Course Requirements for an English Teaching Composite Major

 

  • Required Core - 54 semester hours
    • 3 ENGL 211 World Lit I (gen ed)
      or
      ENGL 212 World Lit II
    • 3 ENGL 222 British Literature II (gen ed)
      or
      ENGL 242 American Lit II
    • 3 ENGL 221 British Literature I
    • 3 ENGL 241 American Lit I
    • 3 ENGL 306 Grammar for the English Teacher
    • 3 ENGL 431 Shakespeare I
      or
      ENGL 432 Shakespeare II
    • 3 ENGL 484 Literary Criticism
    • 3 ENGL 290 Seminar (or 490)
    • 3 ENGL 292 Special Topics (or 492)
    • 3 SEED 422 Composition for the English Teacher
    • 3 SEED 424 7-12 Language Arts Methods
    • 3 SPCM 215 Public Speaking (gen ed)
    • 3 SPCM 222 Argumentation and Debate
    • 3 SPCM 340 Oral Interpretation
    • 3 SPCM 466 Principles of Rhetoric
    • 3 THEA 131 Introduction to Acting (gen ed)
    • 3 THEA 241 Stagecraft
    • 3 THEA 351 Directing
  • Pre-Professional Teaching Core - 21 semester hours
    • 2 EDFN 338 Foundations of American Education
    • 1 EDFN 395 Practicum: Pre-Admission Teaching
    • 3 EDFN 475 Human Relations
    • 3 EPSY 302 Educational Psychology
    • 3 EPSY 327 Child Growth & Development
    • 3 INED 411 South Dakota Indian Studies
    • 3 PSYC 101 General Psychology (gen ed)
    • 3 SPED 405 Educating Secondary Students with Disabilities
  • Professional Secondary Ed Teaching Core - 24 semester hours
    • 3 EDFN 365 Computer Based Technology & Learning
    • 2 MLED 480 Middle Level Methods
    • 3 SEED 408 The Professional Teacher - Secondary Only
    • 3 SEED 450 7-12 Teaching Reading in the Content Area
    • 12 SEED 488 7-12 Student Teaching
    • 1 SEED 495 Practicum: Pre-Student Teaching
  • Gen Ed Requirements - 28 semester hours
    • 3 ENGL 101 Composition I
    • 3 ENGL 201 Composition II
    • 3 MATH Gen Ed - Mathematics
    • 0 SPCM satisfied by major - SPCM 215 or 222
    • 2 WEL 100 Wellness for Life & 100L Lab
    • 6 Gen Ed - Social Science
    • 3 Gen Ed - Arts & Humanities
    • 8 Gen Ed - Natural Science & Lab

      A minor is NOT required with this major but electives are required to total 128 hours.
      Students are encouraged to pursue a minor, but to be certified to teach, a content
      praxis exam must be passed in both the major & minor areas of study.

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