English Major - Secondary Education

30 hours plus 8-hour Professional Component

1. Required Entry-level Course (4 hours)

ENGL 1100 - Literary Interpretation Credits: 4 hours

2. Required Courses (24 to 26 hours)

Choose one course from each category

D. Multicultural American Literature (3-4 hrs.)

(See Note Below)

ENGL 2220 - Literatures and Cultures of the United States Credits: 4 hours
ENGL 2230 - African American Literature Credits: 4 hours
ENGL 5830 - Multi-Cultural Literature for Adolescents Credits: 3 hours

E. World Literature (3 hours)

(See Note Below)

ENGL 3120 - Western World Literature Credits: 3 hours
ENGL 3130 - Asian Literature Credits: 3 hours
ENGL 3140 - African Literature Credits: 3 hours
ENGL 5390 - Post-colonial Literature Credits: 3 hours

F. English Language (4 hours)

ENGL 3710 - Structures of Modern English Credits: 4 hours
ENGL 3720 - Development of Modern English Credits: 4 hours
ENGL 4720 - Language Variation in American English Credits: 4 hours
ENGL 5740 - Grammar in Teaching Writing Credits: 4 hours

3. Advanced Studies in English (6 to 8 hours)

Choose one of the following courses:

One elective course from 4000- or 5000-level, but not one taken to fulfill categories above

ENGL 4150 - Literary Theory and Criticism Credits: 4 hours
ENGL 4400 - Studies in Verse Credits: 4 hours
ENGL 4420 - Studies in Drama Credits: 4 hours
ENGL 4440 - Studies in the Novel Credits: 4 hours

4. Professional Component (8 hours)

ENGL 4790 - Writing in the Secondary School Credits: 4 hours
ENGL 4800 - Teaching Literature in the Secondary Schools Credits: 4 hours
(*Note: ENGL 4800 is required for certification, but does not count toward required minimum 34 hrs. required for English major)

5. Foreign Language Requirement

Minimum of two semesters of the same modern or classical foreign language at the college level with a grade of “C” or better, or two years of study at the high school level with a minimum grade of “B-” in the second semester of the second year. One year at the high school level coupled with the second semester of the same language at the college level is also satisfactory.

Note:

When approved as a cognate by the departmental advisor, SPAN 2750: Latino Writing/Latino Culture can be used to meet requirement D above; LANG 3750: Foreign Literature in Translation or any foreign language literature class at or above the 3000-level can meet requirement E above.