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B.A. in English Teaching with Secondary Licensure in English Language Arts and M.Ed. in Educational Psychology

B.A. in English Teaching with Secondary Licensure in English Language Arts and M.Ed. in Educational Psychology

Overview of Degree Program

Students who complete this 5-year degree will graduate with a B.A. in English with Secondary Licensure in ELA as well as a master’s degree in Educational Psychology with an emphasis in scientifically based reading research.  This will allow graduates to enter the teaching profession with a salary $5000-6000 above what they would make with only a bachelor’s degree.

General Education and Baccalaureate Degree Requirements

Diversity (DV)

ENGL 2610 Diversity

Lower-Division Writing (WR1)

 

Lower-Division Writing (WR2)

 

Fine Arts (FF) – 1 course

 

Life Sciences (LS) – 1 course

 

Physical Sciences (PS) – 1 course

 

Social/Behavioral Sciences (BF) – 1 course

ED PS 2721 Adolescent Development

Humanities (HF) – 1 course

ENGL 2085, 2090, or 2095

American Institutions (AI)

 

Quantitative Intensive (QI) or Disciplinary Inquiry (DI)

 

International (IR)

ED PS 4331 International Children’s and Adolescent Literature or ENGL 3780 Global/Transnational Literature

Communication and Writing (CW)

ENGL 5650 Advanced Seminary in Literary Study

Bachelor of Arts Language Requirement – 16 credit hours

 

 

English Teaching B.A. Major Requirements

3 credits

Media, Digital, Visual Literacies

Complete one of the following:  ENGL 2085 Digital Culture, ENGL 2090 Video Game Storytelling, or ENGL 2095 Literature by the Numbers

3 credits

Diversity in American Literature

ENGL 2610 Diversity in American Literature (This course also meets GE DV requirement.)

3 credits

Seminar in Literary Study

ENGL 3850 Seminar in Literary Study

3 credits

Introduction to Critical Theory

ENGL 3600 Introduction to Critical Theory

3 credits

Pre-1800 Distribution Requirement

Complete one of the following:  ENGL 2300 Introduction to Shakespeare, ENGL 2701 Introduction to Literary History I, ENGL 5700 Studies in Medieval Literature, ENGL 5701 Chaucer, ENGL 5710 Studies in Renaissance Literature, ENGL 5711 Shakespeare, ENGL 5720 Studies in Restoration & 18th-Century Literature, ENGL 5721 Milton, ENGL 5721 Black Atlantics

3 credits

Global/Transnational Literature

ENGL 3780 Global/Transnational Literature (meets the GE IR requirement.)

3 credits

American Literature

Complete one of the following:  ENGL 5730 Studies in Early American Literature, ENGL 5750 Studies in 19th-Century American Literature, ENGL 5780 Studies in 20th--Century American Literature, ENGL 5790 Studies in Modernism, ENGL 5820 Disability in Literature and Film, ENGL 5830 Studies in Asian American Literature, ENGL 5840 Studies in African American Literature, ENGL 5845 African American Film (4 credits), ENGL 5850 Studies in Latina/-o Literature

3 credits

Contemporary Literature

ENGL 5800 Studies in ‘Contemporary Literature

3 credits

Advanced Seminar in Literary Study

ENGL 5650 Advanced Seminar in Literary Study (This course also meets the GE CW requirement.)

 

General Secondary Licensure Requirements (5 UG Courses, 1 Graduate Course)

3 credits

EDU 1010 Introduction to Teaching

3 credits

SPED 2012/5012 Teaching Students with Disabilities in Inclusive Secondary Classrooms

3 credits

SPED 5022 Principles of Instruction and Behavior Support

3 credits

ECS 5709 Building Family-School Partnerships for Youth Success

3 credits

ECS 6632 Issues/Research in Multicultural Education

3 credits

ED PS 2723 Adolescent Development (This course also meets the GE BF requirement.) (Spring semester)

Secondary English Language Arts Licensure Requirements (5 UG courses)

3 credits

Speaking and Listening Knowledge:  Comm 2110 Introduction to Interpersonal Communication

3 credits

Young Adult Literature:   ED PS 4331 International Children’s and Adolescent Literature or ENGL 5885 Adolescent Literature

4 credits

Year 4

Methods of Teaching Language Arts One:  ENGL 5410 Methods of Teaching Language Arts I (Fall semester)

4 credits

Year 4

Methods of Teaching Language Arts Two:  EDU 5420 Method of Teaching Language Arts II (Spring semester)

3 credits

Year 4

Content Literacy:  ED PS 5126 Content Area Literacy Instruction (Spring semester)

 

Year Five—All Coursework at Graduate Level

3 credits

Fall

Early Literacy:  ED PS 6713 Literacy Acquisition Theory and Instruction or 6315 Reading Methods I

3 credits

Fall

Principles of Assessment:  EDPS 6035 Assessment Design and Analysis (online) or SPED 6021 Principles of Assessment and Data-Based Decision Making

3 credits

Fall

Technology:  EDPS 6151 Educational Applications of Technology in Grades 6-12

3 credits

Fall

EDU 6201 Teaching Practices, Ethics, and Professional Development (online)

3 credits

Fall

EDU 6490 Field Practicum Secondary

3 credits

Spring

Literacy Assessment and Intervention:  ED PS 6631 Assessment and Intervention

3 credits

Spring

EDU 6491 Professional Development and Teacher Research

9 credits

Spring

EDU 6495 Student Teaching Secondary

 

 

Last Updated: 12/22/25