English/Secondary Education, BA

CIP Code: 23.0101/13.1205

Students must meet all requirements for certification before this degree will be conferred, including passing the following: 1) all sections of the Missouri General Education Assessment (MoGEA); 2) the Professional Development Folio (semester prior to student teaching); 3) the Missouri Content Assessment(s) (MoCA) for each area of certification sought; and 4) a passing composite score on their summative evaluation in the Missouri Educator Evaluation System (MEES).

General Education Requirements

Bachelor of Arts

Professional Requirements

EDUC 201 - Professional Growth and Folio Development I Semester Hours: One (Must be taken second semester of sophomore year or first semester of enrollment if transferring as a junior or senior)
EDUC 203 - Teaching in a Diverse Society Semester Hours: Three (Must be taken with EDUC 201)
ECTA 323 - Curriculum, Assessment, and Data-Based Decision Making Semester Hours: Three
EDPS 383 - Psychology of Teaching and Learning Semester Hours: Three
EDUC 303 - Methods of Teaching and Differentiated Instruction Semester Hours: Three
EDUC 373 - Technology and Instructional Media Semester Hours: Three
PSYC 313 - Human Growth and Development (MOTR PSYC 200) Semester Hours: Three
EDUC 401 - Professional Growth and Folio Development II Semester Hours: One (Must be taken during the senior year, the semester prior to student teaching)
EDPS 453/553 - the Exceptional Child Semester Hours: Three ¹
EDRD 423/523 - Integration of Literacy in Content Areas: Seminar and Field Experience Semester Hours: Three ¹ ‡
EDRD 463/563 - Reading and Writing Strategies for Middle and Secondary Content Areas Semester Hours: Three ¹
ETOP 423/523 - Classroom and Behavior Management Semester Hours: Three ¹
EDPS 463/563 - Trauma Informed Classroom Semester Hours: Three

Total: 35 Hours

‡Students who transfer in a course for EDRD 423/523 which does not include an equivalent field experience must complete: EDCL 420/520 Field Experience with English Language Learners

Field and Clinical Experiences

EDCL 211 - Teaching Field Experience I Semester Hours: One (must be in grades 9-12 in a high school setting)
EDUC 210 - Field Experience I Seminar Semester Hours: Zero (must be taken concurrently with EDCL 211)
EDCL 411/511 - Teaching Field Experience II Semester Hours: One (must be in grades 9-12 in a high school setting, different grade than EDCL 211)*
EDUC 410 - Field Experience II Seminar Semester Hours: Zero (must be taken concurrently with EDCL 411/511)
ESCL 4712 - Student Teaching: Secondary Semester Hours: Twelve (must be in grades 9-12 in a high school setting, different grade than EDCL 211 or EDCL 411)
OR (for those pursuing two secondary content areas)
ESCL 4709 - Student Teaching: Secondary Semester Hours: Nine (must be in grades 9-12 in the primary content area)
ESCL 4703 - Student Teaching: Secondary Semester Hours: Three (must be in grades 9-12 in the add-on content area)
OR (for those pursuing secondary/middle combined)
ESCL 4709 Student Teaching: Secondary (must be in grades 9-12 in a secondary school setting)
EMCL 4703 - Student Teaching: Middle School Semester Hours: Three (must be in grades 5-9 in a middle school setting, different grade level than EDCL 411/511)*

Total: 14 Hours

*Candidates pursuing secondary/middle combined certification must complete EDCL 411/511 Teaching Field Experience II in a middle school setting.
¹See the catalog section on Senior Permission for information on earning graduate credit for this course.

Major Requirements

The student must complete the following requirements plus select and complete one or more of the following concentration areas (39 hours). Students may not overlap concentration requirements.

Required English (ENGL) courses

ENGL 283 - Techniques for Writing Tutorials Semester Hours: Three
ENGL 333A - American Literature I (Colonial America to 1865) Semester Hours: Three
ENGL 333B - American Literature II (1865-1945) Semester Hours: Three
ENGL 353A - British Literature I (the Middle Ages Through the Early 17th Century) Semester Hours: Three
ENGL 353B - British Literature II (Since the Restoration) Semester Hours: Three
ENGL 363 - Critical Theories Semester Hours: Three
ENGL 443 - Senior Research Seminar in English Semester Hours: Three
ENGL 453/553 - History of the English Language Semester Hours: Three ¹
ENGL 473 - Advanced Grammar Semester Hours: Three

Total: 27 Hours

Concentration Areas

Literature Concentration

ENGL 333C - American Literature III (1945-Present) Semester Hours: Three
ENGL 373 - Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Milton Semester Hours: Three
ENCP 433/533 - C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien Semester Hours: Three
ENGL 463/563 - Multicultural Literature Semester Hours: Three ¹

Writing Concentration

COEN 223 - Basic Reporting and Writing for Journalism Semester Hours: Three
ENGL 403 - Creative Writing I (Poetry and Fiction) Semester Hours: Three
ENGL 413 - Creative Writing II (Drama and Nonfiction) Semester Hours: Three
ENGL 433 - Business Writing Semester Hours: Three

Secondary Education Concentration

Three (3) hours from the Writing Concentration

EDEN 453/553 - Teaching Language Arts and Composition in Middle/Secondary: Seminar and Field Experience Semester Hours: Three ¹
EDEN 463/563 - Teaching Literature Within the Curriculum Semester Hours: Three ¹
ENGL 463/563 - Multicultural Literature Semester Hours: Three ¹

Note(s):

¹See the catalog section on Senior Permission for information on earning graduate credit for this course.

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