Teaching Major in English/Language Arts (BA/BS)
87 credits
Core requirements, 36 credits
| ENG 205 | World Literature | 3 |
| ENG 213 | Introduction to Digital Literacies | 3 |
| ENG 220 | Language and Society | 3 |
| ENG 230 | Reading and Writing about Literature | 3 |
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| ENG 260 | British Literature 1: The Beginnings to 1780 | 3 |
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| ENG 464 | Shakespeare | 3 |
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| ENG 321 | English Linguistics | 3 |
| ENG 412 | Reading in the Secondary English Classroom | 3 |
| ENG 414 | Young Adult Literature | 3 |
| ENG 444 | Senior Seminar | 3 |
One class in American Literature
Choose from:
Group A: Before 1900:
| ENG 240 | American Literature 1: The Beginnings to 1860 | 3 |
| ENG 345 | Early American Literature | 3 |
| ENG 346 | Nineteenth-Century American Literature | 3 |
Group B: 1900-present:
| ENG 250 | American Literature 2: 1860 to the Present | 3 |
| ENG 347 | Twentieth-Century American Literature | 3 |
| ENG 351 | Twenty-First-Century American Literature | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Take the following
| COMM 220 | Argumentation and Debate | 3 |
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| COMM 240 | Introduction to Interpersonal Communication | 3 |
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| COMM 290 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 36 |
Complete one of the following concentrations
English concentration, 12 credits
| ENG 285 | Introduction to Creative Writing | 3 |
One class in American Literature
Choose from Group A if you took Group B in the core or choose from Group B if you took Group A in the core.
One class in British Literature
Choose from:
| ENG 280 | British Literature 2: 1780 to the Present | 3 |
| ENG 362 | Medieval British Literature | 3 |
| ENG 363 | Renaissance and Seventeenth-Century British Literature | 3 |
| ENG 364 | Restoration and Eighteenth-Century British Literature | 3 |
| ENG 365 | Nineteenth-Century British Literature | 3 |
| ENG 366 | British Literature 1900-1945 | 3 |
| ENG 367 | Contemporary British Literature | 3 |
| ENG 464 | Shakespeare | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
3 credits from
Diverse literature electives 400 and above
Choose from
| ENG 490 | Literature and Gender | 3 |
| ENG 491 | Literature of African-American Traditions | 3 |
| ENG 492 | Native American Literature | 3 |
| ENG 493 | American Ethnic Literature | 3 |
| ENG 494 | Queer Literature/Queer Theory | 3 |
| ENG 498 | Studies in Global Literature | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 48 |
Communication studies concentration, 12 credits
| COMM 240 | Introduction to Interpersonal Communication | 3 |
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| COMM 290 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
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| COMM 375 | Presentational Communication | 3 |
| COMM 475 | Coaching and Directing Secondary School Forensics | 3 |
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| COMM 320 | Persuasion | 3 |
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| COMM 330 | Small Group Communication | 3 |
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| COMM 370 | Nonverbal Communication in Human Interaction | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 48 |
Senior High, Junior High/Middle School Education Program
Professional education sequence, 39 credits
| EDFO 420 | Social, Historical, and Philosophical Foundations of Education | 3 |
| EDJH 385 | Principles of Teaching in the Middle School | 3 |
| EDMU 205 | Introduction to Multicultural Education | 3 |
| EDPS 251 | Human Growth and Development for Secondary Education | 3 |
| EDPS 390 | Educational Psychology | 3 |
| EDSE 380 | Principles of Teaching in the Secondary School | 3 |
| ENG 150 | Introduction to Teaching English Language Arts in Secondary Schools | 3 |
| ENG 350 | Teaching Writing in Secondary Schools | 3 |
| ENG 395 | Teaching Literature and Language in Secondary Schools | 3 |
| | Student teaching | 12 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 39 |
Total Credit Hours: 87
See Professional Education Assessment/Decision Points for additional information.