Pre-English Major Requirements

To be admitted to any option of the English major, a student must complete a total of 24 credits overall with a minimum 2.5 GPA. These credits must include:

1. Completion of at least nine credits in English (excluding ENEX-composition courses) with a minimum GPA of 2.5 and no grade lower than a C.

2. Completion of 15 additional credits with a minimum of a 2.5 GPA (may include ENEX).

Students who intend to major in English, but who have not yet met the above requirements are admitted to the program as pre-English majors. Pre-English majors will be assigned an English department advisor.

All transfer students are admitted as Pre-English majors and must meet with an English advisor for review of their transcripts before being admitted to the program.

Before a student can graduate with a major in English, she/he must meet the requirements to become an English major.

Students can pick up Pre-English and English major option advising checklists in the English Department Office, LA 133. New students and transfer students meet with our Advising Director, Laura Wright. Her office is LA 133-C and her phone is (406) 243-6976.

English Teaching Option Requirements:

All English majors with the teaching option must complete a minimum of 45 credits in English and 128 credits overall.

The English Department requires the following courses for majors with a teaching option: One of ENLT 121L, 222L or ENCR 211A (poetry emphasis); ENLT 223L, 224L, 225L; ENLT 301; ENLT 320; two 300-level ENLT courses - one of which must focus on American literature; ENLI 465; ENT 439, 440, 441, 442; two English electives.

In addition to English coursework, all English majors who select the teaching option must gain admission to the Teacher Education Program and Student Teaching and complete secondary certification requirements through the School of Education.

Minor Teaching Field of English:

All English teaching minors must complete a minimum of 36 credits in English.

The English Department requires the following courses for an endorsement in the minor teaching field of English: ENLT 223L, 224L, 225L; ENLT 301; ENLT 320; two 300-level ENLT courses - of which, one must focus on American literature and one on poetry; ENLI 465; ENT 439, 440, 441, 442.

NOTE: ENLT 121L, 222L or ENCR 211 will fulfill the poetry requirement; however, the student would still need to take a second 300-level ENLT course.

First Year	Autumn	Spring
ENEX 101 Composition	3	-
One of ENLT 121L, 222L, or ENCR 211A	3	-
ENLT 223L British Literature	-	3
ENLT 224L American Literature	-	3
General Education	9	11
Total	15	17

Second Year	Autumn	Spring
ENLT 225L American Literature	3	-
English Elective	3	-
ENLT 301 Applied Literary Criticism	-	3
ENLT 320 Shakespeare	-	3
General education and certification requirements	10	10
Total	16	16

Third Year	Autumn	Spring
ENLT 300-level course	3	-
ENT 439 Young Adult Literature	3	-
ENLI 465 Structure and History of English	3	-
ENLT 300-level course (American focus)	-	3
ENT 440 Teaching Reading and Writing	-	3
English Elective	-	3
General Education and Certification requirements	6	9
Total	15	18

Fourth Year	Autumn	Spring
ENT 441 Teaching Literature	3	-
ENT 442 Teaching Oral Language and Media Literacy	3	-
General Education and Certification requirements	10	-
Student Teaching and Professional Portfolio	-	15
Total	16	15

Courses

U = for undergraduate credit only, UG = for undergraduate or graduate credit, G = for graduate credit. R after the credit indicates the course may be repeated for credit to the maximum indicated after the R.

English Teaching

U 395 Special Topics Variable cr. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

UG 440 Teaching Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum 3 cr. Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., C&I 303, senior standing and consent of instr. Emphasis on teaching writing and reading in grades 5-12. Research about development and maturity of readers/writers, strategies for teaching writing and reading in all content areas, criteria for evaluating writing/reading, peer-coaching methods, writing/reading workshops, assignment characteristics, and grading practices. Required of students pursuing secondary teaching certificates.

UG 441 Teaching Literature 3 cr. Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., senior standng and consent of instr. Emphasis on various approaches to teaching literature: generic, thematic, chronological and interdisciplinary. Includes techniques for developing evaluative, interpretive, perceptive, and personal responses to prose, poetry, film and other media. Explores criteria, evaluation and curriculum of teaching traditional, multicultural, and young adult literature in grades 5-12. Teaching majors and minors in areas other than English should enroll in ENT 440.

UG 442 Methods of Teaching English 3 cr. Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., senior standing and consent of instr. Emphasis on preparation, implementation, and evaluation of teaching strategies and materials in grades 5-12. Includes learning objectives, teaching styles, unit plans, print and non-print media, and creative drama. Explores student-centered curriculum, with emphasis on developmental abilities in reading, speaking, listening and viewing. Special emphasis on language and language development. Teaching majors and minors in areas other than English should enroll in ENT 440.

UG 446 Special Topics in English Education 1-3 cr. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of instr. Experimental offerings by visiting professors and others.

UG 495 Special Topics 1-6 cr. (R-6) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

U496 Independent Study 1-3 cr. (R-9) Offered every term. Prereq., consent of instr. and chair, and junior or senior standing. Special projects in English teaching. Only one 496 may be taken per semester.

G 541 English Teaching Workshop Variable cr. (R-9) Offered every term. Prereq., teaching experience or senior standing (3.0 GPA and petition) with consent of instr. Experimental offerings of current topics in English language arts and reading curriculum.

G 542 Teaching Reading in English Classes 3 cr. Offered every term. Prereq., teaching experience or senior standing (3.0 GPA and petition) with consent of instr. Emphasis on teaching reading in English classes. Reading processes, structured overviews, reading study guides, comprehension/vocabulary activities, attitude inventories, assessment, methods, and readability measures. Modeling of pre-reading, during reading, and post-reading activities for literature.

G 543 Teaching Young Adult Literature 3 cr. Offered intermittently. Prereq., , teaching experience or senior standing (3.0 GPA and petition) with consent of instr. Selecting, reading, teaching, and evaluating young adult literature. Design of thematic units with emphasis on students' responses to literature. Presentation of multicultural literature, gender equity, censorship, and media issues.

G 544 Creative Drama in English Class 3 cr. Offered intermittently. Prereq., teaching experience, or senior standing (3.0 GPA and petition) with consent of instr. Designing, teaching and evaluating creative drama in the English language arts classroom. Emphasis on using creative drama as a learning skill to teach literature and language.

G 545 Teaching Writing Across the Curriculum 3 cr. Offered intermittently. Prereq., teaching experience or senior standing (3.0 GPA and petition) with consent of instr. Emphasis on writing as a thinking/learning skill in all content areas. Design, implementation, and evaluation of writing assignments. Focus on criteria to assess writing, peer response and editing groups, teacher-student writing conferences, and computer-assisted writing.

G 546 Theories of responce to Literature 3 cr. Offered intermittently. Prereq., teaching experience or senior standing (3.0 GPA) with consent of instr. Emphasis on a variety of theories which focus on reader responces. Application of theories to prose and poetry genres.

G 593 Professional Paper (Teacher) Variable cr. (R-4) Offered every term. Pedagogical paper for the Master of Arts (Teacher Option). Credit not allowed toward any other degree.

G 595 Special Topics Variable cr. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Prereq., teaching experience or senior standing (3.0 GPA and petition) with consent of instr. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

G 596 Graduate Independent Study 1-9 cr. (R-9) Offered every term. Prereq., consent of instr. and chair. Special projects in English teaching. Only one 596 permitted per semester.