English Teacher Education Program

General Education (41 credits)

  • Arts & Humanities (9 credits)
  • Social & Behavioral Sciences (6 credits) ***PSYC 200 Required for PSYC 305/307***
  • Biological & Physical Sciences (7 credits)
  • Mathematics (3 credits)
  • English Composition (9 credits)
  • Emerging Issues (7 credits) to include:

 EDCI 306 Integrating Technology into the Classroom (3 credits/clinical experience)

Core Content (42 credits)

  • ENGL 204-215 (any 2 courses – 6 credits)
  • ENGL 218 Approaches to Grammar (3 credits)
  • ENGL 330 Advanced Public Speaking (3 credits)
  • ENGL 321 or 322 English Literature (3 credits)
  • ENGL 301 or 302 American Literature (3 credits)
  • ENGL 328 or 329 World Literature (3 credits)
  • ENGL 380 Intro to Language Science or ENGL 346 History of the English Language (3 credits)
  • ENGL 400 series (any 2 courses – 6 credits)
  • English Electives (6 credits)

ENGL 347 Adolescent & Young Adult Literature (3 credits)

Any 200, 300, or 400 level course offered by the Department (3 credits)

  • Supportive Courses (6 credits) Any 2 semester sequence in Spanish or French

Professional Education (42 credits)

  • EDCI 200 Introduction to Contemporary Education (3 credits/10 hours field experience)
  • EDSP 200 Introduction to Special Education (3 credits/10 hours field experience)
  • PSYC 303 Adolescent Psychology (3 credits/10 hours clinical experience)
  • PSYC 307 Educational Psychology (3 credits/clinical experience)
  • EDCI 311 Comprehensive Assessment in Education (3 credits/clinical experience)
  • EDCI 406 Classroom Management (3 credits/15 hours field experience)
  • EDCI 409 Teaching Reading in Content Areas I (3 credits/15 hours field experience)
  • EDCI 410 Teaching Reading in Content Areas II (3 credits/15 hours field experience)
  • EDCI 425B Curriculum & Instruction in English (3 credits/25 hours pre-internship experience)
  • Teaching Internship (15 credits)

EDCI 400 Senior Seminar (3 credits)

EDCI 460B Teaching Internship: Middle/Junior High School (6 credits)

EDCI 470B Teaching Internship: Senior High School (6 credits)

Additional Requirements

  • GPA of 2.75 (includes transfer courses)
  • Passing PRAXIS I & II Scores
  • Successful completion of the English Proficiency Exam (EPE)
  • Completion of the Application to Teacher Education; Applications for clinical, field, and pre-internship experiences; and the Application for Teaching Internship.

For more information, contact:

Amy B. Hagenrater-Gooding, Ph.D

(410) 651-6351

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