English, B.S.ED.

Major Requirements

The major requires 51 hours as follows:

• MFL:  Any six hours in any one language which do not count for P6 Liberal Studies credit (for instance, if MFL 101 counts for P6 credit, student must take 102 and 231 to fulfill English Education requirement)
• ENGL 278 Introduction to Film Studies or ENGL 478 Film as Literature, 3 hours

• EDRD 467 - Adolescent Literature Credits: (3)

• (*The Department of B-K, Elementary and Middle Grades has changed the prefix on this course)

• ENGL 231 - The Interpretation of Literature Credits: (3)
• ENGL 251 - Survey of English Literature I Credits: (3)
• ENGL 252 - Survey of English Literature II Credits: (3)
• ENGL 261 - Survey of American Literature I Credits: (3)
• ENGL 262 - Survey of American Literature II Credits: (3)
• ENGL 312 - Grammar for Teachers Credits: (3)
• ENGL 319 - The Teaching of Grammar Credits: (3)
• ENGL 414 - Fundamentals of Teaching Composition Credits: (3)

Electives

Additional Requirements

The professional education sequence (28 hours) for secondary and special subject teaching is required to complete the program. For more thorough preparation, English Education majors are encouraged to take the two-part internship (EDSE 484, Internship I, and EDSE 485, Internship II) rather than EDSE 490, Student Teaching, and SPED 336 (3) instead of SPED 335 (2).  Doing so adds 4 hours.

Students must take at least 32 hours at the junior-senior level at WCU in order 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 major (applies to the English courses listed above and EDEL 467) will be accepted.

Visit the department’s website at http://www.wcu.edu/609.asp to view the 8 semester curriculum guide.