A Combined Degree program enables undergraduate students to enroll in graduate courses in their senior year, which can be counted towards the completion of both their Bachelor's and Master's degree requirements. The ability to take these "swing courses" allows students to earn both their Bachelor's and Master's degrees in a shortened period of time, typically within five years of intensive study. Undergraduate students interested in this option can find more information regarding program requirements on the University's Combined Programs website.
Students who wish to pursue K-6 teacher certification in Elementary Education must apply to and be admitted to the Teacher Education Program. Please visit the Teacher Education Program website for the required professional sequence of courses and other important Program requirements, guidelines, and procedures. Students also are strongly advised to review the Teacher Education Program Handbook. Prerequisites for admission to a teacher preparation program in English and current requirements may be obtained in the English Department or at montclair.edu/chss/english/.
120 credits of coursework is required for the baccalaureate degree with a minimum 3.0 overall GPA. Major GPA requirements differ depending on field of study. Consult the Teacher Education Program Handbook for more information.
Program Requirements Overview
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| General Education Requirements | 15 | |
| World Languages and Cultures Requirements | 3-6 | |
| Major Requirements including Graduate Swing Courses | 45 | |
| Teacher Education Program Requirements | 60 | |
| Free Electives | ||
| Total Credits | 123-126 | |
Major Requirements
Requirements for the graduate portion of this combined program can be found here.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| ENGL 110 | Introduction to Literature: The Analytic Essay | 3 |
| or ENGL 111 | Introduction to Literature: The Short Story | |
| or ENGL 113 | Introduction to Literature: Bestsellers and Popular Fiction | |
| or ENGL 114 | Introduction to Literature: Utopian and Dystopian Fiction | |
| ENGL 116 | World Literature: The Coming of Age Theme | 3 |
| or ENGL 117 | World Literature: Voices of Tradition and Challenge | |
| ENGL 237 | Black Women Writers: US | 3 |
| or ENGL 238 | Black Writers in the United States: A Survey | |
| or ENGL 274 | Contemporary U.S. Literature of Immigration | |
| or ENGL 294 | Women Poets | |
| or ENGL 366 | African Myth and Literature | |
| or ENGL 367 | Contemporary African Literature | |
| ENGL 300 | Critical Approaches to English | 3 |
| ENFL 208 | Introduction to the Film | 3 |
| Required Graduate Swing Courses | ||
| ENGL 506 | Seminar in Literary Research | 3 |
| ENGL 507 | Theoretical Approaches to Literature | 3 |
| Select one course Graduate elective from the list below. | 3 | |
| English Requirements by Advisement | ||
| Student choice based on the following guidelines. Individual courses may meet more than one category. 1 | 21 | |
| 1. Literature | ||
Pre-1700, Pre-1800, Pre-1900, Post-1900, or Any Time Period | ||
| 2. Genre Study | ||
| Drama, Poetry, Film, Fiction | ||
| 3. Additional Categories | ||
| International Issues, Ethnic Studies, Women's and Gender Studies, Class Issues | ||
| Total Credits | 45 | |
Graduate Elective
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ENGL 500 | Old English Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 501 | Seminar in American Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 502 | Seminar in British Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 503 | Graduate Writing Seminar | 3 |
| ENGL 504 | Seminar in Teaching Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 505 | Chaucer | 3 |
| ENGL 508 | Shakespeare Studies: Tragedies | 3 |
| ENGL 509 | Shakespeare Studies: Comedies | 3 |
| ENGL 510 | Shakespeare Studies: Histories | 3 |
| ENGL 511 | Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama | 3 |
| ENGL 515 | Seventeenth Century Literature: Poetry | 3 |
| ENGL 518 | Milton | 3 |
| ENGL 521 | The Augustan Age | 3 |
| ENGL 525 | The English Novel from Defoe to Austen | 3 |
| ENGL 529 | British Romanticism I: Wordsworth and Coleridge | 3 |
| ENGL 531 | Victorian Studies I: Prose | 3 |
| ENGL 532 | Victorian Studies II: Novel | 3 |
| ENGL 533 | Victorian Studies III: Poetry | 3 |
| ENGL 535 | Turn-of-the-Century British Writers | 3 |
| ENGL 540 | The Modern British Novel | 3 |
| ENGL 541 | Modern British and Irish Poetry | 3 |
| ENGL 542 | The Irish Renaissance | 3 |
| ENGL 550 | Studies in Early American Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 555 | American Romanticism | 3 |
| ENGL 556 | Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville | 3 |
| ENGL 557 | American Realism | 3 |
| ENGL 560 | Modern American Fiction | 3 |
| ENGL 561 | Modern American Poetry | 3 |
| ENGL 563 | Recent American Fiction | 3 |
| ENGL 564 | American Drama | 3 |
| ENGL 565 | Black American Women Writers | 3 |
| ENGL 570 | Teaching Literature through the Critical Essay | 3 |
| ENGL 571 | Teaching Methods (Secondary English) | 4 |
| ENGL 597 | Independent Study in British Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 598 | Independent Study in American Literature | 3 |
| ENLT 502 | Seminar in International Literature | 3 |
| ENLT 515 | Ancient Tragedy | 3 |
| ENLT 516 | Ancient Comedy | 3 |
| ENLT 517 | Ancient Epic | 3 |
| ENLT 520 | The Hebrew Bible/Old Testament as Literature | 3 |
| ENLT 535 | The Enlightenment in Europe | 3 |
| ENLT 536 | The Romantic Movement | 3 |
| ENLT 565 | Ibsen, Strindberg, and Shaw | 3 |
| ENLT 569 | Major Writers of Africa and the African Diaspora | 3 |
| ENLT 570 | The Modern Novel | 3 |
| ENLT 571 | Trends in the Contemporary Novel | 3 |
| ENLT 572 | Modern Movements in the Arts | 3 |
| ENLT 577 | Special Topics in Film Studies | 3 |
| ENLT 578 | Science Fiction | 3 |
| ENLT 599 | Independent Study: International Literature | 3 |
Teacher Education Program Requirements
General Education Requirements
Click here for a list of courses that fulfill General Education categories.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| A. New Student Seminar | ||
| Complete a 1 credit New Student Seminar course. | 1 | |
| C. Communication | ||
| 1. Writing | 3 | |
| 2. Literature - Fulfilled in the major | ||
| Introduction to Literature: The Analytic Essay | ||
or ENGL 111 | Introduction to Literature: The Short Story | |
or ENGL 114 | Introduction to Literature: Utopian and Dystopian Fiction | |
| 3. Communication | ||
| Fundamentals of Speech: Communication Requirement (Fulfilled in the Teacher Education sequence.) | ||
| D. Fine and Performing Arts | ||
| Introduction to the Film (Fulfilled in the major.) | ||
| F. Humanities | ||
| 1. Great Works and Their Influences - Fulfilled in the major | ||
| World Literature: The Coming of Age Theme | ||
or ENGL 117 | World Literature: Voices of Tradition and Challenge | |
| 2. Philosophical and Religious Perspectives | ||
| Philosophical Orientation to Education (Fulfilled in the Teacher Education sequence.) | ||
| G. Computer Science | ||
| Complete a 3 credit Computer Science course. | 3 | |
| H. Mathematics | ||
| Mathematics in Elementary Schools I (Fulfilled in the Teacher Education sequence.) | ||
| I. Natural Science Laboratory | ||
| Complete a 4 credit Natural Science Laboratory course that also fulfills the Teacher Education Health/Hygiene requirement. | 4 | |
| J. Physical Education | ||
| Complete a 1 credit Physical Education course. | 1 | |
| K. Social Science | ||
| 1. American and European History | ||
| Historical Foundations of American Education (Fulfilled in the Teacher Education sequence.) | ||
| 2. Global Cultural Perspectives | 3 | |
| 3. Social Science Perspectives | ||
| Introduction to Psychology (Fulfilled in the Teacher Education sequence.) | ||
| L. Interdisciplinary Studies | ||
| Perspectives on Early Childhood and Elementary Education in a Democracy (Fulfilled in the Teacher Education sequence.) | ||
| Total Credits | 15 | |
World Languages and Cultures Requirements
Click here for a list of courses that fulfill World Languages and Cultures categories.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| World Languages | 3-6 | |
| Based on placement exam complete one or two sequential courses in the same language. | ||
| World Cultures | ||
| Fulfilled in the major. | ||
| Black Women Writers: US | ||
or ENGL 238 | Black Writers in the United States: A Survey | |
or ENGL 274 | Contemporary U.S. Literature of Immigration | |
or ENGL 294 | Women Poets | |
| Total Credits | 3-6 | |
Recommended Roadmap to Degree(s)
This recommended five-year plan is provided as an outline for students to follow in order to complete their degree requirements within five years. This plan is a recommendation and students should only use it in consultation with their academic advisor.
Fifth year courses are taken at the graduate level, after matriculation into the graduate portion of this combined degree program.
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| GENERAL EDUCATION: (A) New Student Seminar | 1 | GENERAL EDUCATION: (C2) Literature | 3 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION: (C1) Writing | 3 | GENERAL EDUCATION: (C3) Communication | 3 |
| 4 | 6 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Spring | Credits | ||
| EDFD 220 | 3 | ||
| MTHM 201 | 3 | ||
| 6 | |||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| ECEL 279 | 3 | ECEL 408 | 3 |
| FSHD 314 | 3 | ECSE 339 | 3 |
| MTHM 302 | 3 | ||
| READ 399 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 6 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| ECEL 410 | 2 | ECEL 414 | 9 |
| ECEL 412 | 1 | ECEL 421 | 3 |
| ECEL 427 | 3 | ||
| READ 408 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 12 | ||
| Total Credits 55 | |||