English Major with Secondary Education Certification

Requirements total 88 hours. This includes 48 hours of English courses and 40 hours of professional education courses, of which 12 hours may be used to meet General Education requirements.

English (48 hrs):

 

Research Course (3 hrs)

 
      ENG 115        Writing from Sources
  3 hrs

Genre Courses (9 hrs)

 
      ENG 220        Studies in Poetry
  3 hrs
      ENG 222        Studies in Fiction
  3 hrs
      ENG 224        Studies in Drama
  3 hrs

Skill Courses (12 hrs)

 
      ENG 111        Critical Thinking and Writing
  3 hrs
      COM 112       Speech
  3 hrs
      ENG 336        Creative Writing
  3 hrs

Choose one:

 
      ENG 210X      Business Communication
  3 hrs
      ENG 240X      Writing for Media I
  3 hrs

Required Period Courses (6 hrs)

 
      ENG 306     Renaissance Literature
  3 hrs
      ENG 310     Romantic Literature
  3 hrs

Distributive Period and Author Courses (12 hrs)

 

Choose four:

 
      ENG 302        Classical Literature
  3 hrs
      ENG 316        Modern European Literature
  3 hrs
      ENG 318        American Literature I
  3 hrs
      ENG 320        American Literature II
  3 hrs
      ENG 350        Topics in Literature
  3 hrs
      ENG 406        Shakespeare
  3 hrs

Advanced Major Courses (6 hrs)

 
      ENG 414        History and Structure of English Language
  3 hrs
      ENG 420        Capstone Seminar in the British Novel
  3 hrs

Professional Education Courses (40 hrs):

 
      ED 100          Introduction to Teaching
  3 hrs
      ED 110          Technology for Teachers
  2 hrs
      ED 240          Foundations of Education
  2 hrs
      ED 260X         Educational Psychology/Human Development
  3 hrs
      ED 306          Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum
  3 hrs
      ED 330          Introduction to Special Education
  3 hrs
      ED 360          Fundamentals of Secondary and Middle School Methods
  3 hrs
      ED 362          Teaching of Language Arts and Literature
  2 hrs
      ED 385          Multicultural Field Experience
  1 hr
      ED 413          Clinical Practice in the Secondary School
10 hrs
      ED 421          Classroom Management
  1 hr
      ED 422          Advanced Seminar in Education
  4 hrs
      PSY 337        Psychology of Adolescence
  3 hrs

Additional Certification Requirements:

Candidates must pass the Illinois Test of Basic Skills and all certification tests in order to complete their program. Students are required to comply with all state certification requirements that are in place at the time of application for certification. Consult specific general education requirements listed in the School of Education.

 

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