| Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________ | Bulletin: 2024-2025 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 + Secondary Education Lincensure Minor (grades 5-12) English Teaching at the Unversity of Southern Indiana prepares 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, and provides a strong background in areas such as literature, rhetoric and writing. The English department offers a major in English Teaching and minors in English Teaching and Langague Arts Teaching. The major in English Teaching culminates in the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree. A bachelor’s degree in English Teaching prepares students for careers in secondary education (grades five through twelve) and requires completion of the Seconday Education Licensure minor. Additional admission requirements through the Teacher Education Department may apply. Students entering the English teaching program should review the College of Liberal Arts Teacher Licensure. 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 educaiton, elementary education or special education, offered through the Teacher Education Department. |
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Teaching Major Grade & GPA RequirementStudents 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 MajorNote: ENG 101 - Rhetoric and Composition I: Literacy and the Self and ENG 201 - Rhetoric and Composition II: Literacy and the World 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 and English Teaching majors are required to complete a 12-hour shared core of courses: | ||||
| Course Name | Credits: | Term Taken | Grade | Gen Ed |
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| 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, Summer | Credits: 3 | |||
Shared English Electives (9 hours)All English and English Teaching majors are required to complete 9 hours of shared electives at the 300- and 400-level: | ||||
English Language (3 hours) Selected From | ||||
| Course Name | Credits: | Term Taken | Grade | Gen 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 Name | Credits: | Term Taken | Grade | Gen 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: Irregularly offered | Credits: 3 | |||
| ENG 416 - Contemporary Issues in Rhetoric Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered | Credits: 3 | |||
| ENG 448 - Literary Criticism and Theory Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered | Credits: 3 | |||
World and Multicultural Literature (3 hours) Selected From | ||||
| Course Name | Credits: | Term Taken | Grade | Gen Ed |
| ENG 330 - Ethnic Literature in America USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Diversity Term(s) Offered: Spring | Credits: 3 | |||
| ENG 331 - African American Literature 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 386 - World Mythology USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-World Languages and Culture Term(s) Offered: Fall | Credits: 3 | |||
English Teaching Courses (21 hours) | ||||
Shakespeare (3 hours) | ||||
| Course Name | Credits: | Term Taken | Grade | Gen 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 Name | Credits: | Term Taken | Grade | Gen Ed |
| ENG 244 - 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 Name | Credits: | Term Taken | Grade | Gen 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 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: Irregularly offered | Credits: 3 | |||
| ENG 427 - Neo-Classical and Eighteenth-Century Literature Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered | 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 435 - The Novel to the Twentieth Century Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered | Credits: 3 | |||
| ENG 436 - The Novel of the Twentieth Century Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered | Credits: 3 | |||
| ENG 437 - Contemporary Fiction 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 | |||
| ENG 473 - History of Western Drama I Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered | Credits: 3 | |||
| ENG 474 - History of World Drama II Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered | Credits: 3 | |||
Open Electives (3 hours)English coursework at the 300- to 400-level. | ||||
Secondary Education Licensure MinorStudents 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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