2021-2022 Catalog

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

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
SED 302Teaching and Learning: Humanities in Communities

2

Fall.
SED 313Critical Writing and Teaching in Schools

4

Spring.
SED 413Social Justice Teaching in English Education

4

Fall.
 

SPED 433Special Education: Best Practices and Applications

3

Fall, Spring.
-Or-

TESL 402Applications of Second Language Acquisition

3

Fall, Spring.

English

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
ENGL 200WReading Literature and Culture

4

Fall, Spring.
ENGL 212Adolescent Literature: Images of Youth

4

Annually.
ENGL 300WIntroduction to Theory and Criticism

4

Fall, Spring.
 

ENGL 326Studies in African American Literature

4

As needed.
-Or-

ENGL 327Studies in Multicultural American Literatures

4

As needed.
 

ENGL 336Reading Globally

4

As needed.
 

ENGL 341Studies in Literature and Film

4

As needed.
-Or-

FILM 116Introduction to Film

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.
 

ENGL 345Shakespeare: Histories and Comedies

4

As needed.
-Or-

ENGL 346Shakespeare: The Tragedies and Romances

4

As needed.
 

ENGL 460WSeminar in English

4

Fall, Spring.

ONE COURSE from:

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
ENGL 208British Literature

4

Annually.
ENGL 304Studies in British Literature to 1500

4

As needed.
ENGL 305Studies in British Literature 1500-1700

4

As needed.
ENGL 306Studies in British Literature 1700-1914

4

As needed.

ONE COURSE from:

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
ENGL 209American Literature

4

Annually.
ENGL 301Reading America to the Civil War

4

As needed.
ENGL 302Studies in American Literature 1860-1945

4

As needed.

ONE COURSE from:

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
ENGL 378WAdvanced Workshop in Professional Writing

4

Alternate years.
ENGL 379WRhetoric for Professional Writing

4

Alternate years.
ENGL 432Studies 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.