English, BA 9-12 Secondary Education Certification Preparation

82 credit hours

Requirements

Secondary Education (Grades 9-12) Minor Coursework

37 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

EDU 11110Orientation to Educational Experiences with Field Experiences

3

EDU 20200Psychology of Teaching and Learning

3

EDU 21501Teacher Education Seminar I

1

EDU 30710Content Literacy for Diverse Learners

3

EDU 32100Middle/High School Classroom Teaching and Technology

3

EDU 34100Education of the Exceptional Child

3

EDU 34310Middle/High School Differentiation and Classroom Management with Field Experiences

3

EDU 38700Reading/Writing across Curriculum

3

EDU 40400Advanced Measurement and Evaluation to Enhance Learning

3

EDU 41000Student Teaching

12

Oral Communications Coursework

3 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

COM 10500Group Dynamics and Effective Speaking

3

COM 11000Fundamentals of Oral Communication

3

SW 20000Intercultural Communication

3

Content Area Coursework

6 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

EDU 24700Adolescent Literature

3

EDU 33400Secondary Methods of Teaching English

3

English, BA

36 credit hours

The Bachelor of Arts in English prepares you to use language both persuasively and creatively and to read, think, and write critically in any setting. Graduates pursue a variety of professional objectives and career paths, including graduate school in literature and creative writing, law school, teaching at the secondary level, journalism, technical and business writing, copywriting, editing, and proofreading.

A major in English requires 36 credit hours of coursework through the English program plus the foreign language requirement listed below.

The major is structured to provide you with a broad expertise in British and American literature while also allowing you the opportunity to study literatures of other regions and of traditionally underrepresented cultures and populations, and to conduct in-depth explorations of topics of your choosing.

Requirements

Major Coursework

6 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

ENGL 30100Methods of Literary Study

3

ENGL 45400Senior Capstone in English

3

British Literature Coursework

6 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

ENGL 33200Chaucer

3

ENGL 33300Shakespeare

3

ENGL 33800Medieval Literature

3

ENGL 33900Early Modern Literature

3

ENGL 34101London in the Eighteenth Century

3

ENGL 34200Politics, Passion, Poetry and Problems: The Romantic Movement

3

ENGL 34300Victorians: Vile or Virtuous?

3

ENGL 35700-35799Topics in British Literature

3

American Literature Coursework

6 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

ENGL 34400/SPA 34400LatinX Literature

3

ENGL 34700-34799Topics in American Literature

3

ENGL 35200Early American Literature

3

ENGL 35300Twentieth-Century American Literature

3

ENGL 35400Finding Home: Space, Place, and Identity in American Literature

3

ENGL 37600African American Literature

3

Additional Literature Coursework

6 credit hours of coursework from the following options and/or from the options in British literature or American Literature above:

ENGL 30900The Novel

3

ENGL 35500Literary Modernism: Experiment, Method, and Mystery

3

ENGL 36200Translation and Literature

3

ENGL 37100Reading and Writing of the Young Adult Novel

3

ENGL 38000-38099Topics in Literature

3

Language, Linguistics, and Communication Coursework

6 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

COM 24200Basic Reporting

3

COM 30700Writing for Visual Media

3

COM 38200Feature Writing

3

DCS 35000Personal Branding and Content Creation

3

ENGL 20800Introduction to Writing and Rhetoric

3

ENGL 20900Writing for Game Design

3

ENGL 21100Introduction to Creative Writing

3

ENGL 22200Writing about Reality

3

ENGL 23000Professional Communications

3

ENGL 25000/SPA 25000Multiculturalism and Multilingualism

3

ENGL 30700The Teaching of Writing

3

ENGL 31200Technical Writing

3

ENGL 31500Arrow Rock Literary Journal

3

ENGL 36300Philosophy of Language: Secrets, Symbols, and the Literary Mind

3

ENGL 36500Digital Humanities

3

ENGL 37200Grammar and Writing

3

ENGL 38200-38299Topics in English

3

ENGL 40400History of the English Language

3

MGMT 36015International Business and Cross-Cultural Communications

3

MRKT 35040Advertising and Promotional Strategy

3

NPA 37100Grantwriting

3

PS 30700Public Affairs: Writing and Reporting

3

Elective Coursework

6 credit hours of coursework from any of the above listed ENGL courses, or any other 30000- or 40000-level ENGL course.