Program Requirements
General Education
| General Education courses | variable |
ENG 499C | Senior Seminar in English | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: | 36 |
Area Requirements
Literature Cornerstone
Complete the following course:
ENG 300 | Introduction to the Study of Literature in English | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Literature Surveys
Complete the following four courses:
ENG 331 | British Literature to 1789 | 3 |
ENG 332 | British Literature Since 1789 | 3 |
ENG 341 | American Literature to 1865 | 3 |
ENG 342 | American Literature Since 1865 | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
Linguistics I
Select one course from the following:
ENG 305 | Introduction to Linguistics | 3 |
ENG 315 | Structure of English | 3 |
ENG 404 | Advanced Syntax | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Linguistics II
Select one course from the following:
ENG 393 | History of the English Language | 3 |
ENG 394 | Language and Society | 3 |
ENG 401 | Semantics | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Writing I
Select one course from the following:
ENG 390 | Professional Writing | 3 |
ENG 391 | Advanced Expository Writing | 3 |
CVM 401 | Advanced Multimedia News | 3 |
CVM 465 | Opinion Writing | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Writing II
Select one course from the following:
English Language Arts Pedagogy
Complete the following four courses below:
ENG 280 | Introduction to Teaching English in Secondary Schools | 3 |
ENG 381 | Teaching Literature in Secondary Schools | 3 |
ENG 382 | Teaching Writing in Second Schools* | 3 |
ENG 400 | Studies in English for Teachers* | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
Literature Electives
Cultural Diversity - Select one course from the following:
ENG 311 | Global English Literature | 3 |
ENG 320 | Women Writers and Feminist Perspectives | 3 |
ENG 348 | African-American Literature | 3 |
ENG 360 | Appalachian Literature | 3 |
ENG 365 | Literature of the South | 3 |
ENG 398 | Gay and Lesbian Literature | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Literary Period - Select one literary period course from the following:
ENG 422 | Studies in American Literature to 1900 | 3 |
ENG 423 | Studies in American Literature, 1900-1965 | 3 |
ENG 424 | Studies in Contemporary American Literature | 3 |
ENG 436 | The English Renaissance | 3 |
ENG 441 | Restoration and Eighteenth Century British Literature | 3 |
ENG 443 | Victorian Writers | 3 |
ENG 444 | British Literature since 1901 | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Major Author - Select one literary period course from the following:
ENG 435 | Shakespeare | 3 |
ENG 495 | Seminar: Major Writers | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Genre - Select one genre course from the following:
Professional Education Requirements
EDF 207 | Foundations of Education | 3 |
EDF 211 | Human Growth and Development | 3 |
EDF 311 | Learning Theories, Assessment and Diversity* | 3 |
EDSE 312 | Educational Methods and Technology* | 3 |
EDSE 483 | Classroom Organization and Management for Secondary Teachers* | 3 |
EDSP 230 | Education of Exceptional Children* | 3 |
Professional Semester
EDSE 416 | Clinical Practice* | 12 |
Total Credit Hours: | 30 |
Supplemental Requirement
Three semester hours in one foreign language above the first semester level, e.g., French, Spanish, German, Italian, Latin or Russian.
| Foreign Language | |
Total Credit Hours: | 3 |