English BA-MEd Secondary Education - Teacher Licensure

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 & Level III) and Diversity, Power Dynamics & 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 & 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.

♦        General Education categories to be completed with the first 30 credits. Exceptions in the timing of these courses will be made for transfer students.

Courses In Major (36 credits)

III. Concentration Requirements (6 credits)

• ENL 162 Foundations of World Literature

• OR

• ENL 262 Classics of World Literature I
• ENL 230 Introduction to Poetry
• ENL 338 Poetry I (Modern)
• ENL 339 Poetry II (Contemporary)
• ENL 350 American Women Poets

IV. Approaches to language, Literacy, and Writing or Theory (3 credits)

• ENL 306 Grammar and Style

• OR

• ENL 390 Introduction to Literary Criticism and Theory
• ENL 490 Contemporary Literature Theory
• ENL 495 Special Topics in Theory and Criticism

V. Capstone (3 credits)

• ENL 530 Seminar in Literature

VI. English Electives (6 credits)

•    ENL__________
•    ENL__________

5th Year Courses (M.Ed.): (18 credits total)

• EDC  880PS  Practicum Seminar Teaching English
• EDC  880P    Student Teaching Practicum in English (8-12)
• EDC  804      School-Based Internship
• EDC  805      Professional Lives of Teachers
• ENG  ___      Graduate English Elective
• ENG  ___      Graduate English Elective

♥Required Support courses for Secondary Education (6 credits total)

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

Major: Secondary Education*

Required (30 credits; courses with an asterisk carry graduate and undergraduate credit):

• EDC 115 Exploring Education
• EDC 404 Introduction to Teaching
• EDC 405 Culturally Responsive Teaching
• EDC 461 Fieldwork seminar I: Critical Issues and Effective Practices for Secondary and Specialist Teachers
• EDC 415 Effective UDL Classroom Practices
• EDC 416 Introduction to Assessment
• EDC 462 Fieldwork seminar II: Critical Issues and Effective Practices for Secondary and Specialist Teachers
• *EDC  770    Methods of Teaching English I
• *EDC  760    Adolescent Literacy in the Discipline
• *EDC  762    Technology Methods
• *EDC  771     Methods of Teaching English II
• *EDS  860     Sheltering Content for ELLs
• *EDC  763     Classroom Management and Community Building

Additional Information and Notes

♦        Programmatic Assessments are required for all students pursuing educational licensure in a specified

          sequence. Results will be factored into gateway reviews for progression that occurs each term

           beginning Spring term of the Junior year.

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

     Total credits for graduation: 120-135             The additional credits listed above are required for graduate degree.