Updated 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog | 20265

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

A total of 120 semester credits are needed for the English Education (Teacher Licensure) B.S. degree and include the following:

• 40 upper division credits (level 3000/4000)
• 82 required major core credits 
• Completion of Core Curriculum credits (Minnesota Transfer Curriculum [MnTC] Goal Areas 1-10) - required for all baccalaureate degrees
• Completion of BSU Focus and Nisidotaading Course Requirements

Required Credits: 82
Required GPA: 2.50

I REQUIRED COURSES

Complete the following courses:

• ENGL 2330 Diverse American Literatures to 1865 (3 credits)
• ENGL 2337 American Literature from 1865 to Present (3 credits)
• ENGL 3540 Literature for Young Adults (3 credits)
• ENGL 3580 The English Language (3 credits)
  or ML 3430 Introduction to Linguistics (3 credits)
• ENGL 4420 Shakespeare and His Age (3 credits)
  or ENGL 4429 Shakespeare for Teachers (3 credits)
• ENGL 4455 Seminar: Literary Criticism and Theory (3 credits)

Select 2 of the following courses:

• ENGL 2357 British Literature to 1800 (3 credits)
• ENGL 2358 Diverse British Literatures from 1800 to Present (3 credits)
• ENGL 2370 World Literature to 1600 (3 credits)
• ENGL 2377 World Literature from 1600 to Present (3 credits)

Select 1 of the following courses:

• ENGL 2150 Technical Writing (3 credits)
• ENGL 3155 Professional Writing (3 credits)
• ENGL 3177 Rhetoric of Social Media (3 credits)
• ENGL 3179 Elements of Digital Rhetoric (3 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 3510 Writing Center Practicum (1-3 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)

Select 1 of the following:

• 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)

III REQUIRED FOR LICENSURE

Complete the following courses:

NOTE:
ED 4737 is required for licensure and is listed under
the secondary education core requirement.

ED 3208 has a prerequisite not included in this major,
ED 3201 Language Arts I; but the prerequisite is
enforced only for elementary education students.

• ED 3208 Developmental Reading in Middle School (3 credits)
• ENGL 3520 Writing for the Secondary School Teacher (3 credits)
• ENGL 3550 Methods of Teaching English and Communication (4 credits)

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION COURSES

Complete the following courses with a minimum 2.50 GPA:

• ED 3100 Introduction to the Foundations of Public School Education (3 credits)
• ED 3110 Educational Psychology (3 credits)
• ED 3140 Human Diversity and Educational Equity (3 credits)
• ED 3350 Principles and Strategies of Teaching (3 credits)
• ED 3780 Inclusive Teaching and Classrooms (3 credits)
• ED 4737 Content Area Reading (3 credits)
• ED 4799 The Professional Teacher (1 credit)

Complete the following course:

• HLTH 3400 Health and Drugs in Society (2 credits)

Complete 12 credits of student teaching:

• ED 4830 Student Teaching - Secondary (1-12 credits)

Program Learning Outcomes | English Education, B.S. major (Teacher Licensure)

·        8710.2000 Standards of Effective Practice: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/8710.2000/ 

·        8710.4250 Teachers of Communication Arts and Literature: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/8710.4250/