English Major, B.S.E. with Teacher Certification

Social Sciences: 4 Credits

• JMC 200 - Mass Media and Society (4)

Mathematics: 4 Credits

• MATH 210 - Elementary Statistics (4)

Fine Arts: 2 Credits

(select one course)

• INTL 200 - The British Theatre (2)
• THEA 200 - Theatre Appreciation (2)

Humanities: 4 Credits

• ENGL 205 - Fiction and Film (4)

English Core: 32 Credits

• ENGL 301 - British Literature to 1798 (4)
• ENGL 302 - British Literature since 1798 (4)
• ENGL 310 - Literary Theory (4)
• ENGL 313 - American Literature (4)
• ENGL 340 - Shakespeare (4)
• ENGL 400 - History of the English Language (4)
• ENGL 410 - Senior Thesis (4)

English Electives: 12 Credits

(select three courses)

• ENGL 303 - Poetry (4)
• ENGL 304 - Short Story (4)
• ENGL 305 - Novel (4)
• ENGL 306 - Drama (4)
• ENGL 307 - Film (4)
• ENGL 308 - American Literary Movements (4)
• ENGL 309 - Special Topics in Literature (4)
• ENGL 311 - Creative Writing: Short Fiction (4)
• ENGL 312 - Creative Writing: Poetry (4)
• ENGL 320 - Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Literature (4)
• ENGL 321 - Renaissance Literature (4)
• ENGL 322 - 18th Century British Literature (4)
• ENGL 323 - Romantic Literature (4)
• ENGL 324 - American Renaissance Literature (4)
• ENGL 325 - Victorian Literature (4)
• ENGL 326 - Modern British Literature (4)
• ENGL 327 - Modern American Literature (4)
• ENGL 333 - Internship (1-4)
• ENGL 335 - Chaucer (4)

Communication Studies, Journalism, & Theatre: 18 Credits

• COMS 215 - Public Speaking (4)
• JMC 304 - Visual Storytelling for Print and Digital Media (4)
• THEA 212 - Acting I (3)
• THEA 322 - Beginning Directing (3)

Professional Courses: 8-10 Credits

*These are the only courses that can be taken prior to unconditional admittance.

• EDUC 200 - Foundations of Education (4) *
• EDUC 202 - Issues and Trends in Special Education (2) *
• EDUC 213 - Adolescent Development within the Educational Culture (2 or 4) *

Education: 26 Credits

(formal admission required first)

• EDUC 315 - Teaching and Learning in Secondary Classrooms (3-4)
• EDUC 331 - Curriculum Applications in Secondary Classrooms (3-4)
• EDUC 414 - Reading, Writing, and Assessment across the Curriculum Areas (2)
• EDUC 415 - Technology across the Curriculum (2-3)
• EDUC 426 - The Professional Secondary English/Language Arts Teacher (3)
• EDUC 475 - Student Teaching Grades 6-12 (12)