Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________ Bulletin: 2021-2022 Undergraduate Bulletin Program: English Teaching Minor Minimum Credits Required:__________________

English Teaching Minor

College of Liberal Arts >> English 

18 hours; 2.75 minor GPA required

The English department at the University of Southern Indiana offers a major in English Teaching and minors in English Teaching and Language Arts Teaching. English Teaching programs prepare students to teach literature, composition and reading comprehension in elementary and secondary schools. In coordination with licensure programs in the Teacher Education Department, coursework addresses pedagogical issues in teaching English, as well as provides a strong background in areas such as literature, rhetoric and writing.

Note: Students entering the English Teaching program should review the College of Liberal Arts Teacher Certification Policy.

Elementary, Early Childhood and Special Education

Students planning to teach English in elementary schools (pre-kindergarten through grade six) should complete the English Teaching minor or Language Arts Teaching minor. Teacher licensure should be completed through a major in early childhood education, elementary education or special education, offered through the Teacher Education Department.  Students who are earning a bachelor’s degree in English Teaching are not eligible to earn the English Teaching minor.

Required Courses (9 hours)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ENG 301 - Advanced Composition

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Writing


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
ENG 310 - Writing in the Secondary Schools
Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
ENG 444 - Literature in the Secondary Schools
Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3

Directed Elective (3 hours)

Choose one of the following:

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

Electives (6 hours)

Complete two of the following:

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ENG 231 - African American Literature

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Diversity


Term(s) Offered: Fall
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 330 - Ethnic Literature in America

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Diversity


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 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 387 - Women’s Literature and Gender Issues: 19th- and 20th-Century Theory
Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
ENG 431 - Nineteenth-Century Literature
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
ENG 432 - Twentieth-Century Poetry
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
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
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