English Major, 39 hours: B.S.Ed.—Minor Required

(Certifies Grades 9-12) 

CIP: 131305

Requirements

The Northwest Core (44-47 hours)

Institutional Requirements (4 hours)

English Core Requirements

ENGL 10233	American Literature: Beginnings to 1865 *	3
ENGL 10234	American Literature: 1865 to the Present *	3
ENGL 10245	English Literature: Beowulf through the 18th Century *	3
ENGL 10246	English Literature: Romantics to the Present *	3
ENGL 10372	Introduction to Shakespeare	3
ENGL 10405	Senior Seminar	3

Required Courses

ENGL 10321	Teaching Reading in Middle and Secondary English Classrooms	3
ENGL 10322	Introduction to the Teaching of Writing	3
ENGL 10404	Schoolhouse Grammars and Pedagogy	3
ENGL 10590	Young Adult Literature	3
ENGL 10504	Language and Linguistics	3
	OR
ENGL 10403	Studies in Language	3
ENGL 10210	Introduction to Creative Writing	3
	OR
ENGL 10203	Writing and Rhetoric	3

Students pursuing this degree may take either all four survey courses listed under English Core Requirements (ENGL 10233, ENGL 10234, ENGL 10245, ENGL 10246) or may take three of those survey courses and one of either ENGL 10224 Multiethnic Literature of the United States or ENGL 10226 Modern and Contemporary World Literature.

Approved literature courses numbered 300 or above (3)

Approved Literature courses

3

ENGL 10580 Methods in Secondary School English must be completed as part of the professional education requirements.

Professional Education Requirements

See Secondary Education Program Requirements

Total Credit Hours: 39

This major, when completed under the B.S.Ed. Secondary Program, meets Missouri secondary school English teaching certification standards.