Mar 28, 2024  
2021-2022 Shepherd University Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Shepherd University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

English Education Teaching Field Grades 5-Adult, B.A.


Return to {$returnto_text} Return to: Programs of Study

The Secondary Education Major, English Education Teaching Field, seeks to help prepare students to live and teach in a complex, technological, and diverse world by introducing them to varying perspectives offered by a thorough study of literature and language. Through these perspectives, sociological and personal barriers may be broken down, and the possibilities as well as the paradoxes of human existence may be better understood and taught.

The primary objectives of the Secondary Education Major, English Education Teaching Field  curriculum include the following:

  1. To encourage Secondary Education majors with a concentration in the English Education Teaching Field to think critically and to communicate their thoughts effectively by helping them develop the skills necessary to understand and utilize the English language;
  2. To contribute to the liberal arts education of these majors by exposing them to the diversity and richness of the world’s best literature;
  3. To prepare Secondary Education majors with a concentration in the English Education Teaching Field to become reflective problem solvers, capable of teaching English on the middle or secondary levels, in a country as ethnically diverse as ours;
  4. To give these majors a knowledge of the basic tools of effective written communication, technology, and an understanding of literature that will enable them to pursue any vocation and function in a diverse and global work world.

 In addition to the Core Curriculum, the educational professional studies courses, and the requirements for specialty English content, students pursuing the Bachelor of Arts in Secondary  Education, English Education Teaching Field must complete 6 credits of 100-level Spanish, French, or German courses or the placement equivalent.

Curriculum for a Teaching Field in English Education 5-Adult


Specific University Core Curriculum Requirements, 25 Hours:


Total hours required for a teaching field, 50 Hours:


See course listings under Secondary Education Comprehensive, B.A. for professional courses.

Required courses, 45 Hours:


Elective Courses, 5 Hours:


  • Complete 5 ENGL credits at the 300- or 400-level.

Note(s):


See professional education course listings under Education: Professional Studies Course for Secondary Education (28 hours required). Special Methods of Teaching English is EDUC 421 .

 

Contact Person: Dr. Betty Ellzey, Chair of the Department of English and Modern Languages, Knutti Hall 210, 304-876-5208, bellzey@shepherd.edu; or Dr. James Tuttle, English Education Specialization Coordinator, Knutti Hall 114C, 304-876-5278, jtuttle@shepherd.edu.

Four-Year Course Progression


English Education, 5-Adult
FALL   FIRST YEAR     SPRING   FIRST YEAR  
Sub./Course No. Tier Title Credit   Sub./Course No. Tier Title Credit
EDUC 150   Seminar in Education (FYEX) 1   EDUC 200 2 Foundations of American Education (SO-MD) 3
Core Curriculum 1 ENGL 101 3   Core Curriculum 1 ENGL 102 3
Core Curriculum 1 Choose Science course (LS) 4   COMM 202 2 Fundamentals of Speech (HM) (Req.) 3
Core Curriculum 1 Math (MA) 3   Core Curriculum 1 Choose Science course (LS) 4
ENGL 215 2 Art of Literature 3   Core Curriculum 1 History 3
    TOTAL 14       TOTAL 16
         
FALL   SECOND YEAR     SPRING   SECOND YEAR  
Sub./Course No. Tier Title Credit   Sub./Course No. Tier Title Credit
ENGL 301   Introduction to Literary Study 3   EDUC 320 2 Social and Psychological Conditions of Learning 4
EDUC 360   Survey of Exceptional Children (SO-MD) 3   ENGL 307   Young Adult Literature 3
Core Curriculum 2 Humanities or Social Science (CK) 3   Core Curriculum 2 Humanities or Social Science (CK) 3
ENGL 270 2 Traditional Grammar 3   ENGL 3xx/4xx   Language/Writing course 3
GSPE 210 2 Choose Wellness (WE) 3   ENGL 3xx/4xx   British, American, or World Literature 3
    TOTAL 15       TOTAL 16
         
FALL   THIRD YEAR     SPRING   THIRD YEAR  
Sub./Course No. Tier Title Credit   Sub./Course No. Tier Title Credit
ENGL 3xx/4xx   British, American, or World Literature 3   EDUC 370   Creating Learning Environments 3
ENGL 3xx/4xx   British, American, or World Literature 3   ENGL 3xx/4xx   Language/Writing course 3
ENGL 377   Peer Tutoring and Composition Theory 3   ENGL 3xx/4xx   British, American, or World Literature 3
ENGL xxx   British, American, or World Literature 3   ENGL 421   Shakespeare 3
FREN 101, GERM 101, or SPAN 101   Elementary French I, Elementary German I, or Elementary Spanish I 3   FREN 102, GERM 102, or SPAN 102   Elementary French II, Elementary German II, or Elementary Spanish I 3
ENGL Elective   Choose with advisor 2       TOTAL 15
    TOTAL 17          
         
FALL   FOURTH YEAR     SPRING   FOURTH YEAR  
Sub./Course No. Tier Title Credit   Sub./Course No. Tier Title Credit
EDUC 443*   Reading in the Content Area 3   EDUC 461   Student Teaching Seminar  3
EDUC 380   Technology in 21st-Century Teaching and Learning 3   EDUC 456   Student Teaching, Grades 5-Adult (CP)  9
EDUC 421*   Special Methods of Teaching English 3       TOTAL  12
ENGL 3xx/4xx   British, American, or World Literature 3          
EDUC 400 2 Inclusion in the Regular Classroom (WM) 3       DEGREE TOTAL 120
    TOTAL 15          
*EDUC 421 must be taken contiguously with either EDUC 370 or EDUC 443            
June 3, 2021                
         

 

Return to {$returnto_text} Return to: Programs of Study