Secondary Education English Major

Students electing a major in English apply to the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development and meet admission requirements that include a 3.00 in their content grade point average (G.P.A.). Students must maintain the content G.P.A. of 3.00 for retention and, along with satisfactorily completing required courses in secondary education (minimum grade B-), complete the following courses to obtain English Certification:

Requirements

Secondary Education

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
SED 302	Teaching and Learning: Humanities in Communities	2	Fall.
SED 313	Critical Writing and Teaching in Schools	4	Spring.
SED 413	Social Justice Teaching in English Education	4	Fall.

SPED 433	Special Education: Best Practices and Applications	3	Fall, Spring.
	-Or-
TESL 402	Applications of Second Language Acquisition	3	Fall, Spring.

English

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ENGL 200W	Reading Literature and Culture	4	Fall, Spring.
ENGL 212	Adolescent Literature: Images of Youth	4	Annually.
ENGL 300W	Introduction to Theory and Criticism	4	Fall, Spring.

ENGL 326	Studies in African American Literature	4	As needed.
	-Or-
ENGL 327	Studies in Multicultural American Literatures	4	As needed.

ENGL 336	Reading Globally	4	As needed.

ENGL 341	Studies in Literature and Film	4	As needed.
	-Or-
FILM 116	Introduction to Film	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.

ENGL 345	Shakespeare: Histories and Comedies	4	As needed.
	-Or-
ENGL 346	Shakespeare: The Tragedies and Romances	4	As needed.

ENGL 460W	Seminar in English	4	Fall, Spring.

ONE COURSE from:

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ENGL 208	British Literature	4	Annually.
ENGL 304	Studies in British Literature to 1500	4	As needed.
ENGL 305	Studies in British Literature 1500-1700	4	As needed.
ENGL 306	Studies in British Literature 1700-1914	4	As needed.

ONE COURSE from:

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ENGL 209	American Literature	4	Annually.
ENGL 301	Reading America to the Civil War	4	As needed.
ENGL 302	Studies in American Literature 1860-1945	4	As needed.

ONE COURSE from:

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ENGL 378W	Advanced Workshop in Professional Writing	4	Alternate years.
ENGL 379W	Rhetoric for Professional Writing	4	Alternate years.
ENGL 432	Studies in the English Language	4	As needed.

Total Credit Hours: 57

Note: To enroll in SED 420, students must have completed all but two of the required 300-level English courses and all other requirements in the English major.

Note: SED 420 is taken in the Early Spring session.