BA in English Teaching (74–91 hours*, including licensure hours)

This is a limited-enrollment program requiring departmental admissions approval. Please see item 1 below for information regarding admission to this program.

This major is designed to prepare students to teach in public schools. In order to graduate with this major, students are required to complete Utah State Office of Education licensing requirements. To view these requirements go to http://education.byu.edu/ess/licensing.html or contact Education Student Services, 120 MCKB, (801) 422-3426.

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1. This is a closed major requiring application to the program. Application forms are available in the Humanities Advisement Center (1175 JFSB) and the English Education Office (4168 JFSB). Students cannot apply until they have completed at least 9 hours of English major core courses.
2. Students must complete the GE Foreign Language option* even if the Advanced Mathematics option has already been completed.
3. The English Department requires a minimum of 24 hours of English major course work to be taken in residency at BYU for this degree program. These hours may also go toward BYU's 30-hour residency requirement for graduation.
4. Grades below C- in professional education courses or content courses will not be accepted in the teaching major or teaching minor. Teacher candidates must have a cumulative 2.85 GPA in teaching major and teaching minor courses to qualify for student teaching.
5. Engl 195 is recommended.
6. Because upper-division English courses require substantial writing, students should complete their Engl 295 before they begin their first upper-division courses, preferably in the second semester of their sophomore year.
7. A teaching minor is not required for licensure. However, it is strongly recommended.
8. Engl 276R is prerequisite to Engl 329, 377, 378, 379, and 423. All are prerequisite to Engl 476R.
9. Complete the following core requirements:
   • Because English is a writing-intensive major, students are strongly encouraged to take a first-year freshman college-level writing course regardless of their AP test scores (Wrtg 150 or Phil 150).
   • Fundamentals of language and literature: complete the following:
     ENGL 251 : Fundamentals of Literary Interpretation and Criticism.

     Note: Students must complete Engl 251 before taking any 300-level courses.

   • British and American literary history: complete the following:
     Either
     ENGL 291 : British Literary History 1.
     ENGL 292 : British Literary History 2.
     ENGL 293 : American Literary History.
     Or
     ENGL 291 : British Literary History 1.
     ENGL 294 : Transatlantic Literary History.

     Note: Students must complete the literary history courses in a period before taking any 300-level courses in that period.

   • Complete the following:
     ENGL 295 : Writing Literary Criticism.

     Note: Students must complete Engl 295 before taking most 300- and 400-level courses for teaching majors.

10. Complete two courses from the following:
    ENGL 360 : American Literature to 1800.
    ENGL 361 : American Literature 1800 - 1865.
    ENGL 362 : American Literature 1865 - 1914.
    ENGL 363 : American Literature 1914 - 1960.
    ENGL 365 : American Literature 1960 to Present.
11. Complete one course from the following:
    ENGL 345 : Literature and Film.
    ENGL 356 : Myth, Legend, and Folktales.
    (356 is recommended)
    ENGL 358R : Ethnic, Regional, and Other Literatures in English.
    ENGL 359 : The Short Story.
    ENGL 366 : Studies in Poetry.
12. Complete three elective hours from the following list (Note: TMA 457 is strongly recommended):
    • TMA 457 : Media in the Contemporary Classroom.
    • Any 300- or 400-level English course.
    • ENGL 218R : Creative Writing.
    • One of the following ELang courses:
      ELANG 322 : Modern American Usage.
      ELANG 324 : History of the English Language.
      ELANG 325 : The Grammar of English.
      ELANG 350 : Basic Editing Skills.
      ELANG 410R : Genre and Substantive Editing.
      ELANG 430R : Editing for Publication.
13. Complete the following:
    ENGL 329 : Teaching Grammar and Usage in Secondary Schools.
    ENGL 377 : Teaching English in Secondary Schools.
    ENGL 378 : Teaching Literature and Reading in Secondary Schools.
    ENGL 379 : Practicum in Secondary English Teaching.
    ENGL 382 : Shakespeare.
    ENGL 420 : Literature for Adolescents.
    ENGL 423 : Teaching Composition in Secondary Schools.
    ENGL 479 : Secondary Student Teaching Seminar.
    ENGL 495 : The Senior Course.
14. Complete the Professional Education Component:
    • Complete the following:
      CPSE 402 : Educating Students with Disabilities in Secondary Classrooms.
      ENGL 276R : Exploration of Teaching.
      IP&T; 286 : Instructional Technology in Teaching.
      SC ED 350 : Adolescent Development in an Education Context.
      SC ED 353 : Multicultural Education.
      SC ED 379 : Classroom Management.

      Note: FBI fingerprinting and background clearance must be completed before registration for Engl 276R.

    • Complete 12 hours from one of the following:
      ENGL 476 : Secondary English Student Teaching.
      ENGL 496R : Secondary English Teaching Internship.

*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.

Students wishing to apply may do so online.

For more information, please visit http://saas.byu.edu/catalog/2013-2014ucat/departments/English/EnglTchgMajor.php