Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________ Bulletin: 2018-2019 Undergraduate Bulletin Program: English Teaching Major, B.A./B.S. Minimum Credits Required:__________________

English Teaching Major, B.A./B.S.

College of Liberal Arts >> English 

42 hours. A secondary education teaching major (grades 5-12)

Teaching Major Grade & GPA Requirement

Students completing a teaching major must earn at least a 2.75 cumulative GPA, a 2.75 major GPA, and a grade of C or better in all courses applied toward degree requirements.

English Major

Notes: (1) English majors are normally expected to use HUM 241-242 The Western Tradition in Literature I-II to fulfill Ways of Knowing-World Languages and Cultures in Core 39. (2) ENG 101 and ENG 201 do not fulfill any requirements for any major or minor in English or English teaching.

English Courses (21 hours)

Shared English Core (12 hours)

All English majors (and some English minors) are required to complete a 12-hour shared core of courses:

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ENG 205 - Introduction to English Studies and Ways of Reading
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
ENG 255 - Introduction to British Literary History
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
ENG 265 - Introduction to American Literary History
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
ENG 301 - Advanced Composition

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Writing.


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3

Shared English Electives (9 hours)

All English majors (and some English minors) are required to complete nine hours of shared electives at the 300 and 400 level:

English Language (3 hours) Selected From

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ENG 314 - Approaches to Grammar
Term(s) Offered: Spring, even-numbered years
Credits: 3
ENG 417 - History of English Languages
Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3

Theory (3 hours) Selected From

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ENG 387 - Women’s Literature and Gender Issues: 19th- and 20th-Century Theory
Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
ENG 415 - History of Rhetoric
Term(s) Offered: Fall, even-numbered years
Credits: 3
ENG 416 - Contemporary Issues in Rhetoric
Term(s) Offered: Fall (odd-numbered years)
Credits: 3
ENG 448 - Literary Criticism and Theory
Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3

World and Multicultural Literature (3 hours) Selected From

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ENG 330 - Ethnic Literature in America

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Diversity.


Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
ENG 371 - Non-Western World Literature

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Global.


Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
ENG 372 - Western World Literature

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Global.


Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
ENG 375 - Modern Canadian Literature
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
ENG 381 - Medieval World Literature
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
ENG 382 - Literature of the Bible
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
ENG 386 - World Mythology

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-World Languages and Culture.


Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3

Bachelor of Science Degree, English Teaching Major

This program is identical to the Bachelor of Arts Degree in English with Teaching Emphasis, except no non-English modern or classical language is required.

Bachelor of Arts Degree, English Teaching Major

Must complete 12 hours from USI Core 39 as follows:

  • Three courses (9 hours) in a single language (through the 204 level) from the World Languages subject area
  • One course (3 hours) from the Natural Science with lab category

Note: Students entering the English teaching program should review the College of Liberal Arts Teacher Licensure.

Directed Electives (21 hours)

Shakespeare (3 hours)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ENG 451 - Shakespeare’s Histories and Tragedies or
Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
ENG 453 - Shakespeare’s Comedies and Romances
Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3

English Teaching (9 hours)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ENG 310 - Writing in the Secondary Schools
Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
ENG 344 - Adolescent and Young Adult Literature

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Creative and Aesthetic Expression; Embedded Experience-Writing


Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
ENG 444 - Literature in the Secondary Schools
Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3

Literature Electives (6 hours)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ENG 330 - Ethnic Literature in America

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Diversity.


Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
ENG 375 - Modern Canadian Literature
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
ENG 382 - Literature of the Bible
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
ENG 386 - World Mythology

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-World Languages and Culture.


Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
ENG 387 - Women’s Literature and Gender Issues: 19th- and 20th-Century Theory
Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
ENG 424 - Chaucer
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
ENG 425 - Milton: Prose and Poetry
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
ENG 426 - The Literature of the Renaissance
Term(s) Offered: Every third spring semester beginning with Spring 2014
Credits: 3
ENG 427 - Neo-Classical and Eighteenth-Century Literature
Term(s) Offered: Every third fall semester beginning with Fall 2016
Credits: 3
ENG 431 - Nineteenth-Century Literature
Term(s) Offered: Every third fall semester beginning with Fall 2015
Credits: 3
ENG 432 - Twentieth-Century Poetry
Term(s) Offered: Every third spring semester beginning with Spring 2016
Credits: 3
ENG 435 - The Novel to the Twentieth Century
Term(s) Offered: Every third fall semester beginning with Fall 2014
Credits: 3
ENG 436 - The Novel of the Twentieth Century
Term(s) Offered: Every third spring semester beginning with Spring 2014
Credits: 3
ENG 437 - Contemporary Fiction
Term(s) Offered: Every third spring semester beginning with Spring 2015
Credits: 3
ENG 451 - Shakespeare’s Histories and Tragedies
Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
ENG 453 - Shakespeare’s Comedies and Romances
Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
ENG 473 - History of Western Drama I
Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
ENG 474 - History of World Drama II
Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
ENG 499 - Seminar in Literature and Language
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3

Open Electives (3 hours)

English coursework at the 300-400 level.

Secondary Education Licensure Minor

Students seeking a teaching major that leads to licensure as a secondary school teacher (grades 5-12) are required to complete the Secondary Education Licensure Minor.

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