Bachelor of Science in English with Teacher Licensure
 

(Communication Arts & Literature)

For Readers and Writers

• Preparation for teaching English in high school

If you have a passion for literature and writing, and a passion for teaching, the English Department's unique and innovative BS/TL is for you. It of course meets the requirements of the State of Minnesota, but it goes well beyond that. Faculty, many of them former high school teachers, stay in touch with teaching alumni. When suggestions are made, the department listens.

• Alumni say they now have to teach professional writing. We added courses to the program.
• They wish they had more preparation for teaching literature. We added Shakespeare for Teachers.
• They tell us Teaching Writing in Secondary Schools helps them be better teachers. Few schools offer it. We do.
• When they are in their first jobs, they want to stay in touch. We encourage it. We invite them to visit with their classes and to share their students' work with our teachers-in-training.

Courses Taught by Professional Educators

The professors who teach this and other courses once taught in public schools themselves. Our program is strong and innovative because we are closely connected with practicing high school teachers and because the professors who teach most of the licensure courses have taught in public schools themselves.

In addition to English Department courses, you will take Professional Education courses required by the State of Minnesota, including Developmental Reading, Methods of Teaching, and The Professional Teacher, and you will student teach in a public school.

What about Jobs?

The US Department of Labor Statistics predicts a twelve percent increase in the opportunities for teachers over the next ten years.

 

Updated! Effective Fall 2012

English Education Major, B.S. (Teacher Licensure)

Note: The name that will appear on the licensure is Communication Arts and Literature

I. Required Courses

ENGL 2350: American Literature, 1865 (3 credits)
ENGL 2355: American Literature, 1865 to Present (3 credits)
ENGL 3540: Literature for Young Adults (3 credits)
ENGL 3580: The English Language (3 credits)
-or-
ML 3430: Lingustics (3 credits)
ENGL 4420: Shakespeare and His Age (3 credits)
-or-
ENGL 4429: Shakespeare for Teachers (3 credits)
ENGL 4455: Seminar in Literary Criticism and Theory (3 credits)

Select two of the following courses:

ENGL 2357: British and World Drama (3 credits)
ENGL 2358: British and World Poetry (3 credits)
ENGL 2359: British and World Prose (3 credits)

Select one of the following courses:

ENGL 2150: Technical Writing (3 credits)
ENGL 3155: Professional Writing (3 credits)
ENGL 3177: Weblogs and Wikis (3 credits)
ENGL 3179: Elements of Electronic Rhetoric (3 credits)
ENGL 3530: Teaching Writing with Technology (3 credits)

Subtotal: 27 credits

II. Required Electives

Select 12 semester credits from the following courses; at least three credits must be at the 4000 level. The courses may be taken multiple times with different topic subtitles.

ENGL 3183: Topics in Writing or Rhetoric (3 credits)
ENGL 3600: Author Topics (3 credits)
ENGL 3606: Culture Topics (3 credits)
ENGL 3607: Film Topics (3 credits)
ENGL 3608: Genre Topics (3 credits)
ENGL 3609: Period Topics (3 credits)
ENGL 4183: Advanced Topics in Writing or Rhetoric (3 credits)
ENGL 4700: Advanced Author Topics (3 credits)
ENGL 4706: Advanced Culture Topics (3 credits)
ENGL 4707: Advanced Film Topics (3 credits)
ENGL 4708: Advanced Genre Topics (3 credits)
ENGL 4709: Advanced Period Topics (3 credits)

Subtotal: 12 credits

III. Required for Licensure

Note: ED 3208 has a prerequisite not included in this major.

MASC 1100: Mass Media and Society (3 credits)
ED 3208: Developmental Reading in the Middle School (3 credits)
ED 4737: Content Area Reading (2 credits)
ENGL 3520: Writing for the Secondary School Teacher (3 credits)
ENGL 3550: Methods of Teaching English and Communication (4 credits)

Subtotal: 15 credits

IV. Required Professional Education Courses

For specific courses, see Professional Education: Secondary in this catalog.

Subtotal: 33 credits

Total Semester Credits Required for Major: 87 credits

A Total of 128 Semester Credits is Required for a Bachelor of Science Degree

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