English, BSEd

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Total number of hours for the program: 120.

Admission to the English, BSEd Program

Students seeking admission to the English BSEd Program must declare their major and meet the requirements for admission to the Teacher Education Program .

Admission to the Professional Education Sequence

English BSEd. students should apply to the Teacher Education Program during their sophomore year. To take Professional Education Sequence courses, English BSEd students must be admitted to the Teacher Education Program and are subject to all teacher education requirements. EDCI 201 is the only course in the Professional Education Sequence that students may take before being admitted to the Teacher Education Program.

Continuation in the English BSEd Program

To continue in the program, students must meet the continuation requirements of the Teacher Education Program . In addition to these requirements, students must achieve a minimum 2.75 GPA in the major before they can be recommended for Internship I, and no grade below a C (2.0) for any required course in the core 34 hours in English will be accepted.

Liberal Studies Hours (42 hours)

Liberal Studies Program Requirements

Major Requirements 49 hours

The major requires 49 hours as follows:

Modern Foreign Languages: 6 hours

Any 6 hours in any foreign language or languages.

Gateway Course: 1 hour

ENGL 200 - Introduction to the English Major Credits: 1

English Education Core: 12 hours

ENGL 240 - Research, Literary Criticism & British Literature Credits: 3
ENGL 241 - Formalism & American Literature Credits: 3
ENGL 242 - Cultural Studies & Non-Western World Literature Credits: 3
ENGL 278 - Introduction to Film Studies Credits: 3

Grammar/Writing/Methods: 12 hours

ENGL 312 - Grammar for Teachers Credits: 3
ENGL 319 - Grammar, Language, and Discourse Credits: 3
ENGL 414 - Fundamentals of Teaching Composition Credits: 3
and
ENGL 413 - ESL Methods for Content Teachers Credits: 3
or
ENGL 416 - Teaching English as a Second Language Credits: 3

Required Literature: 9 hours

ENGL 418 - Fundamentals of Teaching Literature Credits: 3
ENGL 431 - Shakespeare and His Age Credits: 3
ENGL 422 - Adolescent Literature in Secondary Schools Credits: 3

Literature Electives 9 hours

Nine hours from any 300-400 level literature courses with an ENGL prefix or EDRD 467, Adolescent Literature. Three of these hours may, but need not, be a course in film studies with an ENGL prefix (♦).

ENGL 333 - Introduction to Shakespeare Credits: 3
ENGL 350 - The Renaissance Credits: 3
ENGL 351 - The Beats, Radicals, and Avant-Garde Literature Credits: 3
ENGL 352 - The Journey in Literature Credits: 3
ENGL 353 - Stories Retold Credits: 3
ENGL 366 - Literature and Immigration Credits: 3
ENGL 367 - Appalachian Literature Credits: 3
ENGL 368 - Film Genres Credits: 3, R6
ENGL 378 - Motion Picture Histories Credits: 3 ♦
ENGL 390 - The Bible as Literature Credits: 3
ENGL 394 - Film Adaptation Credits: 3, R6 ♦
ENGL 411 - History of the English Language Credits: 3
ENGL 419 - Medieval Literature Credits: 3
ENGL 420 - Chaucer and His Age Credits: 3
ENGL 421 - Fairy Tale Literature Credits: 3
ENGL 430 - English Literature of the Renaissance Credits: 3
ENGL 440 - Milton and His Age Credits: 3
ENGL 441 - The Age of Pope, Swift, and Johnson Credits: 3
ENGL 450 - Major Writers Credits: 3, R6
ENGL 451 - Nineteenth-Century British Writers Credits: 3
ENGL 459 - Southern Literature Credits: 3
ENGL 461 - The “Long 19th Century” in American Literature Credits: 3
ENGL 463 - Contemporary Literature Credits: 3
ENGL 464 - Native American Literature Credits: 3
ENGL 465 - Topics in African American Literature Credits: 3
ENGL 469 - Directors/Screenwriters/Stars Credits: 3, R6 ♦
ENGL 470 - Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Postcolonial Literature Credits: 3
ENGL 471 - Studies in Poetry Credits: 3
ENGL 472 - Studies in Fiction Credits: 3
ENGL 473 - Studies in Drama Credits: 3
ENGL 474 - Literary Theory Credits: 3
ENGL 475 - Modernism Credits: 3
ENGL 476 - The Short Story Credits: 3
ENGL 477 - Literature and Gender Credits: 3
ENGL 478 - Film Theory Credits: 3 ♦
ENGL 479 - Studies in Literature Credits: 3, R6
ENGL 480 - Studies in English Credits: 1-3, R6
ENGL 496 - Seminar in World Literature Credits: 3
ENGL 498 - Senior Seminar in English Credits: 3

Additional Requirements

Professional Education Sequence: BSEd in English

EDCI 201 - Teacher Leadership in a Diverse Society Credits: 3
EDSE 484 - Supervised Internship I Credits: 1-3
EDSE 485 - Internship II Credits: 6
EDSE 495 - Seminar Credits: 3
ENGL 417 - Methods for Teaching English Credits: 3
ENGL 491 - Supervised Student Teaching in English, 9-12 Credits: 3
PSY 323 - Psychology Applied to Learning and Teaching Credits: 3
SPED 339 - Designing Classrooms as Responsive Learning Communities Credits: 3

Required Coordinating Major

All BSEd Secondary Education-English majors must also enroll in the BA-English degree program. Any BA English concentration may be selected (i.e. Literature, Professional Writing, Motion Picture Studies or English Studies Pedagogy) but the English Studies Pedagogy (ESP) concentration allows completion of both degrees within 120 hours. BSEd Secondary Education-English students who enroll in the BA-English ESP concentration satisfy the BA language requirement with the language requirement of the BSEd Secondary Education-English (six hours in any foreign language or languages). Selection of any other BA-English concentration requires completion of the prescribed BA foreign language requirement (six hours MFL 231/232 or 240) and may require students to take coursework beyond 120 hours to complete the requirements of both programs. BA English (Literature, Professional Writing, English Studies Pedagogy or Motion Picture Studies) students who elect to enroll in the Professional Writing, Film Studies, Literature or Creative Writing minor may not use an ENGL course for both the major and the minor; double counting of a course between those majors and this minor is not allowed. Students must take at least 30 hours at the junior-senior level at WCU to satisfy general university requirements. Students must maintain a minimum 2.75 GPA in the major, and no grade below a C (2.0) for any required course in the core 34 hours in English will be accepted. A total of 120 hours is required to graduate. English Education students are encouraged to take ENGL classes as general electives to meet the 120-hour requirement. Visit the department’s website to view the eight-semester curriculum guide.

General Electives

Students must complete all liberal studies requirements and general electives as needed to reach the total of 120 hours. English Education students are encouraged to take ENGL classes as general electives to meet the 120 hour requirement. Visit the department’s website at http://english.wcu.edu to view the eight-semester curriculum guide.