B.A. Major in English With Teaching Certification

All students pursuing teacher certification must apply and be accepted the Office of Educator Preparation.

Students pursuing teaching certification in ELA 7–12 are required to take ENG 3389:Teaching English Language Arts in the Secondary Classroom as well as either ENG 3319: The Development of English or 4310: Modern English Syntax.

In addition to general education requirements, all English majors take 36 hours of English courses, including First-Year English and Sophomore Literature courses.  Of those 36 hours, students must complete 24 hours of advanced courses, including:

• ENG 3301
• 2 Early Literature courses
• Single Author course
• 4000-level course

Students may satisfy multiple requirements with one course.

This degree program is designed to prepare students for secondary teacher certification in English and requires that students pursue a double major by declaring and completing requirements for both the major in English and the major in Education.  The following courses are required for the major in education:

Education Foundations:

• CI 2310: Education for Change
• CI 3325: Adolescents and Society
• CI 4332: Secondary Teaching: Curriculum and Technology

Teaching and Learning:

• CI 3340: Teaching for Linguistic Diversity
• CI 4343: Instructional Strategies for the Secondary Teacher
• CI 4370: Building Relationships in the Secondary Classroom
• CI: 4372: Teaching in Communities
• RDG 3323: Teaching Literacies in the Content Areas
• SPED 4344: Educating Studies with Mild Disabilities

Clinical Practice:

• EDST 4681: Clinical Teaching 7–12