Secondary Education English Major
Students electing a major in English apply to the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development and meet admission requirements that include a 3.00 in their content grade point average (G.P.A.). Students must maintain the content G.P.A. of 3.00 for retention and, along with satisfactorily completing required courses in secondary education (minimum grade B-), complete the following courses to obtain English Certification:
Requirements
Secondary Education
SED 302 | Teaching and Learning: Humanities in Communities | 2 | Fall. |
SED 313 | Critical Writing and Teaching in Schools | 4 | Spring. |
SED 413 | Social Justice Teaching in English Education | 4 | Fall. |
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SPED 433 | Special Education: Best Practices and Applications | 3 | Fall, Spring. |
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TESL 402 | Applications of Second Language Acquisition | 3 | Fall, Spring. |
English
ENGL 200 | Reading Literature and Culture | 4 | Fall, Spring. |
ENGL 212 | Adolescent Literature: Images of Youth | 4 | Annually. |
ENGL 300 | Introduction to Theory and Criticism | 4 | Fall, Spring. |
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ENGL 326 | Studies in African American Literature | 4 | As needed. |
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ENGL 327 | Studies in Multicultural American Literatures | 4 | As needed. |
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ENGL 336 | Reading Globally | 4 | As needed. |
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ENGL 341 | Studies in Literature and Film | 4 | As needed. |
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FILM 116 | Introduction to Film | 4 | Fall, Spring, Summer. |
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ENGL 345 | Shakespeare: Histories and Comedies | 4 | As needed. |
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ENGL 346 | Shakespeare: The Tragedies and Romances | 4 | As needed. |
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ENGL 460 | Seminar in English | 4 | Fall, Spring. |
ONE COURSE from:
ENGL 208 | British Literature | 4 | Annually. |
ENGL 304 | Studies in British Literature to 1500 | 4 | As needed. |
ENGL 305 | Studies in British Literature 1500-1700 | 4 | As needed. |
ENGL 306 | Studies in British Literature 1700-1914 | 4 | As needed. |
ONE COURSE from:
ENGL 209 | American Literature | 4 | Annually. |
ENGL 301 | Reading America to the Civil War | 4 | As needed. |
ENGL 302 | Studies in American Literature 1860-1945 | 4 | As needed. |
ONE COURSE from:
ENGL 378 | Studies in Composition | 4 | As needed. |
ENGL 379 | Studies in Rhetoric | 4 | As needed. |
ENGL 432 | Studies in the English Language | 4 | As needed. |
Total Credit Hours: 57
Note: To enroll in SED 420, students must have completed all but two of the required 300-level English courses and all other requirements in the English major.
Note: SED 420 is taken in the Early Spring session.