English Literature & Language Arts Education Requirements (BSE)

Major Requirements 1,2
ENGLISH 271CRITICAL WRITING IN THE FIELD OF ENGLISH3
ENGLISH 274CREATIVE WRITING3
ENGLISH 310LITERATURE FOR ADOLESCENTS3
ENGLISH 471CURRENT THEORIES OF COMPOSITION FOR TEACHERS3
LANGUAGE STUDY - select 3 units from:3
INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE STUDY
THE GRAMMAR OF STANDARD WRITTEN ENGLISH
AMERICAN LITERATURE SURVEY - select 3 units from:3
AMERICAN LITERATURE SURVEY I
AMERICAN LITERATURE II
BRITISH LITERATURE SURVEY - select 3 units from:3
BRITISH LITERATURE SURVEY I
BRITISH LITERATURE SURVEY II
PUBLIC WRITING - select 3 units from:3
FOUNDATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL WRITING AND EDITING
WRITING FOR THE WEB
DIVERSITY - select 3 units from:3
MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE OF THE UNITED STATES
MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE OF THE UNITED STATES
AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE, 1800 TO PRESENT
AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE, 1800 TO PRESENT
FILM AND DIGITAL MEDIA - select 3 units from:3
DOCUMENTARY FILMS
DOCUMENTARY FILMS
CRITICAL WRITING IN MULTIMEDIA CONTEXTS
CRITICAL WRITING IN MULTIMEDIA CONTEXTS
LITERATURE AND FILM
LITERATURE AND FILM
STAGE PLAYS AND FILM
STAGE PLAYS AND FILM
TEXT AND IMAGE
TEXT AND IMAGE
ADVANCED LITERATURE - select 6 units from:6
LITERATURE FROM THE MIDDLE EAST
EUROPEAN LITERATURE
EARLY BRITISH LITERATURE
LITERATURE OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (1660-1820)
AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1890
AMERICAN LITERATURE 1890 TO 1945
NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH LITERATURE
TWENTIETH-CENTURY BRITISH LITERATURE
AMERICAN LITERATURE IN THE POSTMODERN AGE (1945-PRESENT)
SHAKESPEARE - select 3 units from:3
SHAKESPEARE
SHAKESPEARE
LITERATURE SEMINAR - select 3 units from:3
SEMINAR IN LITERATURE BEFORE 1800
SEMINAR IN LITERATURE AFTER 1800
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM - select 6 units from:6
PUBLIC SPEAKING
NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION
COMMUNICATION CONFLICT RESOLUTION
PERSUASION
COMMUNICATING LEADERSHIP
APPLIED WORKPLACE COMPETENCIES
MEDIA CRITICISM
WRITING FOR NEWS MEDIA
ELECTRONIC MEDIA COPYWRITING
FEATURE WRITING
PUBLICATION PHOTOGRAPHY
CREATIVE WRITING - select 3 units from:3
POETRY WRITING
FICTION WRITING
SCREENWRITING
PROSE STYLISTICS
CREATIVE NONFICTION
SPECIAL TOPICS WRITING WORKSHOP
THE CURRENT WRITING SCENE
LITERATURE ELECTIVE - select 3 units from:3
CLASSICAL MYTH AND LEGEND AS SOURCES FOR LITERATURE
THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE
AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL LITERATURE
THE CONTEMPORARY NOVEL
GENDER AND FILM
INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE STUDY
LITERATURE OF DISABILITY
LITERATURE FROM THE MIDDLE EAST
EUROPEAN LITERATURE
AMERICAN INDIAN LITERATURE
EARLY BRITISH LITERATURE
LITERATURE OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (1660-1820)
AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1890
AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE, 1800 TO PRESENT
SURVEY OF MODERN DRAMA
AMERICAN LITERATURE 1890 TO 1945
NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH LITERATURE
LITERATURE AND FILM
LITERATURE AND FILM
STAGE PLAYS AND FILM
STAGE PLAYS AND FILM
TWENTIETH-CENTURY BRITISH LITERATURE
AMERICAN LITERATURE IN THE POSTMODERN AGE (1945-PRESENT)
AMERICAN MINORITY WOMEN WRITERS
MULTICULTURAL DRAMA OF THE UNITED STATES
MULTICULTURAL DRAMA OF THE UNITED STATES
SHAKESPEARE
SHAKESPEARE
SEMINAR IN LITERATURE BEFORE 1800
SEMINAR IN LITERATURE AFTER 1800
COMMUNICATION, JOURNALISM, WRITING, OR FILM ELECTIVE - select 3 units from:3
READING AS WRITERS
POETRY WRITING
FICTION WRITING
SCREENWRITING
PROSE STYLISTICS
CREATIVE NONFICTION
SPECIAL TOPICS WRITING WORKSHOP
THE CURRENT WRITING SCENE
FOUNDATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL WRITING AND EDITING
DOCUMENTARY FILMS
DOCUMENTARY FILMS
CRITICAL WRITING IN MULTIMEDIA CONTEXTS
CRITICAL WRITING IN MULTIMEDIA CONTEXTS
THE GRAMMAR OF STANDARD WRITTEN ENGLISH
STYLE: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES
WRITING FOR THE WEB
TOPICS IN PROFESSIONAL WRITING
WRITING IN THE SCIENCES
TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL WRITING
GRANT/PROPOSAL WRITING
GENDER AND FILM
GENDER AND FILM
FILM GENRE
LITERATURE AND FILM
LITERATURE AND FILM
STAGE PLAYS AND FILM
STAGE PLAYS AND FILM
TEXT AND IMAGE
TEXT AND IMAGE
TOPICS IN FILM STUDIES
QUEER CINEMA
QUEER CINEMA
CINEMA AUTEURS
FILM THEORY
INTRODUCTION TO CINEMA
PUBLIC SPEAKING
GREAT MOMENTS IN CINEMA
NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION
COMMUNICATION CONFLICT RESOLUTION
PERSUASION
COMMUNICATING LEADERSHIP
APPLIED WORKPLACE COMPETENCIES
MEDIA CRITICISM
WRITING FOR NEWS MEDIA
ELECTRONIC MEDIA COPYWRITING
FEATURE WRITING
PUBLICATION PHOTOGRAPHY
Total Units57
1

No course can fulfill more than one major requirement.

2

GPA requirements:

  • to graduate from the College of Education and Professional Studies, students in a BSE licensure major must have at least a combined GPA of 2.75;
  • students must achieve a grade of "C" (2.00) or better in all required courses with the prefixes EDFOUND, EDFNDPRC, CIGENRL, SECNDED, or SPECED before they can enroll in CIFLD 432 or CIFLD 434; and
  • must successfully complete the English & LA content-based portfolio.
Licensure Requirements:
SPECED 205INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL EDUCATION3
CIGENRL 350INTRODUCTION TO BILINGUAL/BICULTURAL EDUCATION AND ESL3
EDFNDPRC 210INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATION AND TEACHING3
EDFOUND 212EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY3
EDFOUND 243FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION IN A PLURALISTIC SOCIETY3
SECNDED 426METHODS OF TEACHING ENGLISH AND LANGUAGE ARTS3
SECNDED 466LITERACY IN THE DISCIPLINES3
EDFOUND 425MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL3
CIGENRL 470STUDENT TEACHING SEMINAR2
Select one of the following Student Teaching options:12
Option A:
ENGLISH & LANGUAGE ARTS PRE-STUDENT TEACHING, MIDDLE LEVEL
ENGLISH & LANGUAGE ARTS STUDENT TEACHING, SECONDARY LEVEL
Option B:
ENGLISH & LANGUAGE ARTS PRE-STUDENT TEACHING, SECONDARY LEVEL
ENGLISH & LANGUAGE ARTS STUDENT TEACHING, MIDDLE LEVEL
Total Units38