English Education Grades 6-12, BA

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First Year

Fall Semester

ENGL COMPOSITION GEN ED^G Credits / Units: 3
MATH 1050 - FINITE MATHEMATICS 3 Credit Hour(s)
or MATH 1070 - APPLIED ALGEBRA 3 Credit Hour(s) &
MATH 1080 - APPLIED ALGEBRA LABORATORY 2 Credit Hour(s)
or MATH 1610 - COLLEGE ALGEBRA 3 Credit Hour(s) ^G
NATURAL SCIENCES GEN ED^G,1 Credits / Units: 3
HUMANITIES HIST/PHIL GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
LS 1020 - INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION RESEARCH 1 Credit Hour(s)
FIRST YEAR SEMINAR^G Credits / Units: 2

Total Credit Hours: 15-17

Spring Semester

ENGL COMPOSITION GEN ED^G Credits / Units: 3
NATURAL SCIENCES GEN ED^G,1 Credits / Units: 3
MATH/ANALYTICAL REASONING GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
PSYC 1010 - GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY I 3 Credit Hour(s) ^G
COMM 2100 - COMMUNICATING IN THE CLASSROOM 3 Credit Hour(s) ^G

Total Credit Hours: 15

Second Year

Fall Semester

ENGL 3010 - BRITISH LITERATURE I 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
ENGL 3950 - EARLY AMERICAN LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
EDCI 1010 - INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATION: SCHOOL AND SOCIETY 3 Credit Hour(s) ^†††
NATURAL SCIENCES GEN ED^G,1 Credits / Units: 3
ENGL 3000 - INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION 3 Credit Hour(s) ^†† ^G
FINE ARTS GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 18

Spring Semester

EDES 1500 - MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE MODERN MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
PSYC 2040 - DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 3 Credit Hour(s) ^†† ^G
ENGL 3030 - BRITISH LITERATURE II 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
ENGL 3960 - AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1860 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
ENGL 3120 - ADVANCED GRAMMAR 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
ENGL 3210 - ADVANCED COMPOSITION 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††

Total Credit Hours: 18

Third Year

Fall Semester

ENGL 4350 - SHAKESPEARE: COMEDIES AND ROMANCES 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
or ENGL 4360 - SHAKESPEARE: TRAGEDIES AND HISTORIES 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4260 - THE ADOLESCENT EXPERIENCE IN LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
EDCI 2460 - CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT FOR SECONDARY TEACHERS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
EDCI 2510 - TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
ENGL 4000 LEVEL ELECTIVE ^{†† 2} Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Spring Semester

ENGL 4130 - THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
or ENGL 4140 - INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 3510 - EARLY WORLD LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
or ENGL 3520 - MODERN WORLD LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4670 - THE TEACHING OF WRITING 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
ENGL 4000 LEVEL ELECTIVE ^{†† 2} Credits / Units: 3
EDCI 4720 - CONTENT AREA READING AND SUPPORT FOR DYSLEXIA AND OTHER DIVERSE LEARNER CHARACTERISTICS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 18

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

ENGL 4680 - THE TEACHING OF LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
EDCI 4530 - TEACHING RESIDENCY 6 Credit Hour(s) ^††† ³
EDCI 4850 - SPECIAL METHODS IN HIGH SCHOOL SUBJECTS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^†† ³

Total Credit Hours: 12

Spring Semester

EDCI 4860 - TEACHING RESIDENCY CAPSTONE 9 Credit Hour(s) ^†††

Total Credit Hours: 9

Total Semester Hours Required 120-122

^G General Education Requirement (GER). See the GER section of this catalog for the list of courses that fulfill this requirement if no specific course is listed. Honors equivalents are acceptable for all GER courses.

^†† A grade of “C” or higher is required in these courses.

^††† A grade of “B” or higher is required.

¹ A two-course sequence is required (see GER section of this catalog for options). If the two-course sequence is taken in the physical sciences, the additional three-hour course must be taken from the life sciences, and vice versa.

² This must be a 4000- level English Literature elective.

³ EDCI 4850 and EDCI 4530 must be taken concurrently.

Honors Diploma in the Discipline

For information on earning Sophomore Honors Distinction, Senior Honors Distinction, or the Honors Diploma, please consult the Honors Program section of this catalog, the Director of the Honors Program, and/or your Department Head.