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Language Arts Concentrations for Middle School Major

CIP: 131305

Requirements

Required Courses (18 hours)

(Meets requirements of Major in Middle School)

COM 29325Listening Behavior and Skills

3
ENGL 10321Teaching Reading in Middle and Secondary English Classrooms

3
ENGL 10322Introduction to the Teaching of Writing

3
ENGL 10404Schoolhouse Grammars and Pedagogy

3
ENGL 10590Young Adult Literature

3
THEA 43460Creative Dramatics

3

Electives (6 hours)

Choose 2 from the following:

ENGL 10210Introduction to Creative Writing

3
ENGL 10224Multiethnic Literature of the United States

3
ENGL 10233American Literature: Beginnings to 1865 *

3
ENGL 10234American Literature: 1865 to the Present *

3
ENGL 10245English Literature: Beowulf through the 18th Century *

3
ENGL 10246English Literature: Romantics to the Present *

3
ENGL 10372Introduction to Shakespeare

3

Professional Education Requirements

See Middle School Education Program Requirements

Students must take ENGL 10580 Methods in Secondary School English as part of their professional education requirements.

This concentration, when completed under the B.S.Ed. Middle School Program, will meet Missouri teacher certification standards for Language Arts grades 5-9.  Primary advisement for Middle School Certification is provided by the School of Education.  Please also seek a secondary advisor from the content area.