Communication Arts & Literature (5-12)

Communication Arts and Literature Education

Middle/Secondary Education: Communication Arts and Literature Education
(9-12)

Overview of the Communication Arts and Literature (5-12) degree

A major in Communication Arts and Literature (English Teacher) leads to a degree and teaching license for grades 5-12.

To complete a B.A. in English or Communication Arts, additional coursework is required.

Declaring your major: To declare this major, you should start with Middle/Secondary Education (MSED) and then find CommArts/Lit.

Majors must complete the following

Core Secondary Education Requirements

Block 1

EDUC 210 Education: Issues and Policies (4 credits)

Block 2

EDUC 329 Diversity and Cultural Competence (4 credits)
EDUC 330 Psychology for Teaching and Learning (4 credits)
EDUC 332 Field Experience II: Learning & Teaching (0 credit)

Block 3

EDUC 355 Reading for the 5-12 Teacher (4 credits)
EDUC 316 Curriculum and Instruction: Communication Arts and Literature (4 credit)
EDUC 336 Field Experience III: Communication Arts and Literature (0 credit)

Block 4

EDUC 431 Use of Technology for Instruction (4 credits) or EDUC 432 Learning Design with Technology in International Contexts (4 credits)
EDUC 460 Clinical Practice: Student Teaching and Seminar (10 credits)

Plus:

EDUC 345 Adolescent Literature (2 credits)
COMM 212 Communication Criticism (4 credits)
COMM 326 Communication in Popular Culture (4 credits)
COMM 366 Persuasion and Social Influence (4 credits)
ENGL 280 Introduction to English Studies (4 credits)
ENGL 300 Theory and Practice of Writing (4 credits)
ENGL 305 Linguistics: English Language (4 credits)
ENGL 327 Major Literary Genres (4 credits)
ENGL 361 Shakespeare and the Early Modern Period (4 credits)

Select One:

ENGL 121 Critical Thinking: Literature and Writing (4 credits)
ENGL 190 Advanced Critical Thinking: Literature and Writing (4 credits)

Plus one course from each of the following categories:

ENGL 211 British Authors I or ENGL 212 British Authors II
ENGL 214 American Authors I or ENGL 215 American Authors II
ENGL 220 The Classical Tradition or ENGL 221 The Modern Tradition
ENGL 217 Multicultural Literature or ENGL 218 Literature by Women: Critical History

Plus four additional credits EITHER in English at the 300 or 400 level or COMM 326 Communication in Pop Culture or COMM 328 Communication of Race, Class & Gender