What kinds of courses are required?
13-14 courses
• Reading literature
• Literature, Theory & Culture
• World literature
• American literature
• British literature
• A major author
• Teaching Language to Speakers of Other Languages
• Structure of English
• The Senior Seminar
Grades 6-12
• Multicultural literature
• Adolescent literature
Grades K-6
• Children’s literature
• Writing
42 credit hrs. (6-12); 39 credit hrs. (K-6)
For catalog details on Language Arts Concentration —click here.
For a pdf of the full English curriculum, click here.
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English Major with Language Arts Concentration requirements are described below.
What specific courses are required?
The Bachelor of Arts degree in English
LANGUAGE ARTS CONCENTRATION
In addition to requiring successful completion of the
liberal learning curriculum, the language arts concentration,
requires successful completion of the following major and
elective courses:
1) ENGL 123; ULLC 223;
2) ENGL 208, 308W, 311, 430, 490W;
3) Select one: ENGL 321, 322, 325 or 425;
4) One of the following options:
a) 6-12: ENGL 309W or 339W, 315, 412
(or 512), 421;
Select one: ENGL 341 or 342;
Select one: ENGL 343 or 410;
Select one: ENGL 370 or 372;
Select one: ENGL 374 or 376.
b) Pre-K - 6: ENGL 314W, 315, 412;
Select one: ENGL 309W;
Select one: ENGL 341, 342, 343, or 410;
Select one: ENGL 370, 372, 374, 376 or 421;
Select one: ENGL 320W, 339W, 395 (lit topic) or 415.
Persons interested in this program should first consult Dr. Kara Keeling or Dr. Marsha Sprague for academic advising.