2024-25 Undergraduate Catalog

Bachelor of Arts Degree in English, Licensure in Grades 6-12 Concentration

(SLO) Expected Outcomes:

1. Teacher candidates shall demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to succeed in careers within the field.
2. Teacher candidates shall complete clinical practice and a seminar course in the last semester of their senior year.
3. Teacher candidates of the licensure program will pass the appropriate Praxis II exam.

Degree Requirements (Semester Hours)

General Education Courses

Core to include:

EDU 101Education as Profession

2

DRA 131/ENG 131Drama and the Theater

3

ENG 205American Literature I

3

ENG 206American Literature II

3

PSY 113General Psychology

3

Additional Required Course (3)

PSY 211Developmental Psychology-Lifespan

3

English Core (15)

ENG 220Introduction to English Studies

3

ENG 315Advanced Grammar

3

ENG 402/DRA 402Shakespeare

3

ENG 411Linguistics

3

ENG 425English Capstone

3

Literature Requirement (choose two from the following) (6)

ENG 201World Literature I

3

ENG 202World Literature II

3

ENG 203British Literature I

3

ENG 204British Literature II

3

Literature before 1800 (choose one from the following) (3)

ENG 401Old & Middle English Literature

3

ENG 403Myth & Ancient Literature

3

ENG 404Restoration and Eighteenth Century English Literature

3

Literature after 1800 (choose two from the following) (6)

ENG 301Nineteenth Century Novel

3

ENG 302Romantic & Victorian Poetry

3

ENG 303Twentieth Century Novel

3

ENG 304Twentieth Century Poetry

3

ENG 305/DRA 305Modern Drama

3

ENG 422Southern Literature

3

Literature and Culture (choose one from the following) (3)

ENG 306Ghost Story

3

ENG 308Literature for Youth

3

ENG 321Women's Literature

3

ENG 421North American Nonfiction Nature Writing

3

ENG 423Film Studies

3

Professional Education Courses (37)

EDU 308Psychology of Learning and Cognition

3

EDU 315Exceptional Child

3

EDU 331Educational Assessment

4

EDU 342Classroom Management

3

EDU 360/SOW 360Multicultural Education

3

EDU 410Technology in Education

3

EDU 415Teaching Reading in Grades 6-12

3

EDU 425Strategies for Teaching Grades 6-12

3

EDU 456Clinical Practice in Secondary Grades 6-12

11

EDU 457Clinical Practice Seminar, 6-12

1

For the Bachelor of Arts Degree:

Satisfied by requirements above: ENG 315 and ENG 411

 

Total Credit Hours: 120

Recommended Four-Year Plan for English, Licensure in Grades 6-12 Concentration