English Language Arts Education
English Language Arts Education
Associate Professor: Joan Swanson, John Villemaire
Assistant Professor: Dale Boyle, Elizabeth Lapon
Certification in English Education is for grades 5-8 or 5-12. In addition to completing the General and Liberal Education Core requirements, students in this program complete a major in English (the student must be enrolled in the Education Track) designed for certification candidates, and complete the required education courses. In order to satisfy certification requirements, students in this certification program may have requirements that non-certification students do not have. In addition to the required education courses listed below, students must meet with both the education advisor and their English major advisor to select courses. This dual advising system is critical to ensuring that they are meeting all of the relevant content certification standards within the content major.
Required Education Courses for English Language Arts Education
Course number and name Field hours
ED105 Educational Psychology
ED112 Teaching and Learning in a Democratic Society
ED224 Design and Management of the Learning Environment 30 hours
ED308 Introduction to Assessment
ED312 Understanding and Teaching Exceptional Learners 15 hours
ED350 Teaching Literacy across the Curriculum 15 hours
ED360 Best Practices in a Secondary Context 30 hours
Total field hours prior to student teaching 90 hours
ED487 Secondary Student Teaching Seminar
ED492 Student Teaching 16 weeks
Specific Testing for Certification
• Basic Academic Skills Assessment (BASA) and Subject Area Testing in English Language
Arts
Education Track (for Elementary & Secondary Education Majors) - 27 credits
The following courses are required.
EN117 Buddies, Bullies, and Bodies: Young Adult Literature 3 credits
EN232 The Teaching of Writing 3 credits
Choose two of the three courses listed:
EN110 Many Voices: Multicultural Literature 3 credits
EN215 New Worlds of Literature: Writing from Emerging Societies 3 credits
EN270 Women Writers 3 credits
At least five electives (15 credits), no more than one at the 100-level; at least two British Literature and two American Literature, varied in historical period, including at least one course each from British Literature before the 18th century and British Literature from the 18th century or later. In the courses selected there must be at least one that covers each of the following genres: Fiction and Poetry.
Recommended Curriculum Guide – Secondary English
First Year |
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Fall Semester |
Credits |
Spring Semester |
Credits |
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MT130 |
Math for K-8 Educators |
3 |
ED105 or ED112 |
Educational Psychology or Teaching and Learning in a Democratic Society |
3 |
ED105 or ED112 |
Educational Psychology or Teaching and Learning in a Democratic Society |
3 |
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Primary Major |
3 |
GLE101 |
First-Year Inquiry Seminar |
3 |
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Primary Major |
3 |
GLE110 |
First-Year Composition |
3 |
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GLE Social Science |
3 |
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Major or GLE Social Science |
3 |
______ |
GLE Humanities |
3 |
|
Total |
15 |
|
Total |
12 |
Second Year |
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Fall Semester |
Credits |
Spring Semester |
Credits |
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ED224 |
Design and Management of the Learning Environment |
3 |
ED350 |
Teaching Literacy Across the Curriculum |
3 |
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Primary Major |
3 |
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Primary Major |
3 |
______ |
Primary Major |
3 |
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Primary Major |
3 |
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GLE Natural Science |
4 |
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GLE Natural Science |
4 |
______ |
GLE Social Science -if needed |
3 |
GLE230 |
Second-Year Composition |
3 |
|
Total |
16 |
|
Total |
16 |
Third Year |
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Fall Semester |
Credits |
Spring Semester |
Credits |
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ED308 |
Introduction to Assessment |
3 |
ED312 |
Understanding and Teaching Exceptional Learners |
3 |
______ |
Primary Major |
3 |
______ |
Primary Major |
3 |
______ |
Primary Major |
3 |
______ |
Primary Major |
3 |
______ |
GLE Art and Design |
3 |
______ |
GLE Art and Design |
3 |
______ |
GLE Humanities |
3 |
______ |
GLE Humanities |
3 |
|
Total |
15 |
|
Total |
15 |
Fourth Year |
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Fall Semester |
Credits |
Spring Semester |
Credits |
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ED360 |
Best Practices in a Secondary Context |
3 |
ED492 |
Secondary Student Teaching |
14 |
______ |
Primary Major |
3 |
ED487 |
Secondary Student Teaching Seminar |
1 |
______ |
Primary Major |
3 |
|
|
|
______ |
Primary Major |
3 |
|
|
|
______ |
Primary Major |
3 |
|
Total |
15 |
|
Total |
15 |
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Total Credits |
122 |