English - B.A.

Literary History, Forms, Authors, and Key Issues

Complete ten courses (30 semester hours) as indicated below:

Writing

Complete one of the following 200- or 300-level writing courses:

• ENGL 202 - Writing for Non-Profits
• ENGL 203 - Rhetoric for Writers
• ENGL 211 - Introduction to Creative Writing
• ENGL 212 - Intermediate Creative Writing
• ENGL 213 - Writing at Work
• ENGL 214 - Science and Health Writing
• ENGL 217 - Writing, Performance, and Social Change
• ENGL 334 - Editing the Literary Magazine
• ENGL 335 - Writing as Social Action
• ENGL 338 - Writing Fiction
• ENGL 339 - Writing Poetry
• ENGL 340 - Scriptwriting
• ENGL 341 - Creative Non-Fiction

Literary History, Forms, Authors, and Key Issues

Complete five courses (15 hours), completing two from the literary history offerings, one each from the global perspectives/justice offerings and the major author/genre/literary focus offerings, and a fifth course from either the global perspectives/justice offerings or the major author/genre/literary focus offerings.

Writing

Six courses (18 semester hours) as indicated below:

• ENGL 211 - Introduction to Creative Writing
• ENGL 212 - Intermediate Creative Writing

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• Complete two of the following genre workshop classes:

• ENGL 338 - Writing Fiction
• ENGL 339 - Writing Poetry
• ENGL 340 - Scriptwriting
• ENGL 341 - Creative Non-Fiction

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• Complete two of the following professional writing courses:

• ENGL 202 - Writing for Non-Profits
• ENGL 203 - Rhetoric for Writers
• ENGL 213 - Writing at Work
• ENGL 214 - Science and Health Writing
• ENGL 217 - Writing, Performance, and Social Change
• ENGL 334 - Editing the Literary Magazine
• ENGL 335 - Writing as Social Action
• ENGL 455 - Internship

English Secondary Education and the Capstone

Secondary Education majors will have a slightly different capstone requirement in order to accommodate their required student teaching.

Fall Semester:

English secondary education students are required in the fall to take the first of the two capstone courses, ENGL 466 - Independent Project Design . Ideally, students do work directly related to their track, so in this case English education students work in preparation for their spring teaching practicum and the EdTPA (Teaching Performance Assessment portfolio).

Spring Semester:

To complete the second capstone course, ENGL 469 - Independent Research  (1 credit hour), English secondary education students will work with faculty advisors in English and Education to present their student teaching experience and edTPA at a student-faculty presentation, connecting education pedagogy and content in literature.

Teacher Licensure: English/Language Arts grades 9-12

Students who wish to teach English/Language Arts in grades 9 through 12 complete a major in English with a concentration in English education and they complete the School of Education’s Teacher Education Program for secondary licensure.

Teacher Education Program

• Professional education courses including EDUC 401 - Instructional Strategies for Teaching English in Middle and Secondary Schools 

• Three state tests: the Test of Academic Proficiency, the Elementary/Middle Grades content test, and the grades K-9 Assessment of Professional Teaching

• 100 hours of field experience

• Professional portfolio

• Clinical practice (one full semester) in a middle or secondary classroom.

For more information about 9-12 licensure, see the School of Education  section of this bulletin.