ENGLISH TEACHING MAJOR DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

To earn an English Teaching degree, students complete general education writing courses designated for English majors and fourteen courses (forty-two credit hours) in English and American literature and the English language. Teaching majors also satisfy state licensure requirements through course work in the College of Education and successful completion of a student teaching experience. Students must earn a grade of "C" or higher in all courses in the major, and a total GPA of 2.5 or higher in courses completed in the major.

Required Writing Courses / Semester / Grade / Instructor
ENG 101 (if SATV below 510 or ACT below 20)
ENG 108: Writing about Literature and Culture
ENG 307: Writing for Teachers of English
[Fall Only]
Required English Courses / Semester / Grade / Instructor
230: Literary Analysis
240: American Literature I [F]
241: American Literature II [SP]
250: British Literature Survey [F]
251: British Literature II [SP]
310: English Grammar [SP]
336: Popular Literature in Mass Media
340: Multicultural American Literature
410: History of the English Language [F]
436: Topics in World Literature [Sp]
460: Shakespeare
Elective Requirements / Course # / Semester / Grade / Instructor
Advanced American Literature
British Literature Before 1800 [F]
British Literature After 1800 [Sp]

ENGLISH TEACHING MAJOR ELECTIVE COURSES

ADVANCED AMERICAN LITERATURE

440 Early American Literature

441 American Renaissance Literature

442 American Realism and Naturalism

444 Modern American Literature

447 Seminar in American Literature

448 Forms of American Literature

ADVANCED BRITISH LITERATURE BEFORE 1800

430 Literature of the Middle Ages

449 Middle English Literature

450 Chaucer

451 English Renaissance Literature

452 Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature

462 Seminar in British Literature Before 1800

464 British Drama

ADVANCED BRITISH LITERATURE AFTER 1800

453 British Romantic Literature

454 Victorian Literature

455 Twentieth-Century Literatures in English

463 Seminar in British Literature After 1800

465 The British Novel

TEACHER EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

To complete the English teaching major teacher education requirements, students must complete two courses prior to admission to Becoming a Complete Professional (BCP) I, then complete the coursework in BCP I and pass the Praxis I examination ( or be exempt through test scores) before being admitted to BCP II and completing their student teaching experience. The following charts list the requirements in the required order of completion. A grade of "C" or higher must be earned in all courses listed below and an overall GPA of 2.5. See the next page for the procedures and requirements governing enrollment in student teaching. More Information on the progression from BCPI through BCP III can be found at the Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Media Technology pages in the Undergraduate Catalog: CIMT Professional Education Progression All courses below are 3 credits unless otherwise indicated.

Prior to Admission to BCP I / Semester / Grade / Instructor
ESPY 202: Educational Psychology
CIMT 200 : Teaching I (2 credits)
CASA[Or SAT/ACT test score at or above cutoff]
BCP I / Semester / Grade / Instructor
SPED 226: Exceptional Learner in the Regular Classroom (must be taken prior to or concurrent with CIMT 301/302)
CIMT 301: Teaching IIa (2 credits)
CIMT 302: Teaching IIb (2 credits)
(Taken Concurrently with CIMT 301)
ENG 307: Writing for Teachers of English [Fall]
ENG 486: Teaching English [Spring]
EPSY 341: Education in a Multicultural Society (must be taken prior to or concurrent with CIMT 400/400L)
CIMT 400: Teaching III
CIMT 400L: Teaching III Practicum (1 credit)
BCP II / Semester / Grade / Instructor
CIMT 401: Student Teaching (11 credits)
ENG 402: Report on Student Teaching (1 credit)
CASA II Test
BCP III Candidacy: Prior to Graduation and Licensure
"S" in Student Teaching
"B" or better in ENG 402
Application for Graduation

Procedures and Requirements for Supervised Student Teaching:

Each teaching candidate completes a professional semester of student teaching in accredited schools under the supervision of teachers who meet the qualifications for student teacher supervision. No other course work is permitted during the supervised student teaching.

The following requirements must be met prior to enrollment in supervised teaching:

  1. Admission to the Becoming a Complete Professional (BCP) II.
  2. Completion of a minimum of 20 semester hours of work in residence at Indiana State University.
  3. An overall minimum grade point average of 2.5.
  4. A minimum grade point average of 2.5 in each teaching content area as well as the overall major.
  5. Satisfactory completion of the Professional Education sequence with a minimum grade point average of 2.5 for these classes and a grade of C or higher in each class. Professional classes may be repeated only once. (See Teaching Curricula section for Middle School/Junior High and Senior High Schools and All School Settings.)
  6. Senior or graduate status.
  7. Submission of an application for student teaching in the fall at least two semesters preceding the student teaching experience.
  8. Students will make a commitment to assume student teaching as a full-time role. While assigned to supervised teaching, students will not enroll in additional course work including distance or correspondence courses, nor plan for any employment or assume any other obligations that would interfere with all-day supervised teaching.
  9. The student should assume no obligation that interferes with his or her leaving the campus to live in the community that provides the most appropriate supervised teaching assignment.

10. Students who have not completed at least 40 hours of work at Indiana State University prior to the semester in which they will do supervised teaching are required to pay $20 per hour of supervised teaching in addition to their registration fees.