Offered by Department of English

English Major

Language Arts 7-12 Teaching
Field Endorsement
Bachelor of Arts in Education

• General Studies Program Hours = 45
  including General Studies coursework required by Teacher Education and endorsement
  • Foundational Core (Written, Math, Oral, Democracy) = 12 including:
    • ENG 102GS, Academic Writing and Research - 3 hours
    • SPCH 100GS, Fundamentals of Speech Communication - 3 hours
    • TE 100GS, Teaching in a Democratic Society - 3 hours
  • Portal = 3
  • Distribution = 27
    • Aesthetics minimum = 3 including:
      • THEA 120GS, Introduction to the Theatre - 3 hours
    • Humanities minimum = 6 including:
      • Take 1 course from:
        • ENG 250GS, Introduction to Literature: British Literature - 3 hours
        • ENG 251GS, Introduction to Literature: American Literature - 3 hours
        • ENG 252GS, Introduction to Literature: Western Civilization - 3 hours
        • ENG 253GS, Introduction to Literature: Non-Western Civilization - 3 hours
        • ENG 254GS, Introduction to Literature: Special Topics - 3 hours
    • Social Sciences minimum = 6 including:
      • PSCI 110GS, Introduction to American Politics - 3 hours
    • Natural Sciences minimum = 7
    • Analytical and Quantitative Thought minimum = 0
    • Wellness minimum = 3 including:
      • PE 150GS, Healthy, Wealthy and Wise - 3 hours
  • Capstone = 3
• Professional Sequence = 25
  • Students must apply for admission to all Teacher Education programs.
• Endorsement = 50
• Minimum total hours required coursework = 120
• Unrestricted electives in 120 hour program = 0
• Minimum total hours required for BAE in Language Arts 7-12 Teaching Field Endorsement = 120
• All UNK degrees require a minimum of 120 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for all UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above taken at a 4-year college or university.

1. Required Literature (9 hours required)
   • Take 9 hours from the following Literature courses:
     • Take 3 hours from the following American literature:
       • ENG 352A, Survey of U.S. Literature I - 3 hours
       • ENG 352B, Survey of U.S. Literature II - 3 hours
       • ENG 358, Literature of the American West - 3 hours
       • ENG 359, Contemporary American Multicultural Literature - 3 hours
       • ENG 360, American Women Writers - 3 hours
       • ENG 442, Colonial/Early American Literature - 3 hours
       • ENG 443, Seminar in the American Renaissance - 3 hours
       • ENG 444, Seminar in American Realism - 3 hours
       • ENG 445, Seminar in Early 20th Century American Literature - 3 hours
       • ENG 447, Seminar in Post-World War II American Literature - 3 hours
     • Take 3 hours from the following British literature:
       • ENG 362A, Survey of British and Commonwealth Literature I - 3 hours
       • ENG 362B, Survey of British and Commonwealth Literature II - 3 hours
       • ENG 462, Early/Middle English Literature - 3 hours
       • ENG 463, Seminar in Shakespeare - 3 hours
       • ENG 464, Seminar in the Renaissance - 3 hours
       • ENG 466, Literature of the English Restoration and Eighteenth Century - 3 hours
       • ENG 467, Seminar in Romanticism - 3 hours
       • ENG 468, Seminar in Victorian Literature - 3 hours
       • ENG 474, Postmodern/Contemporary British Literature - 3 hours
     • Take 3 hours from the following world literature:
       • ENG 253GS, Introduction to Literature: Non-Western Civilization - 3 hours
       • ENG 330, European Literature in Translation - 3 hours
       • ENG 333, Non-Western Literature in Translation - 3 hours
       • ENG 336, Ancient Literatures - 3 hours
       • ENG 450, Seminar in World Literature - 3 hours
     • In all three categories, topics classes may be included by department permission.
2. Required Language (6 hours required)
   • Take all of the following:
     • ENG 304, Grammar I - 3 hours
     • ENG 404, History of the English Language - 3 hours
3. Required Writing (6 hours required)
   • Take one course:
     • ENG 234, Reading and Writing about Literature - 3 hours
   • Take 1 course from:
     • ENG 211, Introduction to Creative Writing - 3 hours
     • ENG 214, Beginning Fiction Writing - 3 hours
     • ENG 215, Introduction to Creative Writing for the Stage/Screen - 3 hours (Prereq: ENG 101 and ENG 102GS)
     • ENG 217, Beginning Poetry Writing - 3 hours
     • ENG 311, Advanced Writing I - 3 hours
     • ENG 320, Creative Play/Script Writing - 3 hours
     • ENG 429, Theory and Pedagogy of Writing - 3 hours
4. Required Pedagogy (6 hours required)
   • Take all of the following:
     • ENG 424, Teaching Secondary School English - 3 hours
     • ENG 427, Electronic Literacy - 3 hours
5. Electives (11 hours required)
   • Electives in English to total 11 hours.
   • Especially recommended: 300/400 level literature or language courses; ENG 423, Reading Problems of Secondary Schools; ENG 426, Literature for Adolescents; additional writing courses.
6. Required Communications (12 hours required)
   • Take one course from each category (9 hours) and one additional course from any of the categories (3 hours)
     • Journalism/Mass Communications
       • JMC 112, Communication Software - 3 hours
       • JMC 220, Photojournalism - 3 hours
       • JMC 226, Audio Production & Announcing - 3 hours
       • JMC 265, Video Production - 3 hours
     • Speech
       • Take required course:
         • SPCH 400, The Teaching of Speech - 3 hours
       • Elective from:
         • SPCH 231, Introduction to Forensics and Debate - 3 hours
         • SPCH 237, Intercollegiate Debate and Forensics - 3 hours
         • SPCH 240, Public Speaking for Professions and Business - 3 hours
         • SPCH 270, Advanced Public Speaking - 3 hours
         • SPCH 332, Logic Argumentation and Reasoning - 3 hours
         • SPCH 360, Persuasion and Propaganda - 3 hours
     • Theater
       • THEA 135, Introduction to Stage Technology - 3 hours
       • THEA 210, Playscript Analysis - 3 hours
       • THEA 225, Acting I - 3 hours