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Teaching English Language Arts Grades 5-12 Major, B.S. in Ed., Standard Secondary Certificate

B.S. in Education, Standard Secondary Certificate

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Admission Requirements, Retention & Termination Standards

  1. EDU 107 must be completed with a B or higher.
  2. Students must adhere to the Teacher Candidate Dispositions set by the Educator Preparation Program.
  3. A minimum cumulative average of a 2.8 is required for the student teaching clinical experience.
  4. A minimum cumulative average of a 2.8 in the Teaching English Language Arts Grades 5-12 major is required for the pre-student teaching clinical experience in ENG 560.
  5. A C+ or higher must be earned in the following courses: ENG 211WI, 311, 319, 372, 560.
  6. Courses taken for credit toward a Teaching English Language Arts Grades 5-12 major may not be taken Credit/No Credit.
  7. Up to three courses may be transferred for course credit on the Teaching English Language Arts Grades 5-12 major.
  8. All required coursework for the Teaching English Language Arts Grades 5-12 major must be completed prior to student teaching,
  9. Any repeated coursework for the Teaching English Language Arts Grades 5-12 major must be completed at CMU.
  10. Independent study in English is restricted to six (6) hours for the Teaching English Language Arts Grades 5-12 major.
 

Program Requirements

Required Courses I (6 hours)

ENG 175The Nature of Language

3(3-0)

ENG 234WIIntroduction to Literary Analysis

3(3-0)

Required Courses II (3 hours)

Select one of the following:
ENG 294WIIntroduction to Creative Writing

3(3-0)

ENG 510WIWriting Center Practicum

1-3(Spec)

Required Courses III (6 hours)

Select two from the following:

ENG 382Racism and Diversity in Children’s and Young Adult Literature

3(3-0)

ENG 580Young Adult Literature

3(3-0)

ENG 583Texts for the Middle Grades

3(3-0)

Required Courses IV (6 hours)

Select two from the following:

ENG 204/SOC 204/WGS 204LGBTQ Identities

3(3-0)

ENG 327/WGS 327Women Writers: Gender, Sexuality, and Literature

3(3-0)

ENG 328Native American Literature and Film

3(3-0)

ENG 329African American Literature

3(3-0)

ENG 330Gods, Monsters, and Immortality: Mythic Literature

3(3-0)

ENG 333Literatures of Non-Western Cultures

3(3-0)

Required Courses V (6 hours)

Select two from the following:
ENG 336Texts in Contexts: Reimagining Literary History

3(3-0)

ENG 337Literary Modes and Genres

3-6(3-0)

ENG 338Literature as Inquiry

3-6(3-0)

Required Courses VI (16 hours)

ENG 211WIIntroduction to English Education

3(3-0)

ENG 311Teaching Literature in Secondary Schools

3(3-0)

ENG 319Teaching Composition in Secondary Schools

3(3-0)

ENG 372Teaching Grammar in Secondary Schools

3(3-0)

ENG 560Clinical Practice in English Education

4(Spec)

Total: 43 semester hours