Secondary Education: English, BS
Requirements for Students Matriculating in or before Academic Year 2017-2018. Learn more about University Academic Regulation 3.1.
Minimum Overall Grade Point Average: 2.50
Total Hours: 124
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| General Education Requirements | ||
| English Composition | ||
| See Academic Regulation 3.5 | ||
| Minimum grade of "C" or "P" in each course | ||
| ENGL 1113 | Composition I 1 | 3 |
| or ENGL 1313 | Critical Analysis and Writing I | |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Composition II 1 | ||
| Critical Analysis and Writing II 1 | ||
| Technical Writing 1 | ||
| American History & Government | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Survey of American History | ||
| American History to 1865 | ||
| American History Since 1865 | ||
| POLS 1113 | American Government | 3 |
| Analytical & Quantitative Thought (A) | ||
| MATH or STAT course designated (A) | 3 | |
| Humanities (H) | ||
| Minimum grade of "C" or "P" in each course | ||
| ENGL 2453 | Introduction to Film and Television (H) 1 | 3 |
| ENGL 2963 | Survey of Nonwestern Traditions (HI) 1 | 3 |
| Natural Sciences (N) | ||
| Courses designated (N) with one (L) | 8 | |
| Social & Behavioral Sciences (S) | ||
| Courses designated (S) | 3 | |
| Suggested (in consultation with advisor for this area): | ||
| Social Stratification (S) | ||
or SOC 3133 | Racial and Ethnic Relations (DS) | |
| Additional General Education | ||
| Minimum grade of "C" or "P" in each course | ||
| SPCH 2713 | Introduction to Speech Communication (S) 1 | 3 |
| Courses designated (A), (H), (N), or (S) | 5 | |
| Recommended: | ||
| Logic and Critical Thinking (A) | ||
or PHIL 3003 | Symbolic Logic (A) | |
| Hours Subtotal | 40 | |
| Diversity (D) & International Dimension (I) | ||
| May be completed in any part of the degree plan | ||
| Select at least one Diversity (D) course | ||
| Select at least one International Dimension (I) course | ||
| College/Departmental Requirements | ||
| Minimum grade of "C" or "P" in each course | ||
| EDUC 1111 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
| Select 5 hours of electives | 5 | |
| 3 hrs may need to be foreign language | ||
| 6 hrs upper division English recommended | ||
| Recommended: | ||
| Professional Education Seminar (Teaching Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Learners) | ||
| Hours Subtotal | 6 | |
| Major Requirements | ||
| Minimum GPA 2.75 with a minimum grade of “C” or “P” in each course | ||
| ENGL 2543 | Survey of British Literature I | 3 |
| ENGL 2653 | Survey of British Literature II | 3 |
| ENGL 2773 | Survey of American Literature I (D) | 3 |
| ENGL 2883 | Survey of American Literature II (DH) | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Native American Literature (DH) | ||
| Readings in Postcolonial and Multiethnic Literature | ||
| African-American Literature (DH) | ||
| Readings in the American Experience (DH) | ||
| Literature of Diversity | ||
| ENGL 3203 | Advanced Composition | 3 |
| ENGL 3243 | Literary Theory and Criticism | 3 |
| or ENGL 3263 | Screen Theory | |
| ENGL 4013 | English Grammar | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Moving Image Aesthetics (H) | ||
| Culture and the Moving Image | ||
| Contemporary International Cinema | ||
| ENGL 4723 | Studies in Shakespeare (H) (in consultation with advisor) | 3 |
| or ENGL 3933 | Shakespeare (H) | |
| ENGL 4310 | Studies in Modernism | 3 |
| or ENGL 4320 | Contemporary Literature | |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Philosophy and the Arts (H) | ||
or any 4000 level ENGL course | ||
| Select an ENGL 4000 level course in Literature before 1800 | 3 | |
| Recommended Courses: | ||
| World Literature I (H) | ||
| Reading Poetry | ||
| Studies in Medieval British Literature | ||
| Studies in Chaucer or Milton | ||
| Single Author or Work Pre-1800 | ||
| Style and Editing | ||
| Hours Subtotal | 39 | |
| Professional Core Requirements | ||
| Minimum GPA 2.50 with a minimum grade of “C’ or “P” in each course | ||
| CIED 3313 | Field Experience in the Secondary Schools | 3 |
| CIED 4093 | Teaching Grammar in the Secondary Schools | 3 |
| CIED 4193 | Teaching Writing in the Secondary Schools | 3 |
| CIED 4313 | Young Adult Literature | 3 |
| CIED 4473 | Reading for the Secondary Teacher | 3 |
| CIED 4713 | Teaching and Learning in the Secondary School (Fall Semester prior to Student Teaching) 2 | 3 |
| EDTC 3123 | Applications of Educational Technologies | 3 |
| EPSY 3213 | Psychology of Adolescence | 3 |
| SCFD 3223 | Role of Teacher in American Schools (D) | 3 |
| SPED 3202 | Educating Exceptional Learners (D) | 2 |
| CIED 4724 | Classroom Management in the Multicultural PK-12/ Secondary School (semester prior to Student Teaching) 2 | 4 |
| CIED 4720 | Internship in the Secondary Classroom (Student Teaching) 2 | 6 |
| Hours Subtotal | 39 | |
| Total Hours | 124 | |
| 1 | Minimum GPA 2.75 required in combination with Major Requirements. Certification requirements that meet GE requirements. |
| 2 | Full admission to Professional Education required. |
Other Requirements
- 40 hours of upper-division course work.
- Required for graduation and recommendation for Standard Certification:
- 2.50 Overall GPA;
- 2.75 GPA in Major Requirements and specified general education courses; and
- 2.50 GPA in Professional Core Requirements.
- The student must earn minimum grades of “C” or “P” in each course in the Major Requirements and Professional Core Requirements and must earn grades of “P” in all sections of observation courses and student teaching for recommendation for Certification.
- Students must demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language at the novice high level from among those languages identified by the Office of Educational Quality and Accountability.
- 10 hours in one foreign language is recommended for teaching emphasis area and for double major.
Additional State/OSU Requirements
- At least: 60 hours at a four-year institution; 30 hours completed at OSU; 15 of the final 30 or 50% of the upper-division hours in the major field completed at OSU.
- Limit of: one-half of major course requirements as transfer work; one-fourth of hours earned by correspondence; 8 transfer correspondence hours.
- Students will be held responsible for degree requirements in effect at the time of matriculation and any changes that are made, so long as these changes do not result in semester credit hours being added or do not delay graduation.
- Degrees that follow this plan must be completed by the end of Summer 2023.