Oct 08, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Suggested Four-Year Program of Study: ENGL-BA (Teaching)


 

English Major, B.A. (Teaching Major) with Secondary Education Minor

 
FRESHMAN YEAR (30-33 credits)
Fall Semester Credits Spring Semester Credits
ENGL 1010 - Foundations in Writing   3 ENGL 1020 - Written Communication & Critical Thinking                              3
HIST 2010 - The United States to 1877  or Compass Core Class 3 HIST 2020 - The United States since 1877  or Compass Core Class 3
MATH 1530 - Probability and Statistics - Noncalculus   3 Compass Core Class 3
CSCI 1100 - Using Information Technology  or Proficiency exam *        0-3 Oral Communication Course 3
Foreign Language 1010 or Elective Course 3 Foreign Language 1020 or Elective Course 3
  1 EDFN 2400 - Foundations for the Profession of Teaching    3
Fall Total 12-15 Spring Total 18

 

SOPHOMORE YEAR (32 credits)
Fall Semester Credits Spring Semester Credits
ENGL 2110 - American Literature to 1865   3 ENGL 2120 - American Literature since 1865   3

ENGL 3010 - Poetry  or ENGL 3020 - Fiction  or

ENGL 3030 - Drama  or ENGL 3040 - Literary Nonfiction  

3

ENGL 2330 - World Literature  or ENGL 2430 - European Literature  

3

Compass Core Class  3 Foreign Language 2020 3
Foreign Language 2010 or Elective Course                                           3 Compass Core Class 4
Natural Science Course 4 SPED 2300 - Exceptional Learners in Schools and Communities   3
Fall Total 16 Spring Total 16

 

JUNIOR YEAR (33 credits)
Fall Semester Credits Spring Semester Credits
HIST 1110 - World History to 1500  or HIST 1120 - World History Since 1500   3 ENGL 2210 - British Literature to 1785   3

ENGL 3100 - Introduction to Linguistics  or ENGL 3200 - History of the English Language  or

ENGL 4120 - Descriptive Linguistics  or ENGL 4130 - Sociopsychology of Language  

3

ENGL 4200 - Shakespeare and His Age  

3

ENGL 2220 - British Literature since 1785   3 ENGL 3130 - Advanced Composition  or ENGL 4057 - Writing: Theory and Teaching              3
Compass Core Class 3 3000/4000-Level ENGL Elective Course 3
EDFN 3301 - Issues in Education  ** 3 MEDA 3570 - Educational Technology  ** 2
EDFN 3310 - Educational Psychology   3 Free Elective Course 1
Fall Total 18 Spring Total 15

Must apply for Residency by March 1st of Junior Year.

SUMMER TERM (1 credit)
Summer Semester Credits
CUAI 4571 - Pre-Residency: Classroom and Instructional Management in Middle and Secondary Schools   1
Summer Total 1

 

SENIOR YEAR (27 credits)
       
ENGL 4417 - Residency I: Teaching English in Middle and High Schools  ** 3 CUAI 4580 - Residency II: Clinical Experience for Secondary/K-12  ** 9
CUAI 4416 - Residency I: Middle and Secondary School Curriculum, Instructional Methods, and Assessment  ** 2 CUAI 4581 - Residency II Seminar in Secondary/K-12 Education  **                                                                                  3
CUAI 4426 - Residency I: Secondary School Curriculum and Methodology Field Experience  ** 1    
READ 4437 - Reading Instruction in Middle and Secondary Schools  ** 3    
ENGL 4077 - Young Adult Literature   3    
ENGL 4117 - Grammar and Usage   3    
Fall Total 15 Spring Total 12

TOTAL = 120 credits

Note:


* Proficiency exam may be taken for 0 credit in lieu of CSCI 1100. Must be completed to meet Graduation requirements. Those students who complete the proficiency exam and are short credits towards their total degree requirements may be required to take additional electives. 

** Must be accepted into Teacher Ed Program to enroll for these courses.