Secondary Education ELA/SS (6-12), BA

English/Language Arts for Teaching Grades 6-8 (23 hours)

• Literature Foundations

• ENG 230 - Exploring Literature Hours: 3
• ENG 233G - Reading World Literature Hours: 3
• EDU 218 - Young Adult Literature Hours: 3

• Reading Foundations

• EDU 322 - Foundations of Reading (Intermediate) Hours: 3
• EDU 328L - Foundations of Reading Lab Hours: 2

• Speech

• COM 111 - Introduction to Public Speaking Hours: 3

• Writing (above first year composition.) Choose two courses from:

• EDU 188 - Professional Writing for Educators Hours: 3
• ENG 235 - Writing Arguments Hours: 3
• ENG 281 - Introduction to Creative Writing Hours: 3
• ENG 330 - Visiting Writer-in-residence Workshop in Poetry or Fiction Hours: 3
• ENG 345 - Writing Fiction Hours: 3
• ENG 346 - Writing Poetry Hours: 3
• ENG 347 - Writing Creative Non-fiction Hours: 3

English/Language Arts for Teaching Grades 9-12 (29 hours)

Complete all course requirements for the English/Language Arts Teaching Grades 6-8 (23 hours).

Choose one course from each of the following Literature Periods (6 hours):

• American Literature

• ENG 372 - American Novel I Hours: 3
• ENG 373 - Early American Literature Hours: 3
• ENG 374 - American Romanticism Hours: 3
• ENG 385 - American Novel II Hours: 3
• ENG 386 - American Realism and Naturalism Hours: 3
• ENG 387 - Twentieth-century American Literature Hours: 3

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  British Literature

• ENG 336 - Early English Literature Hours: 3
• ENG 337 - Renaissance Literature Hours: 3
• ENG 339 - Shakespeare Hours: 3
• ENG 362 - British Novel I Hours: 3
• ENG 363 - British Novel II Hours: 3
• ENG 364 - Restoration and Eighteenth-century British Literature Hours: 3
• ENG 365 - British Romanticism Hours: 3
• ENG 366 - Victorian Literature Hours: 3
• ENG 367 - Twentieth-century British Literature Hours: 3

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  If not completed with Core Curriculum requirements, ELA/SS 9-12 students should also complete six credit hours from the following Social Studies Electives:

  History (American, European, Global or Non-Western)

  Economics, Political Science, or Social Sciences

Social Studies for Teaching Grades 6-8 (27 hours)

Historical Foundations:

U.S. History Course at the 100-level or above (3 hours)

European History Course at the 200-level or above (3 hours)

Non-Western History Course at the 200-level or above (3 hours)

State focused course in ECO, HIS, HUM, HSB or POL (3 hours)

World focused course in ECO, HIS, HUM, HSB or POL (3 hours)

• Historical Thinking:

• HIS 225 - The Historian’s Craft Hours: 3

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  Economics:

• ECO 121G - Principles of Economics Macroeconomics Hours: 3

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• ECO 122 - Principles of Economics Microeconomics Hours: 3

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  Political and Social Sciences:

  Choose two courses from the following:

• POL 120 - American Government Hours: 3
• PSY 100 - Introduction to Psychology Hours: 3
• SOC 100 - Introduction to Sociology Hours: 3

Social Studies for Teaching Grades 9-12 (36 hours)

Complete all course requirements for the Social Studies Teaching Grades 6-8 (27 hours).

• American or European History:

  An additional course in American or European History 200 level or above.

• HIS 201 - The American Experiment Hours: 3
• HIS 302 - Seminar in Social and Economical History of Modern Europe Hours: 3
• HIS 321 - Seminar in US History Hours: 3

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  Global or Non-Western History:

  An additional Global or Non History 200 level or above.

• HIS 205G - Introduction to East Asian History Hours: 3
• HIS 206G - Introduction to Western European History Hours: 3
• HIS 230G - The Long 20th Century Hours: 3
• HIS 304 - Seminar in East Asian History Hours: 3

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  Historical Thinking:

• HIS 325 - Modes of Narrative Hours: 3

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  If not completed with Core Curriculum requirements, Social Studies 9-12 students should also complete six credit hours from the following ELA electives: (6 hours)

  Literature and Reading (World, American, YAL Literature)

  Writing or Speech