English/Language Arts Education
English/Language Arts Education is available as a Post-Baccalaureate Initial License or Renewal.
Post-Baccalaureate Initial License
Complete one of the following Concentrations: English or Communication Studies
English Concentration
Required Courses
| ENG 285 | Introduction to Creative Writing | 3 |
One class in American Literature. Should be from the group you did not choose above.
Group A: Before 1900
ENG 240, ENG 345, or ENG 346
or
Group B: 1900-present
ENG 250, ENG 347, ENG 351
| ENG 240 | American Literature 1: The Beginnings to 1860 | 3 |
| ENG 345 | Early American Literature | 3 |
| ENG 346 | Nineteenth-Century American Literature | 3 |
| | or | |
| 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 |
One class in British Lit. 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: | 3 |
Communication Studies Concentration
Required Courses
| COMM 240 | Introduction to Interpersonal Communication | 3 |
| | or | |
| COMM 290 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| COMM 375 | Presentational Communication | 3 |
| COMM 475 | Coaching and Directing Secondary School Forensics | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
Choose 240 if you took 290 above and 290 if you took 240
One of the following:
| COMM 320 | Persuasion | 3 |
| COMM 330 | Small Group Communication | 3 |
| COMM 370 | Nonverbal Communication in Human Interaction | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
One class in American Literature. Choose from:
Group A: Before 1900
ENG 240, ENG 345, or ENG 346
or
Group B: 1900-present
ENG 250, ENG 347, ENG 351
| ENG 240 | American Literature 1: The Beginnings to 1860 | 3 |
| ENG 345 | Early American Literature | 3 |
| ENG 346 | Nineteenth-Century American Literature | 3 |
| | or | |
| 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 |
Additional Required Courses
| COMM 220 | Argumentation and Debate | 3 |
| COMM 240 | Introduction to Interpersonal Communication | 3 |
| | or | |
| COMM 290 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Required Courses
| 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 |
| ENG 260 | British Literature 1: The Beginnings to 1780 | 3 |
| | or | |
| ENG 464 | Shakespeare | 3 |
| 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 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 27 |
Additional Required Courses
| ENG 150 | Introduction to Teaching English Language Arts in Secondary Schools | 3 |
| EDMU 205 | Introduction to Multicultural Education | 3 |
| | or | |
| EDMU 660 | Multicultural and Multiethnic Education in American Schools | 3 |
| EDPS 251 | Human Growth and Development for Secondary Education | 3 |
| | or | |
| EDPS 603 | Psychology of Human Development | 3 |
| EDPS 390 | Learning & Assessment in Secondary Education | 3 |
| | or | |
| EDPS 600 | Advanced Educational Psychology | 3 |
| EDSE 380 | Principles of Teaching in the Secondary School | 3 |
| | or | |
| EDSE 580 | Principles of Teaching in the Secondary School | 3 |
| EDJH 385 | Principles of Teaching in the Middle School | 3 |
| | or | |
| EDJH 585 | Principles of Teaching in the Middle School | 3 |
| ENG 350 | Teaching Writing in Secondary Schools | 3 |
| ENG 395 | Teaching Literature and Language in Secondary Schools | 3 |
| EDFO 420 | Social, Historical, and Philosophical Foundations of Education | 3 |
| | or | |
| EDFO 620 | Social, Historical, and Philosophical Foundations of Education | 3 |
| EDSE 460 | Student Teaching: Secondary School | 6 TO 7 |
| EDSE 465 | Elective Student Teaching: Secondary, Junior High/Middle, or All-Grade | 3 OR 5 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 39 |
Total Credit Hours: 87