English: Education Option, BA

This major is administered by the Department of English .

 

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE DISCLOSURE (NC-SARA)

The United States Department of Education requires institutions that provide distance education to disclose information for programs leading to professional certification or licensure about whether each program meets state educational requirements for initial licensure or certification. Following is this disclosure information for this program:

This program meets the certification/licensure requirements in the following states/territories:

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Mariana Islands, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming; 

 

This program does not meet the certification/licensure requirements in the following states/territories:

American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Puerto Rico, Republic of Palau, Republic of the Marshall Islands;

 

Note: If you live in a state or territory that does not meet certification/licensure requirements, you may contact the School of Education  for more information.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon completing the English Education Major program, our students will be able to:

1. Analyze and interpret British literature critically to demonstrate a comprehension of literary themes, of the conventions and language of literature, and/or of key concepts about British culture
2. Analyze and interpret American literature critically to demonstrate a comprehension of literary themes, of the conventions and language of literature, and/or of key concepts about American culture
3. Apply appropriate critical and/or rhetorical models and theories to your reading of literary texts
4. Apply appropriate knowledge of the grammatical structure and/or the historical development of the English language to your understanding of literature, culture, and your own writing
5. Write thoughtfully and effectively (especially, but not exclusively, in the genre of literary analysis) by expressing a clear purpose, demonstrating an awareness of audience and the writing situation, organizing ideas effectively, and using grammatically correct language
6. Use appropriate methods of conducting research and documenting sources
7. Apply appropriate knowledge of the discipline and of effective teaching strategies to design unit and lesson plans with clear learning goals and materials, activities, and assessments appropriate to these goals

Consists of a minimum of 65 credits.