| Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________ | Bulletin: 2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin Program: English Teaching Minor Minimum Credits Required:__________________ | |||
English Teaching MinorCollege of Liberal Arts >> English department 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 EducationStudents 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. |
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Required Courses (9 hours) | ||||
| Course Name | Credits: | Term Taken | Grade | Gen Ed |
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| ENG 301 - Advanced Composition USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Writing Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer | Credits: 3 | |||
| ENG 244 - 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 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 | |||
Electives (6 hours)Complete two of the following: | ||||
| Course Name | Credits: | Term Taken | Grade | Gen Ed |
| 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 - Multiethnic U.S. Literature 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 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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