Secondary Education Certification
Have you always wanted to teach? We no offer you the option to earn a degree in English with certification! Plus, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that the demand for English teachers will increase 17% by 2014, so prepare for one those exciting jobs. Together with the School of Education, we have developed a wonderful program that allows you to graduate with your degree in English, ready to teach! Full time students can complete this fantastic degree in just 4 years.
Required English Classes:
- Introduction to English Studies
- Style and Structure
- Composition Theory and Practice
- Advanced Grammar, Style and Editing
- Teaching Literature to Adolescents
- Senior Seminar/Portfolio for Education
- Studies in British Literature I, II or III
- Studies in American Literature I or II
- Heroes in Literature
- Shakespeare: Histories and Comedies or
- Shakespeare: Tragedies
- and any 6 hours upper division English courses.
Required Education Classes:
- 2300 Introduction to Education
- 3301 Roles and Responsibilities
- 3304 Instruction and Assessment
- 3308 The Exceptional Child
- 3310 Multicultural Education
- 4110 Pedagogy and Professional Development
- 4347 Reading in the Content Area
- 4321 Diagnosis and Reading
- 4382 English/Language Arts in Secondary School
- 4604 Student Teaching in Secondary School
"An emblem yields to friends and enemies
How the bold teacher's doctrine, sanctified
By truth, shall spread, throughout the world."
-- William Wordsworth
