EDUC 106 - Issues, Philosophy, and Foundations of Education 3 s.h.
EDUC 201 - Diversity and Teaching 3 s.h.
EPSY 229 - Survey of Exceptional Children 3 s.h.
EPSY 275 - Psychological Foundations of Education: Learning and Motivation 3 s.h.
EPSY 250 - Adolescent Growth and Development 3 s.h.
EDUC 246 - Development of Language and Adolescent Literacies 3 s.h.
EDUC 346 - Teaching Reading in Content Areas 3 s.h.
EDUC 213 - Education Law Requirements 1 s.h.
ENED 392 - Research, Theory and Practice in Middle and High School English Education 4 s.h.
ENED 396 - Student Teaching in Secondary English 12 s.h.
ENED 398 - Seminar in Middle and High School English Education 3 s.h.

Content Courses: 39 s.h.

ELIT 270 - Shakespeare 3 s.h.
COMP 290 - Writing About Literature 3 s.h.
COMP 203 - Advanced Composition 3 s.h.
ENED 336 - Literature for the Young Adult 3 s.h.
LITR 150 - Introduction to Literary Studies 3 s.h. (grade of C or better)
LITR 250 - Critical Approaches to Literature 3 s.h.
300-level ALIT, COMP, ELIT, WLIT, LITR, LING electives 6 s.h.

One Multicultural Literature Course: 3 s.h.

ALIT 250 - African-American Literature 3 s.h.
ALIT 286 - African-American Women Writers 3 s.h.
ALIT 303 - Literature of Imprisonment 3 s.h.
ALIT 351 - Literature of the Harlem Renaissance 3 s.h.
LITR 283 - Women’s Literature 3 s.h.
LITR 285 - Writing Lives: Gender and Memoir 3 s.h.
LITR 345 - Native American Literatures 3 s.h.
WLIT 200 - World Literature – Ancient to Medieval 3 s.h.
WLIT 201 - World Literature – Renaissance to 18th Century 3 s.h.
WLIT 202 - World Literature – 18th Century to the Present 3 s.h.
WLIT 241 - Literatures of The Middle East 3 s.h.
WLIT 242 - Muslim Women Writers 3 s.h.
WLIT 257 - Modern Black Literature 3 s.h.
WLIT 270 - Postcolonial Literature and Culture: Africa 3 s.h.
WLIT 271 - Postcolonial Literature and Culture: The Americas 3 s.h.
WLIT 281 - The Chinese Novel 3 s.h.
WLIT 315 - Ancient Religious Writings 3 s.h.

Three Period Courses: 9 s.h.

One course from each of the following periods to include one ALIT, ELIT, & WLIT.

Beginnings to Medieval

COMP 315 - Early Literary Criticism 3 s.h.
ELIT 200 - English Literature – Beginnings to Early Renaissance 3 s.h.
ELIT 240 - Medieval English Literature 3 s.h.
ELIT 370 - Chaucer 3 s.h.
WLIT 200 - World Literature – Ancient to Medieval 3 s.h.
WLIT 212 - Survey of Greek Literature 3 s.h.
WLIT 225 - The Greek Dramatists 3 s.h.
WLIT 227 - Sex and Gender in Greek Literature 3 s.h.
WLIT 231 - Mythology 3 s.h.
WLIT 260 - The Bible as Literature 3 s.h.
WLIT 315 - Ancient Religious Writings 3 s.h.

Renaissance to 1800 (or U.S. Civil War)

ALIT 200 - American Literature to 1865 3 s.h.
ELIT 201 - English Literature – Renaissance to 18th Century 3 s.h.
ELIT 241 - The English Renaissance 3 s.h.
ELIT 243 - 18th-Century English Literature 3 s.h.
ELIT 272 - 17th-Century English Literature 3 s.h.
ELIT 273 - Milton 3 s.h.
ELIT 287 - From Romance to Gothic 3 s.h.
ELIT 371 - Shakespeare and Culture 3 s.h.
WLIT 201 - World Literature – Renaissance to 18th Century 3 s.h.
WLIT 281 - The Chinese Novel 3 s.h.

1800 to Present

ALIT 201 - American Literature 1865 – Present 3 s.h.
ALIT 207 - Survey of Environmental Literature 3 s.h.
ALIT 210 - American Poetry 3 s.h.
ALIT 216 - Modern American Fiction 3 s.h.
ALIT 217 - Contemporary American Fiction 3 s.h.
ALIT 226 - Contemporary American Poetry 3 s.h.
ALIT 240 - The American Renaissance 3 s.h.
ALIT 250 - African-American Literature 3 s.h.
ALIT 280 - Jack London 3 s.h.
ALIT 286 - African-American Women Writers 3 s.h.
ALIT 303 - Literature of Imprisonment 3 s.h.
ALIT 351 - Literature of the Harlem Renaissance 3 s.h.
ALIT 369 - Rachel Carson 3 s.h.
ALIT 371 - Cooper and His Country 3 s.h.
ALIT 372 - Mark Twain 3 s.h.
ALIT 373 - Upstate New York Writers 3 s.h.
ALIT 374 - Hawthorne and Melville 3 s.h.
ALIT 375 - Burroughs and Nature Writing 3 s.h.
ELIT 202 - English Literature – 18th Century to Present 3 s.h.
ELIT 245 - British Writers of the Romantic Age 3 s.h.
ELIT 246 - Victorian Literature 3 s.h.
ELIT 247 - 20th-Century English Writers 3 s.h.
ELIT 274 - Modern British Poets 3 s.h.
ELIT 275 - Jane Austen 3 s.h.
ELIT 364 - Dickens 3 s.h.
WLIT 202 - World Literature – 18th Century to the Present 3 s.h.
WLIT 241 - Literatures of The Middle East 3 s.h.
WLIT 242 - Muslim Women Writers 3 s.h.
WLIT 250 - European Literature and Culture 3 s.h.
WLIT 257 - Modern Black Literature 3 s.h.
WLIT 270 - Postcolonial Literature and Culture: Africa 3 s.h.
WLIT 271 - Postcolonial Literature and Culture: The Americas 3 s.h.
WLIT 380 - Writing and Violence 3 s.h.

One Additional Period: 3 s.h.

ALIT 200 - American Literature to 1865 3 s.h.
ALIT 201 - American Literature 1865 – Present 3 s.h.
ALIT 207 - Survey of Environmental Literature 3 s.h.
ALIT 210 - American Poetry 3 s.h.
ALIT 216 - Modern American Fiction 3 s.h.
ALIT 217 - Contemporary American Fiction 3 s.h.
ALIT 226 - Contemporary American Poetry 3 s.h.
ALIT 240 - The American Renaissance 3 s.h.
ALIT 250 - African-American Literature 3 s.h.
ALIT 280 - Jack London 3 s.h.
ALIT 286 - African-American Women Writers 3 s.h.
ALIT 303 - Literature of Imprisonment 3 s.h.
ALIT 351 - Literature of the Harlem Renaissance 3 s.h.
ALIT 369 - Rachel Carson 3 s.h.
ALIT 371 - Cooper and His Country 3 s.h.
ALIT 372 - Mark Twain 3 s.h.
ALIT 373 - Upstate New York Writers 3 s.h.
ALIT 374 - Hawthorne and Melville 3 s.h.
ALIT 375 - Burroughs and Nature Writing 3 s.h.
COMP 315 - Early Literary Criticism 3 s.h.
ELIT 200 - English Literature – Beginnings to Early Renaissance 3 s.h.
ELIT 201 - English Literature – Renaissance to 18th Century 3 s.h.
ELIT 202 - English Literature – 18th Century to Present 3 s.h.
ELIT 240 - Medieval English Literature 3 s.h.
ELIT 241 - The English Renaissance 3 s.h.
ELIT 243 - 18th-Century English Literature 3 s.h.
ELIT 245 - British Writers of the Romantic Age 3 s.h.
ELIT 246 - Victorian Literature 3 s.h.
ELIT 247 - 20th-Century English Writers 3 s.h.
ELIT 272 - 17th-Century English Literature 3 s.h.
ELIT 273 - Milton 3 s.h.
ELIT 274 - Modern British Poets 3 s.h.
ELIT 275 - Jane Austen 3 s.h.
ELIT 287 - From Romance to Gothic 3 s.h.
ELIT 364 - Dickens 3 s.h.
ELIT 370 - Chaucer 3 s.h.
ELIT 371 - Shakespeare and Culture 3 s.h.
LITR 220 - Short Fiction 3 s.h.
LITR 222 - Science Fiction 3 s.h.
LITR 237 - Fantasy 3 s.h.
LITR 244 - Contemporary Literature 3 s.h.
LITR 283 - Women’s Literature 3 s.h.
LITR 284 - Writing the Land: Literature of Place 3 s.h.
LITR 285 - Writing Lives: Gender and Memoir 3 s.h.
LITR 306 - Children’s Literature 3 s.h.
LITR 345 - Native American Literatures 3 s.h.
LITR 350 - Contemporary Critical Theory 3 s.h.
WLIT 200 - World Literature – Ancient to Medieval 3 s.h.
WLIT 201 - World Literature – Renaissance to 18th Century 3 s.h.
WLIT 202 - World Literature – 18th Century to the Present 3 s.h.
WLIT 212 - Survey of Greek Literature 3 s.h.
WLIT 225 - The Greek Dramatists 3 s.h.
WLIT 227 - Sex and Gender in Greek Literature 3 s.h.
WLIT 231 - Mythology 3 s.h.
WLIT 241 - Literatures of The Middle East 3 s.h.
WLIT 242 - Muslim Women Writers 3 s.h.
WLIT 250 - European Literature and Culture 3 s.h.
WLIT 257 - Modern Black Literature 3 s.h.
WLIT 260 - The Bible as Literature 3 s.h.
WLIT 270 - Postcolonial Literature and Culture: Africa 3 s.h.
WLIT 271 - Postcolonial Literature and Culture: The Americas 3 s.h.
WLIT 281 - The Chinese Novel 3 s.h.
WLIT 315 - Ancient Religious Writings 3 s.h.
WLIT 380 - Writing and Violence 3 s.h.

Related Work: 18-24 s.h.

COMP 100 - Composition 3 s.h.
LING 201 - Language and Society 3 s.h.
Or
LING 320 - History of the English Language 3 s.h.
Or
LING 322 - Varieties of American English 3 s.h.
LING 210 - Traditional Grammar: English 3 s.h.
Or
LING 215 - Introduction to Editing and Publishing 3 s.h.
COMM 100 - Introduction to Communication 3 s.h.
MCOM 151 - Understanding Media 3 s.h.
EDUC 254 - Integrating Technology into the Curriculum: Middle and High School 3 s.h.
Any Foreign Language at the 102 level or higher OR meeting the education foreign language requirement in related work via a proficiency score on the foreign language exam of 250 or higher OR via three years of progressive study of the same foreign language in high school. 0-6 s.h.

Minimum Total: 98 s.h.

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