English with Teacher Licensure, Bachelor of Arts

REQUIRED MAJOR HOURS	40
REQUIRED MINOR HOURS	27
TOTAL PROGRAM HOURS	67
PRESCRIBED COURSES ATTAINABLE IN GEN ED: ENGL 212, ENGL 231, ENGL 232, ENGL 251, ENGL 252

While some English courses may fulfill General Education and major requirements (ENGL 212, ENGL 231, ENGL 232, ENGL 251, and ENGL 252), credit hours for those courses can only be counted toward General Education or the English major. Students who take courses required in the major that also meet a General Ed requirement will need to take additional ENGL hours to fulfill the required 67 program hours. (see General Education Requirements)

The English with Teacher Licensure Major prepares graduates to meet all requirements for certification to teach high school English in North Carolina.

Students will complete Senior Exit Interview requirements in the final semester of coursework.

Program Learning Outcomes

To accomplish the mission of the Department of English Language and Literature, students in the Bachelor of Arts in English with Teacher Licensure program will

1. communicate and compose effectively in written and multimodal forms;
2. read and analyze texts that represent diverse points of view;
3. demonstrate competence in disciplinary-specific content;
4. demonstrate research and critical thinking skills that culminate in an independent capstone project;
5. demonstrate fluency with digital technologies;
6. manage a classroom with a linguistically and culturally diverse population; and
7. demonstrate effective classroom pedagogy rooted in evidenced-based research

Program Requirements

Required Major Hours (25 hours)

ENGL 201	Introduction to English Studies	3
ENGL 363	Grammar and Style	3
ENGL 364	Language and Literacy Through the Twenty-First Century	3
ENGL 391	Senior Capstone I	2
ENGL 413	Shakespeare	3
ENGL 471	Literary Theory	3
ENGL 475	Young Adult Literature	3
ENGL 483	The Teaching of Writing	3
ENGL 491	Senior Capstone II	2

No more than 6 hours of 200-level literature courses can count towards the English with Teacher Licensure major.

A1: Early American Literature (3 hours)

Choose one of the following.

ENGL 231	American Literature Survey I	3
ENGL 333	Foundations of American Culture	3
ENGL 335	Faces of Southern Literature	3
ENGL 339	Topics in American Literature	3
ENGL 373	Studies in Folklore	3
ENGL 377	Studies in the American Novel	3
ENGL 431	Seminar in American Literature	3

ENGL 339, ENGL 377, ENGL 431: topic dependent

A2: Later American Literature (3 hours)

Choose one of the following.

ENGL 232	American Literature Survey II	3
ENGL 331	Modern British and American Literature	3
ENGL 339	Topics in American Literature	3
ENGL 377	Studies in the American Novel	3
ENGL 431	Seminar in American Literature	3
ENGL 434	African American Literature	3

ENGL 339, ENGL 377, ENGL 431: topic dependent

B2: Later British Literature (3 hours)

Choose one of the following.

ENGL 212	British Literature Survey II	3
ENGL 315	British Romanticism	3
ENGL 316	Victorian Literature	3
ENGL 331	Modern British and American Literature	3
ENGL 375	Studies in the British Novel	3
ENGL 411	Seminar in British Literature	3

ENGL 411: topic dependent

W: World Literature (3 hours)

Choose one of the following.

ENGL 251	World Literature Survey I	3
ENGL 252	World Literature Survey II	3
ENGL 354	Mythology	3
ENGL 356	Literature And Colonization	3
ENGL 357	Caribbean Literature	3
ENGL 359	Topics in World Literature	3

Departmental Electives (3 hours)

Three non-General Education hours of other ENGL courses

Required Minor Hours (27 hours)

Professional Education Minor

Students will not be permitted to complete more than 50% of the Professional Education minor (excluding student teaching) until they are formally admitted to the Teacher Education Program. All candidates must be fully admitted into the Teacher Education Program a minimum of two full semesters prior to the semester in which they student teach. Ideally, students should interview no later than the end of the first semester of the junior year. See School of Education for additional requirements.

EDUC 250	Teaching in the 21st Century Schools	4
EDUC 350	Diverse Populations in 21st Century Schools	4
EDUC 450	Student Teaching	12
ENGL 481	Classroom Methods and Management in Teaching English	4
PSYC 303	Educational Psychology	3

Total Credit Hours: 67