English Major, Teaching Endorsement for Grades 6-12

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All students seeking licensure to teach must follow the procedures for admission to teacher education and to student teaching. 

Requirements consist of 36 SH.

This program will prepare students to teach English by instructing them in the standards of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). In addition to the courses for secondary education licensure (see the education section), students must complete the following 15-16 SH of courses within the 22 SH of 200-300 ENGL selections, required for the English major.

  • LING 250 Introduction to Linguistics - 3 
  • LING 260 Grammars of English - 3 
  • *ENGL 346 Rooms of Their Own  OR *ENGL 348 American Manhood - 3 
  • *ENGL 355 Adolescent/Young Adult Literature - 3 
  •  *WRIT 380 Expository Writing - 1 

Choose one of the following courses:

  • WRIT 210 News and Feature Writing - 3 
  • THR 100 Acting for Stage and Screen - 2 
  • THR 200 Survey of World Theater History - 2 
  • THR 300 Directing for the Theater - 2 
  • THR 360 Playwriting - 2 
  • *THR 361 Screenwriting - 2 

The language and literature department is no longer offering the teaching endorsement in English as a Second Language (ESL); however, undergraduate students may receive endorsement in ESL by taking the required courses offered by the education department (see the education section).