English with Certification in Secondary Education, B.A.

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Minimum required credits: 120

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 as Literature 3 credit(s)
ENG 343 - Medieval Literature in Translation 3 credit(s)
ENG 360 - Chaucer 3 credit(s)
ENG 361 - Shakespeare 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 379 - Studies: Satirical Literature 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 322 - Studies: 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 357 - Studies: Postcolonial Literature 3 credit(s)
ENG 223D - Survey of African American Literature 3 credit(s)
ENG 305 - African American Women Writers 3 credit(s)
ENG 318D - Studies: African American Literature 3 credit(s)
ENG 324W - Modern Jewish Literature 3 credit(s)
ENG 328D - Studies in Women’s Writings 3 credit(s)
ENG 370 - Studies: LGBTQ+ Literature 3 credit(s)
ENG 356D - Studies: World Literature 3 credit(s)

Adolescent Literature Course

ENG 374 - Studies: Adolescent Literature 3 credit(s)

Capstone Course

ENG 465W - The Capstone Project 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 (57 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 120W - Introduction to Education: Schooling and Human Services 3 credit(s)
EDH 220P - Psychology of Exceptionalities 3 credit(s)
EDP 230 - Educational Psychology 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 334 - Elements of Teaching Writing 3 credit(s)
EDS 443 - The Teacher as Instructional Leader in Education 3 credit(s)
EDS 444P - 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)
World Language (3 credits)
UISA 120D - Literature and Films Across 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)
UISC 211D - Early American Studies 3 credit(s)
UISC 212D - Contemporary American Studies 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.

*Another UISA course in combination with a CIN course may also be taken to meet this requirement.