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The Secondary (8-12) Certification Program in English (English Language Arts and Reading)

    For Students with 2000 and 2002 Catalogue Years

 

The English major for the 2000 and 2002 catalogues consists of 36 semester hours above freshman composition.   The required courses, with a variety of options and clarifications is below.  Transfer Students:  There is some flexibility in the curriculum.  If the Admissions Office does not transfer all your courses, don’t simply give up.  See Dr. Hanson.  If you have questions about any aspect of this, visit Dr Hanson’s website homepage (www.shsu.edu/~mah011)  and click on the appropriate link button (or contact Dr. Melanie Hanson at 294-1435). 

 

English Coursework

·         English 265: Readings in Literature of the Western World.  (Take as soon as possible, preferably here at Sam Houston.)

·         English 266 or 267:  Readings in Literary Genres/Literature and Ideas.*  (Either of these will count, but see the asterisked note below for a better option.)

·         English 373:  English Grammar.  (Specifically required in certification.  You must make at least a “C” in this course.)

·         English 380:  Advanced Composition.  Certification students should take the section specific to the teaching of writing, normally the one taught by Dr. Bridges.  In the fall of 2005, ENG 380 will be replaced in the ELAR certification curriculum by English 357, Teaching Composition in the Secondary Schools (pending approval through the University curriculum process and by the Board of Regents.)

·         English 360:  Survey of American Literature, Beginning to 1865

·         English 361:  Survey of American Literature, 1865 to the Present

·         English 384:  Early English Masterworks

·         English 385:  Later English Masterworks

·         English 464:  Methods of Teaching English in Secondary Schools.  Specifically required for certification.  You must make at least a “C” in this course.

·         400-level English  

·         300- or 400-level English

·         300- or 400-level English

 

*If you have a “B” or better average in your first 9 hours of English, you may elect to take an upper division course instead of English 266 or 267.  Since English 266 and 267 rosters contain few majors, and since the orientation is more toward an introduction to literature for non-majors, we strongly advise that you take a 300-level course instead.  If you do, we will need to do a degree audit for you.  (See Trina or Dr. Hanson for the degree audit.)

 

 

 

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