Required upper-division courses are:
- ENGL 4160 - Advanced Expository Writing
- ENGL 4195 - Advanced Grammar and Usage
- ENGL 4430 - Shakespeare
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
Plus one course each in two out of the five historical periods
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 2010 - Principles of Advertising
- LING 3060 - Principles of Language Study