Program Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Teaching Field Requirements | ||
| Requirement Categories | ||
| Complete courses from each of the following seven categories for a total of 30 credits (one course may fill more than one category). See course lists below. | 30 | |
| Critical Theory | ||
| British Literature | ||
| American Literature | ||
| Writing | ||
| Genre Study | ||
| Sociocultural Lenses | ||
| Language Study | ||
| Teaching Methods | ||
| ENGL 571 | Teaching Methods (Secondary English) | 4 |
| Total Credits | 34 | |
Critical Theory
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Complete 3 credits from the following: | 3 | |
| Critical Approaches to English | ||
| Seminar in Comparative Literature | ||
| Theoretical Approaches to Literature | ||
| Total Credits | 3 | |
British Literature
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Complete 6 credits from the following: | 6 | |
| English Literature I: Beginnings to 1660 | ||
| English Literature II: 1660 to Present | ||
| Special Topics in English or American Literature | ||
| English Novel to 1900 | ||
| Literature of the Long Eighteenth Century | ||
| From Sensibility to Romanticism | ||
| Milton | ||
| Chaucer | ||
| Medieval English Literature | ||
| 19th Century English Romantic Literature | ||
| Victorian Poetry | ||
| Renaissance Literature | ||
| English Drama: Beginnings to 1642 | ||
| Shakespeare: Comedies-Histories | ||
| Shakespeare: Tragedies-Romances | ||
| Modern British Fiction 1900-1945 | ||
| Postwar British Fiction 1946-1990 | ||
| Recent British Fiction 1990-Present | ||
| Old English Language and Literature | ||
| 17th Century English Poetry | ||
| Restoration and 18th Century Drama | ||
| Seminar in English Literature | ||
| Seminar in British Literature | ||
| Chaucer | ||
| Shakespeare Studies: Tragedies | ||
| Shakespeare Studies: Comedies | ||
| Shakespeare Studies: Histories | ||
| Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama | ||
| Seventeenth Century Literature: Poetry | ||
| Milton | ||
| The Augustan Age | ||
| British Romanticism I: Wordsworth and Coleridge | ||
| Victorian Studies II: Novel | ||
| Victorian Studies III: Poetry | ||
| Turn-of-the-Century British Writers | ||
| The Modern British Novel | ||
| The Irish Renaissance | ||
| Independent Study in British Literature | ||
| Total Credits | 6 | |
American Literature
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Complete 6 credits from the following: | 6 | |
| American Drama | ||
| Black Writers in the United States: A Survey | ||
| Social Protest Literature in America | ||
| Special Topics in English or American Literature | ||
| Vietnam War and American Culture | ||
| The Novels of Toni Morrison | ||
| American Poetry to 1940 | ||
| American Poetry: World War II to Present | ||
| Early American Literature | ||
| Literature of American Renaissance | ||
| American Literary Realism | ||
| Modern American Fiction | ||
| Recent American Fiction 1990 to Present | ||
| Seminar in American Literature | ||
| Seminar in American Literature | ||
| Studies in Early American Literature | ||
| American Romanticism | ||
| Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville | ||
| American Realism | ||
| Modern American Fiction | ||
| Modern American Poetry | ||
| Recent American Fiction | ||
| American Drama | ||
| Black American Women Writers | ||
| Independent Study in American Literature | ||
| Total Credits | 6 | |
Writing
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Complete 3 credits from the following: | 3 | |
| Creative Nonfiction | ||
| Teaching Writing in the Public Schools | ||
| Graduate Writing Seminar | ||
| Seminar in Teaching Literature | ||
| Total Credits | 3 | |
Genre Study
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Complete 9 credits from the following: | 9 | |
| American Drama | ||
| English Novel to 1900 | ||
| Art of Poetry | ||
| Art of Fiction | ||
| Art of Drama | ||
| Women Poets | ||
| American Poetry to 1940 | ||
| American Poetry: World War II to Present | ||
| English Drama: Beginnings to 1642 | ||
| Shakespeare: Comedies-Histories | ||
| Shakespeare: Tragedies-Romances | ||
| Modern British Fiction 1900-1945 | ||
| Postwar British Fiction 1946-1990 | ||
| Recent British Fiction 1990-Present | ||
| Contemporary Poetry | ||
| 17th Century English Poetry | ||
| Restoration and 18th Century Drama | ||
| Shakespeare Studies: Tragedies | ||
| Shakespeare Studies: Comedies | ||
| Shakespeare Studies: Histories | ||
| Seventeenth Century Literature: Poetry | ||
| The English Novel from Defoe to Austen | ||
| Victorian Studies II: Novel | ||
| Victorian Studies III: Poetry | ||
| The Modern British Novel | ||
| Modern American Fiction | ||
| Modern American Poetry | ||
| Recent American Fiction | ||
| American Drama | ||
| Modern Poetry to T.S. Eliot | ||
| Contemporary European Drama | ||
| Modern Drama: Ibsen to O'Neill | ||
| Modern European Novel | ||
| Speculative Fiction: Fantasy | ||
| Science Fiction | ||
| Ancient Tragedy | ||
| Ancient Comedy | ||
| Ancient Epic | ||
| Ibsen, Strindberg, and Shaw | ||
| The Modern Novel | ||
| Trends in the Contemporary Novel | ||
| Special Topics in Film Studies | ||
| Total Credits | 9 | |
Sociocultural Lenses
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Complete 6 credits from the following: | 6 | |
| World Literature: The Coming of Age Theme | ||
| World Literature: Voices of Tradition and Challenge | ||
| Myth and Literature | ||
| Images of Muslim Women in Twentieth Century Literature and Culture | ||
| Black Writers in the United States: A Survey | ||
| Social Protest Literature in America | ||
| Special Topics in English or American Literature | ||
| Special Topics in Comparative Literature | ||
| Contemporary U.S. Literature of Immigration | ||
| Vietnam War and American Culture | ||
| Women Poets | ||
| The Novels of Toni Morrison | ||
| American Indian Themes | ||
| African, Asian and Caribbean Literature in English | ||
| Contemporary Irish Literature | ||
| Irish Literary Revival: 1890-1939 | ||
| African Myth and Literature | ||
| Contemporary African Literature | ||
| Women Prose Writers | ||
| Contemporary European Drama | ||
| Modern European Novel | ||
| Seminar in Comparative Literature | ||
| The Irish Renaissance | ||
| Black American Women Writers | ||
| Seminar in International Literature | ||
| Ancient Tragedy | ||
| Ancient Comedy | ||
| Ancient Epic | ||
| The Enlightenment in Europe | ||
| The Modern Novel | ||
| Trends in the Contemporary Novel | ||
| Independent Study: International Literature | ||
| Total Credits | 6 | |
Language Study
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Complete 3 credits from the following: | 3 | |
| The English Language | ||
| The Grammars of English | ||
| Structure of American English | ||
| History of the English Language | ||
| Total Credits | 3 | |
Graduate Professional Sequence
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Introductory Sequence | ||
| SASE 505 | Teaching, Democracy, and Schooling | 3 |
| SASE 518 | Technology Integration in the Classroom | 1 |
| Diversity and Instructional Sequence | ||
| EDFD 509 | Sociocultural Perspectives on Curriculum and Assessment | 3 |
| or SASE 509 | Sociocultural Perspectives on Curriculum and Assessment | |
| EDFD 516 | Meeting the Needs of English Language Learners | 1 |
| or SASE 516 | Meeting the Needs of English Language Learners | |
| SASE 517 | Inclusive Classrooms in Middle and Secondary Schools 1 | 1 |
| READ 501 | Techniques of Reading Improvement in the Secondary School | 3 |
| EDFD 519 | Assessment for Authentic Learning | 3 |
| or SASE 519 | Assessment for Authentic Learning | |
| Pedagogical Sequence I | ||
| SASE 526 | Seminar in Inclusive Pedagogies | 3 |
| SASE 527 | Clinical Practice I | 3 |
| Pedagogical Sequence II | ||
| SASE 514 | In-Service Graduate Clinical Practice II 2 | 6 |
| or SASE 529 | Clinical Practice II | |
| SASE 543 | Advanced Seminar in Inclusive Pedagogies | 3 |
| Teaching Methods | ||
| Select from the list below according to subject area: | 3-6 | |
| Total Credits | 33-36 | |
Teaching Methods Courses
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Select course(s) according to subject area: | ||
| Art | 6 | |
| Foundations of Methods and Curriculum in Art Education I: P-12 | ||
| Foundations of Methods and Curriculum in Art Education II: P-12 | ||
| Biological Science, Earth Science, Physics or Physical Science | 4 | |
| Teaching Science in Secondary Schools | ||
| Chemistry | 3 | |
| Teaching Chemistry in the Secondary School | ||
| English | 4 | |
| Teaching Methods (Secondary English) | ||
| Teaching English as a Second Language | 3 | |
| Methodology of Teaching ESL | ||
| French | 6 | |
| Theories and Approaches to Teaching French as a Second Language | ||
| Teaching French in P-12: Practice | ||
| Mathematics | 4 | |
| Teaching Mathematics | ||
| Music | 6 | |
| Teaching Methods for the Elementary Music Class | ||
| Teaching Methods for Music in the Secondary Schools | ||
| Social Studies | 3 | |
| Graduate Methods of Teaching Social Studies | ||
| Spanish | 3 | |
| Teaching Spanish in K-12 | ||
| 1 | Post-BA students in the Health and Physical Education program are exempt from this course. |
| 2 | SASE 514 is for in-service teachers. |
Additional Requirements for State Certification
The following additional requirements must be met prior to student teaching. Upon admission to the program, the student's submitted transcripts are evaluated to determine if any of these requirements have been fulfilled by previous coursework. In such cases, the requirement(s) appears on the degree audit as being waived.
- CMST 101 or Speech Challenge Exam or documented & approved experience
- Physiology & Hygiene - free test at county office of education or BIOL/HLTH course
- Educational Psychology - EDFD 582 or PSYC 560
- Psychology 101 or equivalent undergraduate course work
Note: Certification requirements are subject to change.