English Teaching (BA)

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Program Prerequisite: Must meet the Teacher Education admission and licensure requirements (see Teacher Education Department ).
Minor: Optional. According to their career paths, some students may choose to complete a minor or teaching minor in another discipline, but it is not required to complete their English Education BA degree.
Grade Requirements: A 2.0 or better in all courses required for this major.
Credit Hour Requirements: A minimum of 120 credit hours is required for graduation; at least 39 of these must be English courses. Of those 120 credits, 40 must be upper division courses (courses numbered 3000 and above), with 36 or more upper division credits in English.
No minor is required.
Program Code: 3023BA
CIPC: 131305

Advisement

To expedite their program, English Teaching Majors should seek advisement before taking any upper division English courses. The English Teaching Methodology Block must be scheduled in coordination with both Secondary Teacher Education and Student Teaching. Call 801-626-6251 for more information or to schedule an appointment. (Also refer to the Department Advisor Referral List.)

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Admission Requirements

Declare your program of study at the English department office, Elizabeth Hall 413. Teaching majors must meet the Teacher Education admission and licensure requirements (see Teacher Education Department in this catalog).

General Education

Refer to Degree Requirements for Bachelor of Arts requirements. See Language Courses Required to fulfill the BA listed under the major course requirements.

PSY SS1010 , COMM HU1020 or COMM HU CEL2110 (take one), CHF SS/DV1500 and one 2000 level Humanities English Literature course are recommended. Consult with a departmental advisor for other detailed general education guidelines.

Student Teaching

Student teaching takes place during Secondary Education Student Teaching. Before student teaching, English majors must have completed all required Education courses and at least 33 credit hours of the required English courses (listed below), including ENGL 3080 - Critical Approaches to Literature , and the Methodology Block. Students must apply for student teaching through Teacher Education according to deadlines set by that department.

Major Course Requirements for English Teaching BA Degree

Minimum of 39 credit hours in English courses of which at least 36 credit hours must be upper division (3000-4000 level courses). A minor field of study is no longer required.

Required English Courses (37 credit hours)

Foundation - 6 credit hours

1. One 2000-level course (3 credits) meeting University General Education Outcomes, excluding ENGL 2010 . Those courses include the following, along with future courses bearing an HU designation:
ENGL 2200 HU/DV - Introduction to Literature Credits: (3)
ENGL 2220 HU/DV - Introduction to Fiction Credits: (3)
ENGL 2230 HU/DV - Introduction to Drama Credits: (3)
ENGL 2240 HU/DV - Introduction to Poetry Credits: (3)
ENGL 2510 HU/DV - Masterpieces of Literature Credits: (3)
ENGL 2710 HU/DV - Perspectives on Women’s Literature Credits: (3)
2. Critical Approaches Course (to be taken early in the major) / Prerequisite ENGL 2010 :
ENGL 3080 - Critical Approaches to Literature Credits: (3)

Core - 12 credit hours

1. American Literature Surveys: (both of the following) / Prerequisite ENGL 2010 :
ENGL 3610 - American Literature I Credits: (3)
ENGL 3620 - American Literature II Credits: (3)
2. British Literature Surveys: (both of the following) / Prerequisite ENGL 2010 :
ENGL 3650 - British Literature I Credits: (3)
ENGL 3660 - British Literature II Credits: (3)

Areas of Specialization - 6 credit hours

Choose one course each (3 credits) from both of the areas listed below:

World Literatures and Language

Courses in this area will focus on world literatures excluding British and American literature / Prerequisites as specified for individual courses in course catalog:

ENGL 3010 - Introduction to Linguistics Credits: (3)
ENGL 3352 - Studies in World Literary Genres Credits: (3)
ENGL 3510 HU/DV - World Literature Credits: (3)
ENGL 3730 - Literatures of Cultures and Places Credits: (3) / Variable Title Course
ENGL 3752 - Topics and Ideas in World Literature and Language Credits: (3) / Variable Title Course
ENGL 4712 - Eminent World Authors Credits: (3) / Variable Title Course
ENGL 4760 - Irish Literature Credits: (3)

Writing and Interdisciplinary Studies

Courses in this area will focus on writing and/or the study of other disciplines as they connect with literature, language, or the craft of writing / Prerequisites as specified for individual courses in course catalog:

ENGL 3050 - Grammar, Style, and Usage for Advanced Writing Credits: (3)
ENGL 3100 - Professional and Technical Writing Credits: (3)
ENGL 3210 - Advanced College Writing Credits: (3)
ENGL 3250 - CW: Advanced Fiction Writing Credits: (3)
ENGL 3260 - CW: Advanced Poetry Writing Credits: (3)
ENGL 3280 - Biographical Writing Credits: (3)
ENGL 4560 - Contemporary Literature for Creative Writers Credits: (3)

Methodology - 13 credit hours

Take all of the following:

ENGL 2420 - Young Adult Literature Credits: (3)
ENGL 3020 - Teaching English/Language Arts Credits: (3)
ENGL 3410 INT - The Teaching of Writing Credits: (3)
ENGL 3755 - Topics in English Teaching Credits: (3)
ENGL 4910 - Capstone in English Teaching Credits: (1)

Electives (minimum of 3 credit hours)

To complete the required 39 credit hours, English Teaching majors may choose as electives any 2000, 3000, or 4000 level English courses, excluding those they wish to count as language arts courses in partial fulfillment of the Bachelor of Arts requirement (see “Language Courses Required to fulfill the BA” below). / Prerequisites as specified for individual courses in course catalog.

English Teaching majors are encouraged to take either ENGL 3500 HU - Introduction to Shakespeare , or ENGL 4730 - Studies in Shakespeare .

Language Courses Required to Fulfill the BA

English Teaching majors must take either 12-credit hours of a foreign language or 6 hours of a foreign language and 6 hours of language arts. Any 3000 or 4000 level English class may be used as a language arts course. Courses chosen for the BA language requirement cannot also be counted toward the English major.