English, English Major-Secondary Education Minor, BA

General Education Requirements

Competencies

Competencies must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits.

♣ General Education Categories (34-35 credits total)

FYS, W-I, and OC courses must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits. Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines. First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements.

 ‡ Written Communication (Level II and Level III)

Courses taken for Written Communication Level II and III may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply.  Credits will be counted in the area where they apply.

# Scientific Reasoning General Education category courses do not have to be a sequence or be from the same discipline.

¶ † Courses in Major (36 credits total)

♥ Required Support Course (6 credits total)

• PSY 252 Adolescent Psychology
• HST 204 U.S. History and Constitutional Government I

• Or

• HST 205 U.S. History and Constitutional Government II

• Or

• HST 208 History of American Constitutions

Minor: Secondary Education (27 credits total)

• EDU 252A Contemporary Secondary School
• EDU 254A Teaching the Adolescent (Pre-Practicum)
• EDU 256A Responding to Diversity in Contemporary Secondary Schools
• EDU 260A Reading and Writing Strategies in Secondary Education
• EDU 335 Secondary School Curriculum Materials and Methods-English (Pre-Practicum)
• EDU 498P Student Teaching Practicum in Secondary Education - English
• EDU 498PS Practicum Seminar in Teaching English

Foreign Language (0-12 credits total)

• ____ ___ Foreign Language - Level I (101) 
• ____ ___ Foreign Language - Level II (102)
• ____ ___ Foreign Language  - Level III (201)
• ____ ___ Foreign Language  - Level IV (202)

Free Electives (4 credits minimum)

May be necessary to take additional credits to attain the minimum 120 credits required for graduation depending on choices made for general education or minor selection.

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Additional Information and Notes

♥        Students may choose to use support courses to satisfy general education categories, but may not be required to do so.  Note:  If a course is used to satisfy two or more requirements (for example, a support course and Scientific Reasoning requirement), the credits are counted in only one place.  Using a course to satisfy more than one requirement does not reduce the credit total required for graduation.  

♣        Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines.  First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements.

#         These Scientific Reasoning General Education Category courses do not have to be a sequence or be from the same discipline.

‡         Level II and Level III Written Communications Courses may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply.  The credits are counted only in one area.

†         9 credits at or above 400 level; at least one course must be an English-department designated W-III writing course.

*         Students will satisfy the Sheltered English Instruction component of the Secondary Education minor by taking ENL307 as a required major course.

¶        Close monitoring of student progress through the Major and Pre-Practicum advising should be adhered to in order to provide a smooth transition to the Practicum.  All candidates for Initial Licensuremust take the Massachusetts Teacher Test for Educators Licensure (MTEL), The Communication and Literary Skills Test and the English Subject Matter Test.

Exceptions in the timing of courses will be made for transfer students.

Total credits for graduation: 120