Language plays a significant role in education at any age, and places a large responsibility in the hands of educators. As you prepare to become a teacher, the English secondary teaching emphasis equips you with the tools needed in the classroom.
Highlights
- Courses explore a broad range of topics in language and linguistics: multicultural literature, American literature, world theater history, creative writing, composition theory and much more.
- Extended studies offer courses in communication and sociology.
Course listing
General Education Prerequisites (9 Units)
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|
| COM-110 | Written Communication | 3 |
| COM-120 | Oral Communication | 3 |
| LIT-180 | Introduction to Literature | 3 |
Required Courses (minimum Units: 57)
Core Courses
Literature And Textual Analysis
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|
| LIT-415 | Shakespeare | 3 |
| LIT-460 | Critical Approaches to Literature | 3 |
Select one of the following:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|
| LIT-355 | American Literature: Beginnings to 19th Century | 3 |
| LIT-360 | American Literature: 20th Century | 3 |
| PHIL-430 | American Wilderness Literature and Philosophy | 3 |
Select one of the following:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|
| LIT-400 | Medieval Life, Thought and Literature | 4 |
| LIT-420 | English Literature: Romantic and Victorian Literature | 3 |
| LIT-425 | English Literature: 20th Century Literature | 3 |
Select one of the following:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|
| LIT-370 | The Novel | 3 |
| LIT-380 | World Theater: Roots to 1800 | 3 |
| LIT-385 | World Theater: 1800 to Present | 3 |
| LIT-448 | Multicultural Literature | 3 |
| SPAN-445 | Latin American Literature | 3 |
Language, Linguistics And Literacy
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|
| LANG-310 | First and Second Language Acquisition | 3 |
| LANG-340 | Introduction to Linguistics | 3 |
Composition And Rhetoric
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|
| COM-345 | Composition Theory and Writing | 3 |
| LANG-350 | Modern English Grammar | 3 |
Communications: Speech, Media And Creative Performance
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|
| COM-410 | Media and Society | 3 |
| LIT-395 | Text and Performance | 3 |
Select one of the following:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|
| THTR-350 | Acting | 3 |
| THTR-360 | Directing and Staging Texts | 3 |
Select two of the following:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|
| COM-300 | Creative Writing: Fiction | 3 |
| COM-310 | Creative Writing: Poetry | 3 |
| COM-320 | Creative Writing: Nonfiction | 3 |
Capstone
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|
| LA-385 | Critical Approaches to Teaching | 3 |
Extended Studies
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|
| SOC-410 | American Ethnicity and Pluralism | 3 |
Select one of the following:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|
| COM-330 | Writing and Reading Journalism | 3 |
| COM-355 | Digital Video Production I | 3 |
Select one of the following:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|
| COM-380 | Film Studies | 3 |
| LIT-449 | Literature and Film | 3 |
Select one of the following:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|
| COM-350 | Visual Rhetoric | 3 |
| COM-455 | Philosophy of Language | 3 |
