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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

English, Secondary English Teacher Licensure Concentration, B.S.

English
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Ron Kates, program coordinator
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A major in English consists of 36 hours of which no more than six (6) may be lower-division hours.

English major core: Majors will take the following: ENGL 3000 , ENGL 3010 , ENGL 3020 , ENGL 3030 , and ENGL 4999 .
When taught by an English faculty member, WGST, AAS, JHS, and certain interdisciplinary Honors seminars (UH 3500 ) may be substituted with approval of advisor. No non-departmental lower division courses will be accepted.
A maximum of six (6) hours of lower-division literature coursework (not counting the True Blue Core requirements) may be taken toward the major. These hours will be appropriately assigned by the student’s departmental advisor. No more than 3 hours (one course) may be taken to satisfy the core course requirement.
Majors are expected to consult a member of the English faculty each semester regarding the selection and arrangement of courses.

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Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

English, Secondary English Teacher Licensure, B.S.

Degree Requirements

True Blue Core (TBC)	41 hours
Major Requirements	36 hours*
Major Core	(12 hours)
Concentration Courses	(24 hours)
Secondary Education Minor	30 hours
Electives	13 hours
TOTAL	120 hours

*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements for the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours may increase.

True Blue Core (41 hours)

True Blue Core (TBC) requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

The following courses required by the program meet True Blue Core requirements:

ENGL 1010 (WC)
ENGL 1020 (Info Lit)
ENGL 2020 or ENGL 2030 (CCE)

Major Requirements (36 hours)

English Core (12 hours)

All majors, regardless of concentration, will take the following

ENGL 3000 - Introduction to Literary Studies 3 credit hours
ENGL 3010 - British Literature I: Beginnings to 1700 3 credit hours
ENGL 3020 - British Literature II: 1700-1918 3 credit hours
ENGL 3030 - American Literature: Colonial Era to the Present 3 credit hours
ENGL 4999 - Senior Portfolio 0 credit hours

Secondary Education Minor (30 hours)

Please see Secondary Education Minor for additional information.

Electives (13 hours)

Curriculum: Secondary English Teacher Licensure Concentration, B.S.

All students pursuing a major in English must complete the True Blue Core requirements and the requirements for a Bachelor of Science degree. Students may not begin upper-division English studies until they have completed ENGL 1010 , ENGL 1020 , and ENGL 2020 or ENGL 2030 . Typically, students will begin upper-division English studies in the second semester of their sophomore year with ENGL 3000 and one other English course.

The Academic Maps provide examples of a recommended plan of studies for students who wish to complete their academic requirements within a four-year period. However, there is no single way to complete the program. The department is generally flexible about the order in which courses are taken so long as prerequisites are met. Each English major has an assigned academic advisor. Consulting this advisor regularly will help the student to individualize the program to his or her own needs and interests.

Freshman Fall

ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (WC)
Quantitative Literacy 3 credit hours
Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Freshman Spring

ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Info Lit)
Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours
Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 16 Hours

Sophomore Fall

ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (CCE) OR
ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (CCE)
ENGL 3510 - English Grammar and Usage for Educators 3 credit hours OR
ENGL 3570 - Introduction to Linguistics 3 credit hours OR
ENGL 4520 - The Structure of English 3 credit hours
YOED 2500 - Planning and Assessment 3 credit hours
Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 16 Hours

Sophomore Spring

ENGL 3030 - American Literature: Colonial Era to the Present 3 credit hours
YOED 2500 - Planning and Assessment 3 credit hours
Elective 3 credit hours
ENGL 3000 - Introduction to Literary Studies 3 credit hours
ENGL 3505 - Writing Workshop Methodologies 3 credit hours OR
ENGL 3555 - Tutoring Writing: Theories and Methods 3 credit hours OR
ENGL 4540 - Second Language Writing 3 credit hours OR
ENGL 4670 - Special Topics in Writing 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Junior Fall

ENGL 3010 - British Literature I: Beginnings to 1700 3 credit hours
ENGL 3745 - Literature for Adolescents 3 credit hours
YOED 3000 - Classroom Management 3 credit hours
Electives 4 credit hours
ENGL 3135 - Introduction to Shakespeare 3 credit hours OR
ENGL 4130 - Shakespeare: The Sixteenth-Century Plays 3 credit hours OR
ENGL 4140 - Shakespeare: The Seventeenth-Century Plays 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 16 Hours

Junior Spring

ENGL 3020 - British Literature II: 1700-1918 3 credit hours
YOED 3300 - Problem-Based Instructional Strategies 3 credit hours
Electives 6 credit hours
ENGL 3400 - European Literature to 1400 3 credit hours OR
ENGL 3420 - European Literature: 1400-1800 3 credit hours OR
ENGL 3430 - Modern European Literature 3 credit hours OR
ENGL 3450 - Studies in Narrative 3 credit hours OR
ENGL 4270 - Contemporary British and Commonwealth Literature 3 credit hours OR
ENGL 4435 - Global English Literatures 3 credit hours
ENGL 3300 - Native American Literature 3 credit hours OR
ENGL 3340 - African American Literature 3 credit hours OR
ENGL 3360 - Multicultural Literature of the United States 3 credit hours OR
ENGL 3365 - Hispanic Writers in American Literature 3 credit hours OR
ENGL 3735 - Black Women as Writers 3 credit hours OR
ENGL 3760 - Introduction to Folklore 3 credit hours OR
ENGL 3770 - LGBTQIA+ Literature and Culture 3 credit hours

English, Secondary English Teacher Licensure Concentration, B.S.

Academic Map

Degree Requirements

True Blue Core (41 hours)

Major Requirements (36 hours)

English Core (12 hours)

Concentration Requirements (24 hours)

Linguistics and Grammar (choose one)

Writing and Language (choose one)

Shakespeare (choose one)

European Literature in Translation (choose one)

Multicultural Literature (choose one)

Secondary Education Minor (30 hours)

Electives (13 hours)

Curriculum: Secondary English Teacher Licensure Concentration, B.S.

Freshman Fall

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Freshman Spring

Subtotal: 16 Hours

Sophomore Fall

Subtotal: 16 Hours

Sophomore Spring

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Junior Fall

Subtotal: 16 Hours

Junior Spring

Subtotal: 18 Hours

Senior Fall

Subtotal: 12 Hours

Senior Spring

Subtotal: 12 Hours