English, BSEd

Liberal Studies Hours (42 hours)

Liberal Studies Program Requirements  

Teacher Education Program

Teacher Education Program  Policies and Procedures

Major Requirements 48 hours

The major requires 48 hours as follows:

Modern Foreign Languages: 6 hours

Any 6 hours of World Languages or alternatives such as Cherokee and American Sign Language.

English Education Core: 15 hours

• ENGL 211 - Introduction to Literature and Film Credits: 3
• ENGL 212 - Introduction to Creative Writing and Editing Credits: 3
• ENGL 213 - Introduction to Professional Writing and Editing Credits: 3
• ENGL 214 - Introduction to Public Rhetorics Credits: 3
• ENGL 215 - Descriptive Linguistics 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: 6 hours

• ENGL 418 - Fundamentals of Teaching Literature 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 be a course in film studies with an ENGL prefix (♦).  NOTE: NO more than ONE liberal studies course may be used to meet the major requirements for the English degree.

• 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 419 - Medieval Literature Credits: 3
• ENGL 420 - Chaucer and His Age Credits: 3
• ENGL 421 - Fairy Tale, Myth, and Legend Credits: 3
• ENGL 430 - English Literature of the Renaissance Credits: 3
• ENGL 431 - Shakespeare and His Age Credits: 3
• ENGL 440 - Milton and His Age Credits: 3
• ENGL 450 - Seminar in English Studies Credits: 3, R6
• ENGL 451 - Nineteenth-Century British Writers Credits: 3
• ENGL 459 - Southern 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 470 - Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Postcolonial Literature Credits: 3
• ENGL 474 - Literary Theory Credits: 3
• ENGL 475 - Modernism and the Little Magazine Credits: 3
• ENGL 477 - Literature, Gender, and Culture 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 - Jobs in the Changing Workplace Credits: 3

Additional Requirements

Professional Education Sequence: BSEd in English

• Core Courses

• EDCI 201 - Teacher Leadership in a Diverse Society Credits: 3
• SPED 240 - The Exceptional Child Credits: 3
• EDCI 430 - Culturally Relevant Classroom Management Credits: 3
• ENGL 417 - Methods for Teaching English Credits: 3

• Intern I

• EDSE 484 - Supervised Internship I Credits: 1-3

• Intern II

• EDSE 485 - Internship II Credits: 6
• EDSE 495 - Seminar Credits: 3
• ENGL 491 - Supervised Student Teaching in English, 9-12 Credits: 3

• Note: You must be fully admitted into the Teacher Education program and have a 2.75 cumulative GPA to enroll in all courses in the Professional Education Sequence except for EDCI 201 and SPED 240.

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 english.wcu.edu to view the eight-semester curriculum guide.