School of Education

B.S. in Secondary Education, English (120 cr)

This degree will license you for teaching in both Middle and High School in the selected content area. General education requirements vary slightly from program to program.

General Education Requirements (39 cr)

Composition & Communication (9 cr)
College Level Mathematics (3 cr)

Choose at least one math course that meets IU East General Education Requirements.

Humanities & Fine Arts (6 cr)

Choose 2 additional courses from:

Natural Science & Mathematics (6 cr)
Behavioral & Social Sciences (6 cr)

Additional Requirements (0-2 cr)

First-Year Seminar (0-2 cr)

Students entering the program with less than 12 credit hours of transferable credit are required to complete the First Year Seminar (UCOL-U 101).

Professional Education Requirements

The lab/field experience courses, including EDUC-M 201, EDUC-M 301, and EDUC-M 401, can (and must) be taken multiple times for credit.

Foundations (12 cr)
  • EDUC-W 200 Microcomputing for Education: An Introduction
  • EDUC-M 300 Teaching in a Pluralistic Society with EDUC-M 101 Field Experience
  • EDUC-P 254 General Educational Psychology
  • EDUC-K 306 Teaching students with Special Needs
Methods (10 cr) [Must be admitted to TEP]
Student Teaching Semester (15 cr)
Secondary English Major (45 cr)

At least 18 hours must be at the 300 level or above.

Writing (9 cr)
  • ENG-W 203 Creative Writing
  • ENG-W 395 Individual Study in Writing
  • ENG-W 400 Issues in Teaching Writing
Literature (21 cr)
Linguistics (6 cr)
Media Studies (6 cr)
Choose one track of interest
Creative Writing
Literature
 
ENG-L 356 American Poetry to 1900
Spanish
Film
Theater
Speech