English Education

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

Required Credits: 84
Required GPA: 2.5

I Required Courses

Complete the following courses:

• ED 5000: Introduction to FasTrack (1 credit)
• ENGL 2330 American Literature, to 1865 (3 credits)
• ENGL 2337 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 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 British Literature 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 3101 Advanced Writing (3 credits)
• 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)

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 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:

• ED 5100 Introduction to the Foundations of Public School Education (3 credits)
• ED 6107 Advanced Educational Psychology (3 credits)
• ED 5140 Human Relations In Education (3 credits)
• ED 5350 Pedagogy: Planning for Instruction (3 credits)
• ED 5780 Adaptation and Management: Designing the Learning Environment (3 credits)
• ED 5737 Content Area Reading (3 credits)
• ED 5799 The Professional Teacher (1 credit)
• HLTH 5400 Health and Drugs in Society (2 credits)

Complete 12 credits of student teaching:

ED 5830 Student Teaching – Secondary (1-12 credits)