English Comprehensive Major: Secondary Licensure Emphasis

Program Requirements

English majors and minors must complete the required course ENG 250 Critical Approaches to Literature with a minimum grade of “C” before registering for upper-division courses in English.

The Secondary Licensure Emphasis requires 51 credits, including three credits of upper-division English electives. ENG 352 Children's Literature and ENG 499 Internship in English may not be used as electives in English. In addition, students must fulfill the requirements of the Secondary Licensure Option (see description under Education). The following courses are required:

COM 216Dramatic Literature and Script Analysis3
COM 241Media Writing3
ENG 161Introduction to Creative Writing (GT-AH1)3
ENG 220Grammar and the English Language3
ENG 250Critical Approaches to Literature3
ENG 358Global Literatures: Studies in: The Underworld3
ENG 370Myth and Culture3
ENG 371Literary Theory and Criticism3
ENG 493Senior Seminar I: Studies in: Criminal Justice3
Select one of the following:3
Scriptwriting
Creative Writing: Fiction
Creative Writing: Poetry
Creative Writing
Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction
Select two of the following:6
Borderlands: Representing Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality
Women and Literature
Literary Culture of the American West
Environmental Literature (GT-AH2)
Ancient World Literature (GT-AH2)
Literature and Ethnicity: Studies in:
Women Writers
Select two of the following:6
British Literature: Medieval and Renaissance Texts
British Literature: Milton through the Romantics
British Literature: The Victorians to the Present Day
Major British Authors:
Select two of the following:6
American Literature Early to Civil War
American Literature-Civil War to Present
Major American Authors:
Total Credits48
Plan of Study Grid
Year One
FallCredits
ENG 102 Writing and Rhetoric I (GT-CO1) 3
Essential Skills MATH 3
Gen Ed Natural Sciences 3
Gen Ed Social Sciences 3
HWTR 100 First Year Seminar 1
 Credits13
Spring
EDUC 000 Education Gateway Course 0
ENG 103 Writing and Rhetoric II (GT-CO2) 3
ENG 161 Introduction to Creative Writing (GT-AH1) 3
ENG 250 Critical Approaches to Literature 3
Gen Ed Natural Sciences 3
Gen Ed Social Sciences 3
 Credits15
Year Two
Fall
COM 241 Media Writing 3
ENG 220 Grammar and the English Language 3
ENG 372
British Literature: Medieval and Renaissance Texts
or British Literature: Milton through the Romantics
or British Literature: The Victorians to the Present Day
3
Gen Ed Arts & Humanities 3
Gen Ed Social Sciences 3
Elective Elective 3
 Credits18
Spring
COM 216 Dramatic Literature and Script Analysis 3
Elective Elective 3
ENG 358 Global Literatures: Studies in: The Underworld 3
ENG 384
American Literature Early to Civil War
or American Literature-Civil War to Present
3
ENG ENG elective (Literature) 3
 Credits15
Year Three
Fall
ENG 370 Myth and Culture 3
ENG 493 Senior Seminar I: Studies in: Criminal Justice 3
ENG 372
British Literature: Medieval and Renaissance Texts
or British Literature: Milton through the Romantics
or British Literature: The Victorians to the Present Day
3
ENG ENG elective (Literature) 3
Elective Elective 3
 Credits15
Spring
EDUC 340 Application of Pedagogy and Practice 3
Elective Elective 3
ENG 384
American Literature Early to Civil War
or American Literature-Civil War to Present
3
ENG ENG elective (Writing) 3
Gen Ed Natural Sciences 3
 Credits15
Year Four
Fall
EDUC 403 INSTRTN&ASMT IN CONTENT AREA 3
EDUC 404 Creating Positive Learning Environments 3
EDUC 405 Data-driven Instructional Practices 3
EDUC 409 Secondary Student Teaching 3
EDUC 424 Differentiation: Applying Learner-Centered Instruction 3
 Credits15
Spring
EDUC 402 Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary, and Fluency 3
EDUC 406 Content Area Literacy 3
EDUC 407 Maximizing Learning through 21st Century Skills 3
EDUC 408 Teaching Writing with the Brain in Mind 3
EDUC 409 Secondary Student Teaching 3
EDUC 429 Teaching English Learners for Secondary and K-12 Teachers 3
 Credits18
 Total Credits124