English Secondary Education
If you have a passion for reading and writing and a desire to serve others through teaching, an English Secondary Education Certification from USF will prepare you for meaningful service in the classroom. Through this program, you will learn a variety of skills and methodologies that will enable you to teach literature, grammar, reading and oral communication to grades 7-12.
English Education combines both the English major and Education major. For this major, you must complete a minimum of 31 semester hours of English courses, 6 semester hours of a foreign language, 6 semester hours of oral communication and the courses required for secondary education certification.
REQUIRED MAJOR CORE
Complete the following courses:
- - Introduction to English Studies (1 s.h.)
- - Literature for Children & Adolescents (3 s.h.)
- - Advanced Grammar (3 s.h.)
- - Advanced Composition (3 s.h.)
- - Evolving Canons (3 s.h.)
- - Teaching of English (3 s.h.)
- - English Colloquium (1 s.h.)
SURVEY COURSES
Complete three of the following courses:
- - Global Literature: Origins and Intersections (3 s.h.)
- - British Literature: Origins and Intersections (3 s.h.)
- - American Literature: Survey I (3 s.h.)
- - British Literature: Survey II (3 s.h.)
- - American Literature: Survey II (3 s.h.)
FOREIGN LANGUAGE COURSES
Complete two semesters in one foreign language.
Spanish
- - First Semester Spanish (3 s.h.)
- - Second Semester Spanish (3 s.h.)
- - Third Semester Spanish (3 s.h.)
- - Fourth Semester Spanish (3 s.h.)
- - Survey of Peninsular Literature and Cultures Through the Golden Age (3 s.h.)
- - Survey of Peninsular Literature and Cultures: Golden Age to Present (3 s.h.)
- - Survey of Latin American Literature and Cultures through the 19th century (3 s.h.)
- - Survey of Latin American Literature and Cultures: 19th Century to Present Day (3 s.h.)
- - Special Topics in Spanish Literature or Culture (3 s.h.)
- - World Language Methods (3 s.h.)
- - Travel Abroad for Intermediate/ Advanced Students of Spanish (1-6 s.h.)
- - Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics (3 s.h.)
- - Spanish Phonetics and Phonology (3 s.h.)
- - Special Topics in Hispanic Linguistics (3 s.h.)
- - Introduction to Translation (3 s.h.)
- - Spanish for the Professions (3 s.h.)
- - Special Topics (1 s.h.)
- - Internship (1-4 s.h.)
- - Senior Capstone (1 s.h.)
- - Independent Study (1-3 s.h.)
- - Independent Study (1-3 s.h.)
New Testament Greek
- - New Testament Greek I (3 s.h.)
- - New Testament Greek II (3 s.h.)
ELECTIVE(S) IN MAJOR
Complete 12 s.h. of elective courses. ENG311 and ENG322 are both highly recommended.
- - Introduction to Contemporary Drama (3 s.h.)
- - Oral Interpretation of Literature (3 s.h.)
- - Theatre History I (3 s.h.)
- - Genre Study (3 s.h.)
- - Creative Writing (3 s.h.)
- - Creative Writing II (3 s.h.)
- - Shakespeare (3 s.h.)
- - Playwriting (3 s.h.)
- - Language and Society (3 s.h.)
- - The Theology of Harry Potter (3 s.h.)
- - Special Topics (3 s.h.)
- - Internship (1-4 s.h.)
- - Literary Criticism (3 s.h.)
- - Digital Humanities & the Ethics of Technology (3 s.h.)
- - Special Topics (3 s.h.)
- - Independent Study (0-4 s.h.)
- - Independent Study (1-3 s.h.)
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