Dec 20, 2024

2010-2011 Undergraduate Catalog

HELP

2010-2011 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

English Education (B.A. Degree)

Print Degree Planner (opens a new window) |

[Certification Program for Grades 9 – 12]

This program does not require a minor.

Students must earn grades of “C” or better in courses counting towards the major.

Liberal Arts Core (44 hours)

ENGL 111 - English Composition and Rhetoric I (3 hours)
ENGL 112 - English Composition and Rhetoric II (3 hours)
COMM 110 - Public Speaking (3 hours)
ENGL 203 - Survey of English Literature I (3 hours)
WRLD 213 - World Literature in Translation (3 hours)
EDUC 221 - Technology for Teachers (3 hours)
ART 201 - Art Appreciation (3 hours) or
ART 202 - Art Appreciation (3 hours) or
MUSI 171 - Music Appreciation (3 hours)
RELI 111 - Survey of the Old Testament (3 hours) or
RELI 112 - Survey of the New Testament (3 hours)
HIST 111 - Perspectives on World Civilizations I (3 hours) or
HIST 112 - Perspectives on World Civilizations II (3 hours) or
HIST 113 - Perspectives on World Civilizations III (3 hours)
HIST 211 - American History I (3 hours) or
HIST 212 - American History II (3 hours)
KINE 201 - Personal and Community Health (3 hours)
MATH 105 - Introduction to Mathematical Structures (3 hours) or higher

Natural Science

(Any 8 hours with at least one course from Biology and one course from Physics, Geology, or Chemistry)

Major Requirements

English (37 hours)

ENGL 202 - Survey of American Literature (3 hours)
ENGL 204 - Survey of English Literature II (3 hours)
ENGL 314 - Diversity in American Literature (3 hours)
ENGL 318 - Adolescent Literature (3 hours)
ENGL 333 - Advanced Composition and Rhetoric (3 hours)
ENGL 354 - Literary Criticism (3 hours)
ENGL 357 - Shakespeare (3 hours)
ENGL 400 - English Seminar (1 hours)
ENGL 410 - Theories and Applications of Grammar and Composition (3 hours)
ENGL 413 - History of the English Language (3 hours)
English 300/400 Elective

One course from the following:

ENGL 311 - Major American Writers to 1885 (3 hours) or
ENGL 312 - Major American Writers from 1885 to 1945 (3 hours) or
ENGL 313 - Major American Writers Since 1945 (3 hours)

One course from the following:

ENGL 358 - Renaissance Literature (3 hours) or
ENGL 402 - Early English Literature (3 hours) or
ENGL 448 - Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature (3 hours) or
ENGL 456 - Greek and Roman Literature in Translation (3 hours)

Additional Content Specialization (3 hours)

COMM 214 - Mass Media (3 hours)

Education (39 hours)

Professional Foundations

EDUC 201 - Principles and Philosophy of Education (3 hours)
EDUC 300 - Psychology Applied to Effective Teaching (3 hours)
EDUC 313 - Introduction to Human Growth and Development (3 hours)
EDUC 361 - Strategies for Managing Individual Differences (3 hours)

Professional Studies

Requires Admission to the School of Education

EDUC 325 - Teaching Reading in the Content Areas (3 hours)
EDUC 405 - School, Parent, and Community Relations (3 hours)

The following three courses to be taken concurrently (in the Fall Semester):

EDUC 381 - Strategies for Planning Secondary Curriculum and Assessment (3 hours)
EDUC 422 - Classroom Management for the Secondary Classroom (3 hours)
EDUC 425 - Secondary English Curriculum and Methods (3 hours)

Requires Admission to Clinical Practice

EDUC 095 - Praxis II (0 hours)
EDUC 440 - Clinical Practice in the Secondary School (12 hours)

Electives (3 hours)