Concentration in Language Arts (also satisfies teacher certification) | Department of English

Concentration in Language Arts (also satisfies teacher certification)

Required upper-division courses are:

  • ENGL 3110 - Academic Writing in the Humanities
  • ENGL 4195 - Advanced Grammar and Usage
  • ENGL 4430 - Shakespeare
  • ENGL 4700 - Instruction and Assessment in English Language Arts
  • One additional 4000-level ENGL course.

DIVERSITY REQUIREMENT

Students choose one course from the following.

ENGL 3920 - Ethnic American Literatures

ENGL 4220 - Contemporary North American Indigenous Literature

ENGL 4245 - Postcolonial Literature and Theory

ENGL 4250 - Latinx Literature

ENGL 4255 - Mexican American Non-Fiction and Criticism

ENGL 4260 - African American Literature

ENGL 4270 - Modern Jewish Literature

ENGL 4670 - Gender and Sexuality in Literature

Plus one course chosen from:

  • ENGL 3450 - Short Story
  • ENGL 3920 - Survey of Ethnic Literatures

Plus one course chosen from:

  • ENGL 3430 - British Literature to 1780
  • ENGL 3830 - American Literature to 1870

Plus one course chosen from:

  • ENGL 3440 - British Anglophone Literature 1780 to the Present
  • ENGL 3840 - American Literature 1870 to the Present

Additional courses required for teacher certification are:

  • COMM 1010 - Introduction to Communication
  • EDRE 4840 - Linguistically Diverse Learners
  • EDRE 4870 - Cross-Curricular (Content Area) Literacy Materials and Resources
  • ENGL 4700 - Methods of Teaching Language Arts in the Secondary Grades
  • JOUR 1210 - Mass Communication and Society
  • JOUR 2000 - Principles of Strategic Communications
  • LING 3060 - Principles of Language Study