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English: Teaching Emphasis - BA, BS

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Department of English

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For more information about English Teaching Emphasis, see the Department of English website. As an English major with an emphasis in English Teaching, you will receive your BA/BS through the Department of English in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Teacher licensure is earned through the College of Education and Human Services. Please note that the English Teaching emphasis also offers three additional Composite options: American Studies, Literature, and Writing.

Following is a sample four-year plan. Please note that student-specific plans may differ.

Admitted students must meet with an academic advisor. Current students should also meet with an academic advisor and log on to Degree Works to check student-specific program progress.

Minimum University Requirements
Total Credits	120	Grade Point Average (most majors require higher GPA)	2.00 GPA
Credits of C- or better	100	Credits of upper-division courses (#3000 or above)	40
Total USU Credits	30	Upper-division USU Credits	20
USU Credits within the Major	10	Credits in Minor (if required)	12
Credits in Major	see below	Credits in American Institutions	3
University Studies Depth Requirements	see link	University Studies Depth Requirements	see link
NOTES: The highest math requirement for this degree is Quantitative Literacy (QL) of the student’s choice. STAT 1040 - Introduction to Statistics (QL) or STAT 1045 - Introduction to Statistics with Elements of Algebra (QL) is recommended.

Admissions Requirements for this Program
New freshmen	Admitted to USU in Good Standing			Transfer students from other institutions or other programs at USU	2.5 GPA Overall and 2.5 GPA at USU 3.0 GPA for STEP

First Year
_{Fall Semester}	_Credits	_{General Education Info and Notes:}	_{Spring Semester}	_Credits	_{General Education Info and Notes:}
ENGL 1010 - Introduction to Writing: Academic Prose (CL1)	3		ENGL 2010 - Intermediate Writing: Research Writing in a Persuasive Mode (CL2)	3
ENGL Culture Exploration Course	3		ENGL 2600 - Literary Analysis	3
Any Quantitative Literacy (QL) course, but STAT 1040 - Introduction to Statistics (QL) or STAT 1045 - Introduction to Statistics with Elements of Algebra (QL) is recommended	3 or 5		Breadth Requirement	3
Breadth Requirement	3		Breadth Requirement	3
Breadth Requirement	3		Breadth Requirement	3
TOTAL CREDITS:	15-17		TOTAL CREDITS:	15
^_Comments			^_Comments: Students should start background check and apply for admission to STEP program by March 1.

Second Year
_{Fall Semester}	_Credits	_{General Education Info and Notes:}	_{Spring Semester}	_Credits	_{General Education Info and Notes:}
ENGL 1410 - Elements of Grammar	3		ENGL Literary History Course (World)	3
ENGL Literary History Course (American)	3		ENGL 3000-level or higher Literature Elective Course	3
ENGL Literary History Course	3		ENGL 4000-level or higher Literature Elective Course	3
ENGL Writing Exploration Course	3		ENGL 3510 - Teaching Young Adult Literature	3
* ENGL 3500 - Teaching English	2		Breadth Requirement	3
* SCED 3300 - Clinical Experience I	1		Breadth Requirement	3
TOTAL CREDITS:	15		TOTAL CREDITS:	18
_^Comments: * Requires admission to STEP program. ENGL 3500 and SCED 3300 must be taken together.			^_Comments

Third Year
_{Fall Semester}	_Credits	_{General Education Info and Notes:}	_{Spring Semester}	_Credits	_{General Education Info and Notes:}
ENGL 3470 - Approaches to Research in English Studies (QI)	3	Recommended QI choice	Elective	3
ENGL 4510 - Teaching Literature (CI)	3		ENGL 4500 - Teaching Writing (CI)	3
Depth Life and Physical Sciences (DSC) Course	3		SCED 3210 - Educational and Multicultural Foundations (CI/DSS)	3
ENGL 4300 - Shakespeare	3		* ENGL 4520 - Teaching Literacy in Diverse Classrooms	3
ENGL 4200 - Linguistic Structures	3		* SCED 4300 - Clinical Experience II	1
			STEP Course	3
TOTAL CREDITS:	15		TOTAL CREDITS:	16
^_Comments			_^Comments: * Requires admission to STEP program. ENGL 4520 and SCED 4300 must be taken together. This is a sample plan. Students must consult a TEAL advisor when they are admitted to STEP.

Fourth Year
_{Fall Semester}	_Credits	_{General Education Info and Notes:}	_{Spring Semester}	_Credits	_{General Education Info and Notes:}
Upper-Division English Elective	3		SCED 5500 - Student Teaching Seminar	2
STEP Courses	8		SCED 5630 - Student Teaching in Secondary Schools	10
Elective	3
TOTAL CREDITS:	14		TOTAL CREDITS:	12
_^Comments: This is a sample plan. Students must consult a TEAL advisor when they are admitted to STEP.			^_Comments

English Teaching Emphasis

Minimum GPA for Admission: 2.5 USU cumulative (including courses taken for another USU major); 2.5 career total (including transfer credits) for new transfer students

Minimum GPA for Graduation: 2.75 within major courses; 2.0 USU cumulative (3.0 USU cumulative required for admission to STEP); 2.75 career total (for licensure)

Minimum Grade Accepted: C (no pass/fail) in major courses; C in STEP courses

Number of Required Credits: 47

Credits in Residence: Students must complete 21 credits of major-applicable coursework at Utah State University.

Other Requirements: STEP (typically requires three semesters; see TEAL website and advisors for STEP advising) required for licensure, and ENGL 1410 .

This emphasis, leading to professional licensure in the teaching of secondary-level English, prepares prospective English teachers to participate actively in the many communities related to the profession. Students become well-versed in their academic subject matter (language, writing, literature, and multimedia); skilled in the methods of teaching the various components of the English curriculum and in classroom management techniques; and committed to the achievement of all students regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, or socioeconomic standing.

In addition to the required Exploratory courses, students take 18 credits in literature courses in order to acquire an understanding of the traditional literary canon, literary diversity, and current theoretical approaches to understanding literature. Students take 16 credits in pedagogy to learn about curriculum, planning, instructional delivery, assessment, and related topics. ENGL 3500 and ENGL 4520 require admission to the STEP program. Students also take three credits of linguistics coursework.

Students are urged to complete the required Exploratory courses and an additional six credits of English prior to taking ENGL 4500 and ENGL 4510 . When possible, students should complete all of their required 3000-level courses before taking 4000-level courses.

To obtain professional licensure at graduation, students must fulfill the requirements of the Secondary Teacher Education Program (STEP) prescribed by the Secondary Education Program of the School of Teacher Education and Leadership (TEAL).

A. English Department Requirements

Students should take note of the superscripts to find emphasis-specific requirements.

Literature Exploration (3 credits)

ENGL 2600 - Literary Analysis 3 credit(s)

Culture Exploration (3 credits)

ENGL 2070 - Introduction to Digital Humanities (BHU) 3 credit(s)
ENGL 2210 - Introduction to Folklore (BHU) 3 credit(s)
ENGL 2630 - Introduction to American Studies (BHU) 3 credit(s) ¹
ENGL 2640 - Race and Ethnicity in the United States (BHU) 3 credit(s)
ENGL 2720 - Survey of American Folklore 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3070 - Folklore on the Internet (DHA) 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3610 - Multicultural American Literature 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3620 - Native American Studies 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3700 - Regional Folklore (DHA) 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3710 - Topics in Folklore (CI) 3 credit(s)
¹ ENGL 2630 is required for students in the English Teaching Composite - American Studies program.

Writing Exploration (3 credits)

TCR 2100 - Introduction to Technical Communication 3 credit(s) ¹
TCR 2110 - Digital Writing Technologies 3 credit(s) ¹
ENGL 3420 - Fiction Writing 3 credit(s) ²
ENGL 3430 - Poetry Writing 3 credit(s) ²
ENGL 3440 - Creative Nonfiction Writing 3 credit(s) ²
¹These courses are required for students in the Technical Communication and Rhetoric emphasis.
² These courses are required for students in the Creative Writing emphasis.

Diversity Requirement

All English majors are required to take one course that examines the experiences, perspectives, literatures, cultures, and/or creative expressions of underrepresented and/or marginalized communities. For this requirement, the USU English department includes communities who have been underrepresented or marginalized due to race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, disability and/or the intersections of these identities in conjunction with one another and with class. If a course listed under the Diversity Requirement appears under another requirement for the major, the course may be used to fulfill both requirements.

ENGL 2060 - Reading Across Borders (BHU) 3 credit(s)
ENGL 2640 - Race and Ethnicity in the United States (BHU) 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3385 - Postcolonial World Literature 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3610 - Multicultural American Literature 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3620 - Native American Studies 3 credit(s)
ENGL 4210 - History of English: Change and Diversity 3 credit(s)
ENGL 4370 - Native American Literature 3 credit(s)
ENGL 4375 - U.S. Latinx Literature 3 credit(s)
ENGL 4380 - African American Literature 3 credit(s)
ENGL 4520 - Teaching Literacy in Diverse Classrooms 3 credit(s) ¹
ENGL 5320 - Gender and Sexuality in Literature (CI) 3 credit(s)
ENGL 5330 - Race and Ethnicity in Literature (CI) 3 credit(s)
TCR 3110 - Accessibility and Disability Rhetorics 3 credit(s)
TCR 4220 - Technology and Activism 3 credit(s)
¹ENGL 4520 is required for students with an English Teaching and/or English Teaching Composite emphasis. Only students with these emphases may take this course to fulfill the Diversity Requirement.

Emphasis Requirements

B. Literature (15 credits)

Distribution: Among the literature courses selected (here in category B or in the English elective in category E below), there must be one course in American literature and one course in world literature.

Literary Histories (9 credits)

Select three courses from the following literary history courses (9 credits).

ENGL 3305 - Medieval Literary History 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3315 - Early Modern British Literary History 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3325 - Eighteenth-Century British Literary History 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3335 - Nineteenth-Century British Literary History 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3345 - Literary History of the British Isles Since 1900 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3355 - Literary History of the Early Americas 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3365 - Nineteenth-Century American Literary History 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3375 - Literary History of the Americas Since 1900 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3385 - Postcolonial World Literature 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3395 - World Literature in Translation 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3610 - Multicultural American Literature 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3620 - Native American Studies 3 credit(s)
ENGL 4370 - Native American Literature 3 credit(s)
ENGL 4375 - U.S. Latinx Literature 3 credit(s)
ENGL 4380 - African American Literature 3 credit(s)

Additional Literature Courses (6 credits)

Students must select one literature course numbered 3000 or higher (3 credits) and one literature course at the 4000 or 5000 level (3 credits).

CLAS 3210 - Classical Mythology 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3210 - Classical Mythology 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3305 - Medieval Literary History 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3315 - Early Modern British Literary History 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3325 - Eighteenth-Century British Literary History 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3335 - Nineteenth-Century British Literary History 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3345 - Literary History of the British Isles Since 1900 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3355 - Literary History of the Early Americas 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3365 - Nineteenth-Century American Literary History 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3375 - Literary History of the Americas Since 1900 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3385 - Postcolonial World Literature 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3395 - World Literature in Translation 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3610 - Multicultural American Literature 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3620 - Native American Studies 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3630 - The Farm in Literature and Culture (CI/DHA) 3 credit(s)
ENGL 4310 - American Writers 3 credit(s)
ENGL 4320 - British Writers 3 credit(s)
ENGL 4330 - World Writers 3 credit(s)
ENGL 4340 - Studies in Fiction 3 credit(s)
ENGL 4345 - Studies in Nonfiction 3 credit(s)
ENGL 4350 - Studies in Poetry 3 credit(s)
ENGL 4360 - Studies in Drama 3 credit(s)
ENGL 4365 - Studies in Film 3 credit(s)
ENGL 4370 - Native American Literature 3 credit(s)
ENGL 4375 - U.S. Latinx Literature 3 credit(s)
ENGL 4380 - African American Literature 3 credit(s)
ENGL 4630 - American Nature Writers 3 credit(s)
ENGL 5300 - Special Topics in Literature (CI) 3 credit(s)
ENGL 5310 - Contemporary Literature (CI) 3 credit(s)
ENGL 5320 - Gender and Sexuality in Literature (CI) 3 credit(s)
ENGL 5330 - Race and Ethnicity in Literature (CI) 3 credit(s)
ENGL 5340 - Multimedia Literature (CI) 3 credit(s)

C. Shakespeare Course (3 credits)

ENGL 4300 - Shakespeare 3 credit(s)

D. English Teaching Courses (14 credits)

Select these courses (14 credits):

ENGL 3500 - Teaching English 2 credit(s) (Students must also register for SCED 3300 when taking ENGL 3500 .)
ENGL 3510 - Teaching Young Adult Literature 3 credit(s)
ENGL 4500 - Teaching Writing (CI) 3 credit(s)
ENGL 4510 - Teaching Literature (CI) 3 credit(s)
ENGL 4520 - Teaching Literacy in Diverse Classrooms 3 credit(s) (Students must also register for SCED 4300 when taking ENGL 4520 .)

E. Linguistics Requirement (3 credits)

Select one course:

ENGL 4200 - Linguistic Structures 3 credit(s)
ENGL 4210 - History of English: Change and Diversity 3 credit(s)

F. Grammar Requirement (3 credits)

Students must complete ENGL 1410 .

ENGL 1410 - Elements of Grammar 3 credit(s)

G. Secondary Teacher Education Program (STEP)

English Teaching students must complete the STEP program to be eligible for graduation and to receive a license to teach in the public school system. The STEP program is administered through the Secondary Education Program of the School of TEAL, Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services. Students must be admitted to STEP before taking many STEP courses. Among the requirements for admission is a Criminal Background Check. While completing student teaching, students must pass the required PPAT assessment. STEP requirements are subject to change based on changes in state licensure. Students should meet with an advisor in the School of TEAL for further information regarding this program.

STEP Requirements

These three courses may be taken prior to STEP admission:
ITLS 5500 - Integration and Innovation of Technology in Education 3 credit(s)
SPED 4000 - Education of Students with Disabilities 3 credit(s)
SCED 3210 - Educational and Multicultural Foundations (CI/DSS) 3 credit(s)
SCED 3300 - Clinical Experience I 1 credit(s) (Students must also register for ENGL 3500 when taking SCED 3300 .)
SCED 4300 - Clinical Experience II 1 credit(s) (Students must also register for ENGL 4520 when taking SCED 4300 .)
SCED 5100 - Motivation and Classroom Management 3 credit(s)
SCED 5210 - Learning Theory, Curriculum, and Assessment 3 credit(s)
SCED 5500 - Student Teaching Seminar 2 credit(s)
SCED 5630 - Student Teaching in Secondary Schools 10 credit(s)

Licensure Notification

This program typically leads to licensure and was designed to meet licensing qualifications in the state of Utah. If students wish to work in another state within the United States, they should review the qualifications for that state and the Education Licensure Compliance Table provided by School of Teacher Education and Leadership.

For more information, please contact the School of Teacher Education and Leadership at https://cehs.usu.edu/teal/

English: Teaching Emphasis - BA, BS

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Department of English

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Admissions Requirements for this Program

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English Teaching Emphasis

A. English Department Requirements

Literature Exploration (3 credits)

Culture Exploration (3 credits)

Writing Exploration (3 credits)

Diversity Requirement

Emphasis Requirements

B. Literature (15 credits)

Literary Histories (9 credits)

Additional Literature Courses (6 credits)

C. Shakespeare Course (3 credits)

D. English Teaching Courses (14 credits)

E. Linguistics Requirement (3 credits)

F. Grammar Requirement (3 credits)

G. Secondary Teacher Education Program (STEP)

STEP Requirements

Licensure Notification

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