English (B.A./B.S.) - English Education Specialization

Student Learning Outcomes

The program prepares students to become innovative professionals and global citizens by teaching them to read closely and critically, write creatively and persuasively, and explore the beauty and value of diverse literatures and cultures.

• Analyze texts closely and critically, using key literary terms and concepts to interpret how the specific elements of a text contribute to its larger meanings.
• Identify significant texts, authors, periods, movements, genres, theories, or modes from literary history, explaining how literary texts engage with their historical, cultural, aesthetic, or ideological contexts.
• Identify key theoretical ideas, concepts, or methodologies and apply them to the reading and writing of texts.
• Write argumentative, creative, and reflective texts that demonstrate focus, content, structure, evidence, style, and grammar appropriate to their rhetorical contexts.
• Conduct scholarly research that incorporates the use of library resources and discipline-specific databases; the evaluation and integration of secondary sources; and the documentation of primary and secondary sources using MLA style.
• Explain how literature both reflects and enriches the diversity of human experience through its exploration of the ways in which race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexuality, ability, or class shape identity and influence perception.

Academic Requirements

• A grade of “C” or better is required in CMST 101, ENGL 101, PSYC 101, and MATH 103 or higher (if these courses are in your plan of study), and all courses for the major (classes with school/program prefix).
• An overall GPA of 2.5 is required to enroll in any education courses.

Requirements for English Major - English Education Specialization: 120 Credits

Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Science

System General Education Requirements

• Goal #1 Written Communication: SGR #1 Electives Credits: 6  
• Goal #2 Oral Communication: SGR #2 Electives Credits: 3     
• Goal #3 Social Sciences:
  SOC 100 - Introduction to Sociology (COM) [SGR #3, HSDC] Credits: 3
    and/or 
  PSYC 101 - General Psychology (COM) [SGR #3, HSDC] Credits: 3
    and SGR #3 Elective Credits: 0-3  
• Goal #4 Arts and Humanities: SGR #4 Electives Credits: 6  
• Goal #5 Mathematics: SGR #5 Elective Credits: 3  
• Goal #6 Natural Sciences: SGR #6 Electives Credits: 6  

College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Requirements

• One declared minor outside of the major discipline OR a second major OR a teaching specialization. The minor may be a traditional minor within one department or school or it may be interdisciplinary involving more than one department or school. The minor can be in a different college. The minor must be declared no later than the student’s third semester of enrollment.
• Capstone course in the major discipline
• Upper division coursework Credits: 33

Bachelor of Arts Requirements: 6+

• Modern Foreign Language Including the 202-Level Credits: 6+ 

Bachelor of Science Requirements: 10+

• Natural Sciences  Credits: 10+
  • Any two lab sciences.
  • Coursework must include 2 prefixes.
  • MATH and STAT courses do not count toward the science requirement.

System General Education and/or major coursework may satisfy some or all of the above requirements. Consult program advisor for details. See the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences  for additional information about Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science specifications.

Major Requirements

• ENGL 151 - Introduction to English Studies Credits: 3
• ENGL 221 - British Literature I (COM) [SGR #4, HSDC] Credits: 3
• ENGL 222 - British Literature II (COM) [SGR #4, HSDC] Credits: 3
• ENGL 240 - Juvenile Literature [SGR #4, HSDC] Credits: 3
• ENGL 241 - American Literature I (COM) [SGR #4, HSDC] Credits: 3
• ENGL 242 - American Literature II (COM) [SGR #4, HSDC] Credits: 3
• ENGL 284 - Introduction to Criticism (COM) [SGR #1, HSDC] Credits: 3
• ENGL 330 - Shakespeare (COM) Credits: 3
• ENGL 383 - Creative Writing I (COM) Credits: 3
• ENGL 424 - 7-12 Language Arts Methods Credits: 3
• ENGL 445 - American Indian Literature (COM) Credits: 3
• ENGL 479 - Capstone Course and Writing in the Discipline Credits: 3 (Capstone)
• LING 203 - English Grammar Credits: 3

Supporting Coursework

• HIST 111 - World Civilizations I (COM) [SGR #4, HSDC] Credits: 3

• and HIST 112 - World Civilizations II (COM) [SGR #4, HSDC] Credits: 3  
  or
  HIST 121 - Western Civilization I (COM) [SGR #4, HSDC] Credits: 3  
  and HIST 122 - Western Civilization II (COM) [SGR #4, HSDC] Credits: 3  

Teaching Specialization Requirements

• AIS 211 - South Dakota American Indian Culture and Education (COM) [SGR #3, HSDC] Credits: 3
• EDFN 101 - Exploration of Teaching and Learning (COM) Credits: 1
• EDFN 340 - Adolescent Development in Educational Contexts Credits: 3
• EDFN 351 - Teaching and Learning I Credits: 1
• EDFN 352 - Teaching and Learning II Credits: 3
• EDFN 352L - Teaching and Learning II Lab Credits: 2
• EDFN 453 - Teaching and Learning III Credits: 3
• EDFN 453L - Teaching and Learning III Lab Credits: 4
• EDFN 454 - Teaching and Learning IV: Student Teaching Credits: 11
• ENGL 424 - 7-12 Language Arts Methods Credits: 3 (Teaching Content Methods Requirement) (Major Requirement)
• SEED 450 - Reading and Content Literacy (COM) Credits: 2
• SEED 456 - Capstone/Action Research Credits: 1

Electives

Taken as needed to complete any additional degree requirements.

Total Required Credits: 120

Summary of Program Requirements

*System General Education Requirements for students pursuing a baccalaureate degree shall include a minimum of 30 credit hours. Some general education coursework may be counted for Major Requirements, Supporting Coursework, and College Requirements.
**System General Education Requirements, Major Requirements, and Supporting Coursework may satisfy some or all of the above requirements.  
***Taken as needed to complete any additional degree requirements.

Academic Advising Guide Sheet

The goal of the academic advising guide sheets and sample plans of study is to promote undergraduate student success by guiding all students to timely completion of an undergraduate degree. Students are not limited to the course sequence provided for their academic program. Instead, the sample plan of study is one possible path to completing your degree and is meant to be used as a guide for planning purposes in consultation with an academic advisor. The plans also help students prepare for meetings with their academic advisor and track their progress in their selected academic program.

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