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