2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Teaching Major in English/Language Arts (BA/BS)

The Teaching English Language Arts major is designed to prepare you for teaching effectively in middle and high schools.

The program includes completing:

  • core courses in English and communication studies to meet performance standards for licensure
  • elective options designed to provide greater depth of content knowledge in the student’s area of teaching interest 
  • content methods courses that provide pedagogical knowledge and fulfill other professional requirements of the teacher education program

Your progress through the program will be monitored, and you must meet prescribed levels of performance at various checkpoints as listed in the Unit Assessment System (UAS) in order to continue enrollment in teacher education.

87 credits

Core requirements, 39 credits

ENG 205World Literature

3

ENG 213Introduction to Digital Literacies

3

ENG 220Language and Society

3

ENG 230Reading and Writing about Literature

3

ENG 285Introduction to Creative Writing

3

ENG 260British Literature 1: The Beginnings to 1780

3

or

ENG 464Shakespeare

3

ENG 321English Linguistics

3

ENG 412Reading in the Secondary English Classroom

3

ENG 414Young Adult Literature

3

ENG 444Senior Seminar

3

COMM 220Argumentation and Debate

3

Diverse Literature, 3 credits

Choose one:

ENG 490Literature and Gender

3

ENG 491Literature of African-American Traditions

3

ENG 492Native American Literature

3

ENG 493American Ethnic Literature

3

ENG 494Queer Literature/Queer Theory

3

ENG 495Disability Studies

3

ENG 498Studies in Global Literature

3

American Literature, 3 credits

Choose one:

ENG 240American Literature 1: The Beginnings to 1860

3

ENG 250American Literature 2: 1860 to the Present

3

ENG 345Early American Literature

3

ENG 346Nineteenth-Century American Literature

3

ENG 347Twentieth-Century American Literature

3

ENG 351Twenty-First-Century American Literature

3

Electives, 9 credits

Choose 9 credits from any of the courses listed below.  Electives are grouped into categories but not every category is required.  At least 6 credits must be at 300 level or higher. At least 3 credits must be a literature course at 300-400-level.

Creative Writing Electives

ENG 306Creative Nonfiction Writing

3

ENG 307Fiction Writing

3

ENG 308Poetry Writing

3

ENG 310Screenwriting

3

ENG 405Special Topics in Creative Writing

3

ENG 406Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing

3

ENG 407Advanced Fiction Writing

3

ENG 408Advanced Poetry Writing

3

ENG 409Creative Writing in the Community

3

ENG 410Advanced Screenwriting

3

ENG 489Practicum in Literary Editing and Publishing

3

Linguistics Electives

ENG 219Introduction to Linguistic Science

3

ENG 316Semantics, Morphology, and Syntax

3

ENG 322Language and Cross-Cultural Communication

3

ENG 323Discourse Structure and Strategies

3

ENG 328Language and Gender

3

ENG 332Linguistic Phonetics and Phonology

3

ENG 371Topics in Language and Technology

3

Literature Electives

ENG 240American Literature 1: The Beginnings to 1860

3

ENG 250American Literature 2: 1860 to the Present

3

ENG 260British Literature 1: The Beginnings to 1780

3

ENG 280British Literature 2: 1780 to the Present

3

ENG 305Black Children's and Young Adult Literature

3

ENG 345Early American Literature

3

ENG 346Nineteenth-Century American Literature

3

ENG 347Twentieth-Century American Literature

3

ENG 351Twenty-First-Century American Literature

3

ENG 362Medieval British Literature

3

ENG 363Renaissance and Seventeenth-Century British Literature

3

ENG 364Restoration and Eighteenth-Century British Literature

3

ENG 365Nineteenth-Century British Literature

3

ENG 366British Literature 1900-1945

3

ENG 367Contemporary British Literature

3

ENG 402Cultural Studies

3

ENG 421History of the Book

3

ENG 422Studies: Authors

3

ENG 423Studies in Drama

3

ENG 424Genre Studies

3

ENG 425Film Studies

3

ENG 464Shakespeare

3

ENG 490Literature and Gender

3

ENG 491Literature of African-American Traditions

3

ENG 492Native American Literature

3

ENG 493American Ethnic Literature

3

ENG 494Queer Literature/Queer Theory

3

ENG 495Disability Studies

3

ENG 496Literary and Critical Theory

3

ENG 498Studies in Global Literature

3

Professional Writing Electives

ENG 231Introduction to Professional Writing

3

ENG 303Global Rhetorics

3

ENG 329Editing and Style

3

ENG 333Technical Writing

3

ENG 335Writing and Reading Public Discourse

3

ENG 336Writing for Community Action

3

ENG 389Practicum in Peer Tutoring in Writing

3

ENG 430Document Design and Visual Rhetoric

3

ENG 431Writing in Digital Environments

3

ENG 435Issues in Rhetoric and Writing

3

Communication Studies Electives

COMM 240Introduction to Interpersonal Communication

3

COMM 290Intercultural Communication

3

COMM 320Persuasion

3

COMM 375Advanced Presentation Design and Delivery

3

COMM 475Coaching and Directing Secondary School Forensics

3

Additional Electives

ENG 269Career Discovery

1

ENG 299XExperimental/Developmental Topics

3 TO 6

ENG 369Professional Experience

1 TO 12

ENG 388English Studies Abroad

3 TO 12

ENG 390Honors Colloquium in English

1 TO 4

ENG 400Special Topics in English

3

ENG 404Independent Study in English

1 TO 3

Senior High, Junior High/Middle School Education Program

Professional Education Sequence, 39 credits

Decision Point 1 Courses -- must be taken prior to Decision Point 2 courses

EDMU 205Introduction to Multicultural Education

3

EDPS 251Human Growth and Development for Secondary Education

3

ENG 150Introduction to Teaching English Language Arts in Secondary Schools

3

Total Credit Hours:9

Decision Point 2 Courses -- must be completed prior to Decision Point 3 courses

EDFO 420Social, Historical, and Philosophical Foundations of Education

3

EDJH 385Principles of Teaching in the Middle School

3

EDPS 390Learning & Assessment in Secondary Education

3

EDSE 380Principles of Teaching in the Secondary School

3

ENG 350Teaching Writing in Secondary Schools

3

ENG 395Teaching Literature and Language in Secondary Schools

3

Total Credit Hours:18

Decision Point 3 Courses

EDSE 460Student Teaching: Secondary School

6-7

EDSE 465Elective Student Teaching: Secondary, Junior High/Middle, or All-Grade

3 OR 5

Total Credit Hours:12

Total Credit Hours: 87