The course plan below is a sample plan for your major; it does not and should not replace meeting with your Academic Advisor to map out the best course plan that suits your individual academic goals and placement upon initial registration.

Classes listed may not necessarily be offered during a particular term. 

Year 1
Fall Semester	Spring Semester
ENG 110	ENG 111
CORE 179	ENG 205
MTH 121	Required Elective (4)
HST	EDU 120
PHL	Natural Science

Year 2
Fall Semester	Spring Semester
CORE 279	Foreign Language 111
Foreign Language 110	EDU 215B
ENG 215A	EDU 220
EDU 112	Required Elective (1)
Required Elective (5)	ENG 216
Social/Behavioral Science	EDU 314 (1/2 semester)

Year 3
Fall Semester	Spring Semester
EDU 379A	ENG 357
Art/Music/Theatre	Required Elective (2)
EDU 355	ENG 348G
EDU 410	Required Elective (3)
EDU 346	THL

Year 4
Fall Semester	Spring Semester
ENG 479	EDU 487
THL	EDU 488
Required Elective (6)
Social/Behavioral Science
PHL

Required Elective (1) – Choose one of the following: ENG 450 or ENG 452

Required Elective (2) – Choose one of the following: ENG 455 or ENG 456

Required Elective (3) – Choose one of the following: ENG 460 or ENG 463

Required Elective (4) – Choose one of the following: COM 105 or COM 132

Required Elective (5) – Choose one of the following: ENG 220, ENG 322, or ENG 326

Required Elective (6) – Choose one of the following: ENG 342, ENG 343, or ENG 451

Faculty Advisors should help students pick Emphasis Electives and Minors based on career path. Other electives should be towards minor or graduate school prerequisites (meet with Advisor) and all students need 120 credits (15 credits per semester) to graduate in 4 years.

Degree-seeking students must complete the degree requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in addition to the major requirements listed below.

Licensure-only students, those who completed a bachelor's degree prior to beginning this program, need only the requirements listed below. 

• View course descriptions for pre- and co-requisites.

Foundations in Genre, the English Language, Historical Periods, Diversity & Theory

Courses	Credits
ENG 205 Literary Research Methods**	3*
ENG 215A Survey of British Literature I	3*
ENG 215B Survey of British Literature II	3*
ENG 216 Survey of American Literature	3*
ENG 357 World Literature	3*
ENG 479 CORE: Literature Theory/Practice	3*

Select one course from the following:

Courses	Credits
ENG 450 Novels	3*
ENG 452 Short Stories	3*

Select one course from the following:

Courses	Credits
ENG 455 Poetry	3*
ENG 456 Drama	3*

Select one course from the following:

Courses	Credits
ENG 460 The Age of Chaucer	3*
ENG 463 The Age of Shakespeare	3*

Oral, Visual & Written Literacy

Courses	Credits
ENG 348G Film & Literature	3*

Select one course from the following:

Courses	Credits
COM 105 Public Speaking	3*
COM 132 Interpersonal Communication	3*

Adolescent Literature

Courses	Credits
EDU 120 Teaching Reading through Literature for Children & Young Adults	3*

Writing, Technology & Writing Theory

Select one course from the following:

Courses	Credits
ENG 220 Professional Writing	3*
ENG 322 Creative Writing	3*
ENG 326 The Art of the Essay	3*

Culture & Diversity

Select one course from the following:

Courses	Credits
ENG 342 African Literature	3*
ENG 343 Literature of American Diversity	3*
ENG 451 Women’s Literature	3*

Required Professional Education Courses

Courses	Credits
EDU 112 Introduction to Teaching Adolescence to Young Adult	3
EDU 220 Educational Psychology	3
EDU 314 Content Area Reading	3
EDU 346 Adolescence to Young Adult & Multi-Age Methods	3
EDU 355 Adolescence to Young Adult Language Arts Teaching Methods	3
EDU 379A CORE: Principles of Education	3
EDU 410 Assessment and Technology for Teaching & Learning	3
EDU 487 Supervised Teaching: Adolescence to Young Adult or Multi-Age	12
EDU 488 Teaching Seminar: Adolescence to Young Adult or Multi-Age	1
Total Credits Required	76

* Used to calculate the Major GPA

** Students who transfer in 12 credit hours of English courses, 200-level and above, may substitute another English course, at the 200-level or above, for ENG 205.