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Language Arts Teaching Option
Students must complete the required courses in all content areas before beginning the Professional Level of the Education UG Major (Double Degree). Most of the required courses in this option will also meet a student’s first degree requirements.
Additional option requirements:
- A cumulative 3.0 GPA is preferred for all required courses. Grades below C- are not accepted.
- All required courses must be letter graded (A–F); courses graded on Pass/No Credits (P/N) or Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (S/U) basis are not accepted.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Knowledge and Understanding of the English Language | ||
| WR 330 | *UNDERSTANDING GRAMMAR | 3 |
| Knowledge of the Practices of Oral, Visual, and Written Literacy | ||
| Communication | ||
| Any COMM course | 3 | |
| Writing | ||
| Any 200-level WR course | 3 | |
| Film | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
| *INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDIES: 1895-1945 | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDIES: 1945-PRESENT | ||
| *TOPICS IN DIFFERENCE, POWER, AND DISCRIMINATION | ||
| *THE NEW AMERICAN CINEMA | ||
| *FILMS FOR THE FUTURE | ||
| *FILM THEORY AND CRITICISM | ||
| DOCUMENTARY FILM STUDIES | ||
| ^STUDIES IN FILM | ||
| Knowledge and Understanding of the Reading Process | ||
| ENG 345 | INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY CRITICISM AND THEORY | 4 |
| ENG 488 | LITERATURE AND PEDAGOGY | 4 |
| or WR 495 | ^INTRODUCTION TO LITERACY STUDIES | |
| Knowledge and Understanding of Different Composing Processes | ||
| WR 411 | ^THE TEACHING OF WRITING | 4 |
| Any upper-division WR course | 3-4 | |
| Knowledge and Understanding of an Extensive Range of Literature | ||
| American Literature | ||
| ENG 253 | *SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE: COLONIAL TO 1900 | 4 |
| ENG 254 | *SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE: 1900 TO PRESENT | 4 |
| Shakespeare | ||
| ENG 201 | *SHAKESPEARE | 4 |
| or ENG 202 | *SHAKESPEARE | |
| World Literature | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 4 | |
| *SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE: BEGINNINGS TO 1660 | ||
| *SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE: RESTORATION TO ROMANTIC ERA | ||
| *SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE: VICTORIAN ERA TO 20TH CENTURY | ||
| LITERATURE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION: CLASSICAL-RENAISSANCE | ||
| *LITERATURES OF THE WORLD: ASIA | ||
| *LITERATURES OF THE WORLD: AFRICA | ||
| *LITERATURES OF THE WORLD: MESO/SOUTH AMERICA, CARIBBEAN | ||
| *LITERATURES OF THE WORLD: MIDDLE EAST | ||
| *LITERATURE OF THE WORLD: EUROPE | ||
| *AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE | ||
| *LITERATURE OF AMERICAN MINORITIES | ||
| Literature Pre-1800 | ||
| Any upper-division ENG course | 4 | |
| Literature Post-1800 | ||
| Two upper-division ENG courses | 8 | |
| Knowledge and Understanding of the Range and Influence of Print and Non-print Media and Technology in Contemporary Culture | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 3-4 | |
| *COMMUNICATING ONLINE | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION THEORY | ||
| *TOPICS IN DIFFERENCE, POWER, AND DISCRIMINATION | ||
| *WORLD CINEMA PART I: ORIGINS TO 1968 | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO NEW MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS | ||
| NEW MEDIA FUTURES | ||
| ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS WRITING | ||
| DIGITAL LITERACY AND CULTURE | ||
| Total Credits | 58-60 | |
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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)
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Writing Intensive Course (WIC)
