The English Education Track - Description & Course Requirements

THE ENGLISH EDUCATION TRACK (36 credits) prepares students to serve as teachers of English and language arts in middle, junior high, and senior high schools and to meet national and Maryland State standards for certification.

REQUIREMENTS FOR AN ENGLISH-EDUCATION TRACK - Total 36 credits

Literary Heritage (18 credits)
Analysis and Research (9 credits)
Language, Linguistics, and Literary Criticism (3 credits)
Writing (6 credits)

I. Literary Heritage (18 credits required)

A. Survey of Development or Period

Lower-division (100-200 level)
Both of the following (worth three credits each):

ENGL 221 - British Literature to 1798
ENGL 222 - British Literature since 1798

Upper-division (300-400 level)
Two of the following (worth three credits each). One course from this group or from the Literary Genre group below must represent literature before 1798 (courses marked with an asterisk at the end).

ENGL 321 - Medieval British Literature*
ENGL 323 - British Renaissance Literature*
ENGL 324 - British Literature of the Later Renaissance*
ENGL 325 - Eighteenth Century British Literature*
ENGL 326 - The English Romantic Period
ENGL 327 - The Victorian Age
ENGL 341 - History and Literature of the Old Testament*
ENGL 431 - Literature of the American Romantic Period
ENGL 432 - Literature of the American Realistic Period

B. Literary Genre

Upper-division (300-400 level)
One of the following (worth three credits each):

ENGL 322 - British Medieval and Renaissance Drama*
ENGL 331 - American Drama
ENGL 344 - The Continental Novel
ENGL 345 - Perspectives in World Drama*
ENGL 346 - Modern Drama
ENGL 420 - Development of the British Novel: Eighteenth Century*
ENGL 421 - Development of the British Novel: Nineteenth Century
ENGL 422 - Development of the British Novel: Twentieth Century
ENGL 423 - Modern British Poetry
ENGL 433 - American Short Story
ENGL 435 - Development of the American Novel: Nineteenth Century
ENGL 436 - Development of the American Novel: Twentieth Century
ENGL 437 - American Poetry Through Frost
ENGL 438 - Modern American Poetry
ENGL 439 - Modern World Poetry
ENGL 441 - Modern Fiction to World War II
ENGL 442 - Modern Fiction Since World War II

C. Thematic and Topical Studies

The following course in EDUC worth three credits (counts in the 36 credit minimum for the English Major):

EDUC 418 - Young Adult Literature

II. Analysis and Research (9 credits required)

A. Formal Analysis of Genre

Lower-division (100-200 level)
The following course (worth three credits):

ENGL 261 - Elements of Poetry

B. Literary Analysis and Research

Upper-division (300-400 level)
The following course* (worth three credits):

ENGL 361 - Literary Research and Applied Criticism

*Note: The Department urges students to enroll for ENGL 361 very early in their program of study. The course develops skills in research, analysis, and criticial writing that they will find invaluable as they complete their upper-division requirements.

C. Study of Major Figure and Related Scholarship

Upper-division (300-400 level)
One of the following* (worth three credits):

ENGL 425 - Chaucer
ENGL 427 - Shakespearean Comedy
ENGL 428 - Shakespearean Tragedy
ENGL 429 - Milton and The Humantist Tradition

III. Language and Linguistics (3 credits required)

Upper-division (300-400 level)
One of the following (worth three credits each):

ENGL 350 - Comparative Grammar
ENGL 353 - History of the American Language
ENGL 451 - History of the English Language
ENGL 452 - Structure of the English Language

IV. Writing (6 credits required)

Lower-division (100-200 level)
One of the following (worth three credits each):

ENGL 102 - Writing for a Liberal Education (formerly College Writing)
ENGL 190 - Honors College Writing

Upper-division (300-400 level)
One of the following (worth three credits each):

ENGL 313 - Advanced Composition
ENGL 315 - Creativity and Style in Writing Non-Fiction
ENGL 317 - Writing for Business and Industry
ENGL 318 - Advanced Informational Writing

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