English (Grades 9-12 or 5-12) Certification

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CIP Code: 13.1305

NOTE: Middle school certification may be combined with secondary certification in the same content area, earning subject-specific certification in grades 5-12.

Subject-Specific Certification Requirements:
Candidates pursuing middle/secondary combined certification must satisfy all the subject-specific secondary content area requirements, which will also fulfill the middle school concentration area requirements.

Content area courses are undergraduate-only unless otherwise noted.

See your advisor for certification requirements.

Professional Requirements

Content Planning and Delivery/Individual Student Needs/Schools and the Teaching Profession

EDUC 201 - Professional Growth and Folio Development I Semester Hours: One (Must be taken first semester of enrollment) ^¹
EDUC 200 - Continuing Portfolio Development for Teacher Candidates Semester Hours: Zero (must be enrolled concurrently with EDUC 201)¹
EDUC 203 - Teaching in a Diverse Society Semester Hours: Three ¹
EDUC 303 - Methods of Teaching and Differentiated Instruction Semester Hours: Three (Must be taken first semester of enrollment) ^¹
EDUC 573 - Applications of Technology Semester Hours: Three †
ECTA 323 - Curriculum, Assessment, and Data-Based Decision Making Semester Hours: Three ¹
EDPS 313 - Psychology of Learning & Development Semester Hours: Three ⁑¹
EDPS 453/553 - The Exceptional Child Semester Hours: Three
EDMS 443/543 - Middle School: Philosophy and Organization Semester Hours: Three (Only required for those pursuing middle and secondary certification.)
EDRD 423/523 - Integration of Literacy in Content Areas: Seminar and Field Experience Semester Hours: Three ‡
EDRD 463/563 - Reading and Writing Strategies for Middle and Secondary Content Areas Semester Hours: Three
ETOP 423/523 - Classroom and Behavior Management Semester Hours: Three ^
EDUC 401 - Professional Growth and Folio Development II Semester Hours: One (Must be taken the semester prior to student teaching) ^²
EDTR 413/513 - Trauma Informed Classroom I Semester Hours: Three
(must be taken concurrently with Student Teaching)

Total: 32 Hours (35 for combined middle and secondary)

Note(s)

¹Undergraduate-only courses required for admission to the Teacher Education Program.
²Undergraduate-only course required in preparation for approval to student teach.

^Teacher Education Program Gateway course – requires a grade of B or better (may be repeated once)
⁑ For students transferring professional education course work, the combination of Educational Psychology (or equivalent) and a course that covers child and adolescent growth and development (generally a prerequisite to Educational Psychology) will be substituted for EDPS 313 .
‡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

See your advisor for certification requirements.

EDCL 211 - Teaching Field Experience I Semester Hours: One (must be in grades 9-12 in a high school setting)†‡^¹
EDUC 210 - Field Experience I Seminar Semester Hours: Zero (must be taken concurrently with EDCL 211)¹
EDCL 411/511 - Teaching Field Experience II Semester Hours: One (must be in grades 9-12 in a high school setting, different grade than 211)*†^
EDUC 410/510 - Field Experience II Seminar Semester Hours: Zero (must be taken concurrently with EDCL 411/511 )
EDUC 470 - Student Teaching Professional Development Seminar Semester Hours: Zero (must be taken concurrently with Student Teaching)¹
ESCL 4712/5712 - Student Teaching: Secondary Semester Hours: Twelve (must be in grades 9-12 in a high school setting, different grade than EDCL 211 or EDCL 411/511 )
OR (for those pursuing two secondary content areas)
ESCL 4709/5709 - Student Teaching: Secondary Semester Hours: Nine (must be in grades 9-12 in the primary content area)
ESCL 4703/5703 - 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 4709/5709 - Student Teaching: Secondary Semester Hours: Three (must be in grades 9-12 in a secondary school setting)
EMCL 4703/5703 - 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

Note(s)

¹Undergraduate-only courses

^Teacher Education Program Gateway course – requires a grade of B or better (may be repeated once)

‡ Students who transfer in a course for EDCL 211 with a grade of B or better who do not have a MEES evaluation (or equivalent) must take EDCL 200 Transfer Field Experience.¹

† Requires enrollment in GoReact as co-requisite/pre-requisite.

*Candidates pursuing secondary/middle combined certification must complete EDCL 411/511 in a middle school setting.

Instructional Strategies and Techniques in Content Specialty Area

EDEN 453/553 - Teaching Language Arts and Composition in Middle/Secondary: Seminar and Field Experience Semester Hours: Three

Total: 3 Hours

Content Area Requirements

ENGL 113 - English Composition I (MOTR ENGL 100) Semester Hours: Three
ENGL 123 - English Composition II (MOTR ENGL 200) Semester Hours: Three
ENGL 283 - Techniques for Writing Tutorials Semester Hours: Three
ENGL 333A - American Literature I (Colonial America to 1865) Semester Hours: Three
OR
ENGL 333B - American Literature II (1865-1945) Semester Hours: Three
OR
ENGL 333C - American Literature III (1945-Present) 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 453/553 - History of the English Language Semester Hours: Three
ENGL 463/563 - Multicultural Literature Semester Hours: Three
ENGL 473 - Advanced Grammar Semester Hours: Three
EDEN 463/563 - Teaching Literature Within the Curriculum Semester Hours: Three

3 Hours from the Following

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
ENGL 443 - Senior Research Seminar in English Semester Hours: Three

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English (Grades 9-12 or 5-12) Certification

Professional Requirements

Content Planning and Delivery/Individual Student Needs/Schools and the Teaching Profession

Total: 32 Hours (35 for combined middle and secondary)

Note(s)

Field and Clinical Experiences

Total: 14 Hours

Note(s)

Instructional Strategies and Techniques in Content Specialty Area

Total: 3 Hours

Content Area Requirements

3 Hours from the Following

Total: 33 Hours

Total: 82 Hours (85 for combined secondary and middle school certification)