315 - Yiddish Literature in Translation I 3 credit(s)
ENG 316 - Yiddish Literature in Translation II 3 credit(s)
ENG 318 - African American Autobiography 3 credit(s)
ENG 324W - Modern European-Jewish Literature 3 credit(s)
ENG 328 - Studies in Women’s Writings 3 credit(s)
ENG 370 - Gay and Lesbian Literature 3 credit(s)
ENG 423 - World Literature in English 3 credit(s)

Adolescent Literature Course

ENG 421 - Literature for the Adolescent Reader 3 credit(s)

Capstone Course

ENG 465W - The Capstone Course 3 credit(s)

Electives

Literature electives to reach a total of at least 36 credits (12 courses) to complete the major.

Note(s):

A single course may be used to satisfy, two-but not three-distribution areas; for example, a course on modern British poetry might satisfy the poetry requirement and count in the 20th and 21st centuries category.

Depending on their content, Studies in…, Special Topics, and honors courses may be used to fulfill distribution requirements. Consult the department chair.

Professional Education Requirements (63 credits)

In addition to the general education courses, secondary education majors must complete the following requirements:

ED 150 - Professional Program 0 credit(s)
ED 505 - edTPA-SEC English 0 credit(s)
EDF 120 - Introduction to Education: Schooling and Human Services 3 credit(s)
EDH 220 - Psychology of Exceptionalities 3 credit(s)
EDP 220 - Learning and Development: Understanding Yourself and Others 3 credit(s)
EDP 340 - Differentiated Instruction 3 credit(s)
EDR 455 - Reading in the Content Areas 3 credit(s)
EDS 332 - Effective Teaching I: The Student in the Secondary Classroom 3 credit(s)
EDS 333 - Effective Teaching II: Secondary Assessment and Methods 3 credit(s)
EDS 334 - Elements of Teaching Writing 3 credit(s)
EDS 443 - The Teacher as Instructional Leader in Education 3 credit(s)
EDS 444 - Student Teaching-Secondary 9 credit(s)
EDS 453 - Practicum: Secondary English 3 credit(s)
EDS 454 - Methods in Secondary English Education 3 credit(s)
HE 112 - Modern Health Concepts 3 credit(s)
M 116 - Contemporary Mathematics 3 credit(s)
PSY 105 - Introduction to Psychology 3 credit(s)
PSY 241 - Adolescent and Adult Development 3 credit(s)
World Language (3 credits)
CIN or AUCC 120 - Literature and Films of Other Cultures (3 credits)

One of the following:

HIS 130 - The United States to the Civil War Era 3 credit(s)
HIS 131 - The United States since the Civil War Era 3 credit(s)
AUCW 210 - Discovering America I: American Civilization to 1865 3 credit(s)
AUCW 211 - Discovering America II: American Civilization, 1865–1945 3 credit(s)
AUCW 212 - Discovering America III: American Civilization, 1945 to Present 3 credit(s)

Secondary English Education Major with Urban Emphasis

The Secondary English Education Major with an Urban Emphasis is designed to prepare pre-service teachers with a program of study to prepare candidates for teaching positions in urban school settings. The integrated instruction and experiences for field work, practicum and student teaching will be in an urban setting under the supervision and guidance of clinical professionals and a trained cooperating teacher. The Urban Emphasis course work follows the same Secondary English Major sequence of professional educational courses. The Urban Emphasis requires students to select certain courses from a specific list of options to complete general education requirement and English coursework.

English Courses

Choose one from the following:

ENG 223 - Survey of African American Literature 3 credit(s)
ENG 305 - African American Women Writers 3 credit(s)
ENG 318 - African American Autobiography 3 credit(s)
ENG 323 - Studies in American Literature 3 credit(s) (when Black Arts Movement or Caribbean Post-colonial Literature)

All-University Curriculum Courses

AUCA 150 - Ethnic Roots and Urban Arts 3 credit(s)
AUCC 150 - The Caribbean Mosaic 3 credit(s)
OR
AUCC 160 - Literature and Culture of Immigrant Groups in America 3 credit(s)
AUCW 210 - Discovering America I: American Civilization to 1865 3 credit(s)
OR
AUCW 212 - Discovering America III: American Civilization, 1945 to Present 3 credit(s)
Choose any AUCT course 4 credit(s)

African-American Studies

Choose two of the following:

AFS 111 - The Black Impact on Western Civilization 3 credit(s)
AFS 210 - Urban Politics 3 credit(s)
AFS 213 - Race, Ethnicity, and Politics 3 credit(s)
AFS 226 - The Black Family in American Society 3 credit(s)
AFS 258 - The Caribbean American Family 3 credit(s)
AFS 352 - Race and Ethnic Relations 3 credit(s)

Additional Information

Secondary English majors must follow NCTE-suggested course areas, including courses concentrating on
the works of women writers and writers of color, courses on film, and courses on poetry.