English, B.A., English Language Arts and Reading with Secondary Certification (Grades 7-12)

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General

(See General Requirements for all Bachelor’s Degrees)

Bachelor of Arts Degree with Secondary Certification (Grades 7-12)

(See Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree with Secondary Certification (Grades 7-12)).

Major: English - 40 hours

• ENGL 2013 - Introduction to English Studies 3
• ENGL 3203 - Technical Writing 3
• ENGL 3213 - Digital and New Media Rhetoric 3
• ENGL 3503 - Advanced Survey of Literature 3
• ENGL 3513 - Advanced Grammar 3
• ENGL 4001 - Senior Capstone 1
• ENGL 4013 - Introduction to Composition Studies 3

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• ENGL 4533 - Literary Theory and Criticism 3

• OR

• ENGL 4553 - Rhetorical Theory and Criticism 3

Communication - 6 hours*

(ENGL 1143 is required as one of the three hours; see Communication courses for selections of the other three hours.)

Sophomore Literature - 6 hours*

(See English Department Course Emphases)

3 of these hours will be taken as part of the Language, Philosophy, & Culture area of the core.  The other 3 hours are listed below under Other Requirements.

Additional 3000-4000 level courses - 6 hours

Six additional hours from 3000-4000 level courses. (See course listing in the English Department.)

Note:

*12 hours are duplicated in Academic Foundations and Core Curriculum and Other Requirements but the total program hours do not change.

Reading Concentration - 6 hours

• READ 4223 - Diagnosis and Correction of Reading Difficulties 3
• READ 4403 - Content Literacy 3

Other Requirements - 23 hours

• EDUC 4233 - Undergraduate Action Research 3 semester hours
• ENGL 2823 - Survey of English Literature II 3
• EPSY 3153 - Educational Psychology 3

Foreign Language - 14 hours

Professional Education - 21 hours

Foundation Courses - 9 hours

Students must have passed TSI or equivalent and 60 semester hours.

• EDUC 3163 - Classroom Management 3
• EDUC 3183 - Classroom Assessment 3
• SPED 3623 - Teaching Students with Special Needs in Inclusive Settings 3

Reading Block - 9 hours

Student must have finished Foundation Courses and be admitted to the Teacher Education Program before enrolling.

• ETEC 4003 - Advanced Technology Integration 3
• READ 4233 - Methods of Teaching Intermediate and Secondary Reading 3
• READ 4243 - Methods of Teaching Intermediate and Secondary Language Arts 3

To be taken in last semester - 3 hours

• EDUC 4173 - Clinical Teaching for Undergraduate Students 3

Total Semester Hours - 120