English, Combined English, B.A. & Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

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) and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice

Courses taken for Written Communication Level II, Level III and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice 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.

♥       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 and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice 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.

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

Courses in Major (45 credits total)

At least one course must be an English department W-3 designated writing course.

4th Year Summer (3 graduate credits total)

• ENG/EDS 728 TESOL Methods for PK-12
• ENG/EDS 722 Methods of Teach ESOL Varied Context

5th Year Fall (9 graduate credits total)

• ENG/EDS 778N Assessment of ELLs
• ENG/EDS 839   Research in Teaching ESOL
• ENG 859 Teaching Grammar to ELLs

5th Year Spring (6 graduate cr4edits total)

EDS 779   Seminar in Teaching ESL
EDS 776N Practicum in Teaching ESL
                 OR
ENG/EDS 796F Field Exper. in Teaching ESL

Minor (Educational Studies):*

• EDC 115  or EEC 105  or 100 level Education course
• EDC 400  or EDU 250A 
• EDS 793 Second Language Acquisition
• EDU 717 or EDU 810 or EDU 837
• EDS 799 Teaching Reading, Writing & Vocabulary to ELLs

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 (13 credits total)

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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To Be Completed Within the First 30 Credits