Secondary Education: English, B.S.

General Education

(see General Education Requirements  for list of approved courses)

The PDS I requirements for this major include:

• EDUC 3210 - Teaching of Reading in the Secondary and Middle Schools
• EDUC 4000 - Survey of Exceptional Learners
• EDUC 4180 - Middle Grades Organization, Curriculum, and Instruction
• EDUC 4330 - Designing Instruction and Evaluation in the Secondary Classroom
• EDUC 4999r - Group Studies
• ECHD 2420 - Adolescent Development

Program Requirements

• HIST 2010 - United States History to 1865 or
• HIST 2020 - United States History Since 1865 #

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• HIST 3300 - History of England or
• HIST 3310 - History of Modern Britain

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• Complete one year in one foreign language or equivalent through placement.

 

• ANTH 2080 - Cultural Anthropology #

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• ART 1110 - Introduction to Art # or
• MUS 1110 - Introduction to Music #

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• CPSC 1000 - Introduction to Computing or
• EDUC 4170 - Technology and Learning

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• PSY 1010 - Introduction to Psychology #
• One approved statistics course#

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Additional Program Requirements

• ENGL 1130 - Western Humanities I #
• ENGL 1150 - Western Humanities II #
• ENGL 2130 - Survey of American Literature
• ENGL 2230 - Survey of British Literature
• ENGL 2290 - Literature for the Adolescent
• ENGL 3340 - Shakespeare
• ENGL 3820 - Contemporary English Grammar
• ENGL 3830 - Writing Beyond the Academy
• ENGL 3850 - Persuasion and Propaganda
• ENGL 4650 - History of the English Language
• ENGL 4810 - Writing for Teachers
• one elective English course in novel
• one elective English course in literature for diversity

Professional Education Requirements

• EDUC 2010 - Education in the United States
• EDUC 3210 - Teaching of Reading in the Secondary and Middle Schools
• EDUC 4000 - Survey of Exceptional Learners
• EDUC 4180 - Middle Grades Organization, Curriculum, and Instruction
• EDUC 4330 - Designing Instruction and Evaluation in the Secondary Classroom
• EDUC 4430 - Student Teaching in Secondary Schools
• EDUC 4500 - Teaching Strategies and Materials in Secondary and Middle Grades English
• ECHD 2420 - Adolescent Development

Additional Information and Notes

For graduation: 2.0 cumulative and UTC grade point average, 2.0 grade point average in English, and 2.0 grade point average in College of Health, Education and Professional Studies courses.

For graduation with licensure: 2.5 cumulative and UTC grade point average, 2.5 in education courses with no grade lower than C, 2.5 in content area courses with no grade lower than C.

Minimum of 39 hours of 3000 and 4000 level courses.

Electives to complete 120 hours.

See Degree and Graduation Requirements  for additional requirements.

*Also satisfies requirement in the major.

#Also satisfies general education requirement.