The Secondary Education Major in English
NOTES: Requirements for the Secondary Education Major in English were changed in response to an assessment survey of successful graduates of the program placed in Chicago schools and the input of professors in Education and relevant areas in the Arts and Sciences. The new major, approved Fall 2000, is designed to better prepare our graduates for the current realities of teaching English in Chicago-area secondary schools. Those students who have DECLARED their English major BEFORE Fall term 2000 are exempt from the new requirements (click here for pre-2000 requirements), but the English Department strongly advises all students currently in the program to complete all the courses required for the new major.

No more than 15 hours may be transferred into the major in English. No more than 12 hours at the 200-level may count towards fulfilling the major requirements.

Courses:

Prerequisites: ENGL 101, 102 (Writing I and II)

Surveys:

ENGL 218: Survey of American Literature, Beginnings to 1865

ENGL 219: Survey of American Literature, 1865 to the present

ENGL 221: Survey of British Literature, Beginnings to 1750

ENGL 222: Survey of British Literature, 1750 to the present

Criticism:

ENGL 345: Practical Criticism

Shakespeare:

ENGL 330 or 331: Shakespeare (Tragedies or Comedies)

Diverse Literatures:

ENGL 371: Studies in Women’s Literature or ENGL 318N : American Women Writers of the 19th Century or approved equivalent

and

ENGL 380: Multicultural Literature or ENGL 381: African American Literature or approved equivalent

Composition:

ENGL 376: Advanced Composition or ENGL 377: Argumentative Prose

Other Literature Courses:

ENGL 390: The Young Adult Novel

Three Electives (9 credits) in Literature at the 300 level.

Linguistics:

LING 201: Introduction to General Linguistics

LING 340: Teaching English as a Second Language

Other Required Courses:

TED-SCED 315: Teaching Writing in Junior and Senior High School

SPEECH/MASS 265: Mass Media and Society

Total: 51 credits

Pre-2000 Requirements for the English Major in Secondary Education

( ONLY for students who DECLARED this major before Fall 2000)

American Literature Requirement: (6 credit hours)

ENGL-218: American Literature: Beginnings to 1880
or ENGL-219: American Literature: 1880 to Present

OPTION I: If ENGL-218 was chosen, choose one of the following:
ENGL-317: Modern American Drama
ENGL-319: Contemporary American Drama
ENGL-320: Theater in Chicago
ENGL-361: Development of the American Novel

OPTION II: If ENGL-219 was chosen, choose one of the following:
ENGL-312: Literature of Colonial Times
ENGL-313: American Literary Renaissance, 1830-1860
ENGL-322: The American Short Story

English Literature Requirement: (6 credit hours)

ENGL-221: English Literature: Beginnings to c. 1750
or ENGL-222: English Literature: c. 1750 to Present

OPTION I: If ENGL-221 was chosen, choose one of the following:
ENGL-321: Literature of the Romantic Movement
ENGL-341: Restoration and Eighteenth Century Literature I
ENGL-342: Restoration and Eighteenth Century Literature II
ENGL-348: Prose and Poetry of the Victorian Age

OPTION II: If ENGL-222 was chosen, choose one of the following:
ENGL-308: English Literature From Beowulf to Malory
ENGL-314: Chaucer and His Age
ENGL-315: Literature of the English Renaissance
ENGL-328: Seventeenth Century Literature
ENGL-329: Milton

Other Required Courses (6 credit hours)

ENGL-220 Introduction to Shakespeare or ENGL-330/331 Shakespeare
ENGL-380 Multi-Cultural Literature in America or ENGL-390 Young Adult Novel

Linguistics(9 credit hours)

Required:
LING-201: Intro to General Linguistics
LING-203: Grammars of English

Choose one:
LING-220 Introduction to Sociolinguistics
LING-301 History of the English Language
LING-340 TESL Practices & Procedures
LING-341 TESL Principles of Language Teaching

Reading:(6 credit hours)

READ-301: Teaching Reading in the Junior and Senior High School and ONE of the following courses:
READ-306: Linguistics and Reading
READ-311: Fundamentals of Reading Instruction

Speech and Performing Arts(3 credit hours)

SPCH-COMM-215: Group Discussion OR
SPCH-PERF-255: Oral Interpretation

Composition:(6 credit hours)

ENGL-376: Advanced Composition and ONE of the following courses:
ENGL-200: Writing In Context
ENGL-235: Introduction to Creative Writing I
ENGL-236: Introduction to Creative Writing II
ENGL-316: Forms Of Poetry
ENGL-335: Written Communications for Business
ENGL-377: Argumentative Prose
ENGL-382: Creative Writing: Drama I
ENGL-383: Creative Writing: Drama II
ENGL-384: Creative Writing: Poetry I
ENGL-385: Creative Writing: Poetry II
ENGL-386: Creative Writing: Fiction I
ENGL-387: Creative Writing: Fiction II
Total: 45 cr.

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