English (BA) 9-12 Secondary Education Certification Preparation

To fulfill the academic requirements to be certified to teach English at the secondary level (Grades 9-12), students must complete a major in English (with or without a Creative Writing Emphasis).

Students should consult with their English and Education advisors to make sure they take courses in fulfillment of their major that also satisfy the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education requirements for teacher certification.

Students will also need to take a minor in secondary education (Grades 9-12), and EDU 33400.

Secondary Education (grades 9-12) Minor Coursework

37 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

• EDU 11110 Orientation to Educational Experiences with Field Experiences
• EDU 20200 Psychology of Teaching and Learning
• EDU 21501 Teacher Education Seminar I
• EDU 30710 Content Literacy for Diverse Learners
• EDU 32100 Middle/High School Classroom Teaching and Technology
• EDU 34100 Education of the Exceptional Child
• EDU 34310 Middle/High School Differentiation and Classroom Management with Field Experiences
• EDU 38700 Reading/Writing Across Curriculum
• EDU 40400 Advanced Measurement and Evaluation to Enhance Learning
• EDU 41000 Student Teaching

Oral Communications Coursework

3 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

• COM 10500 Group Dynamics and Effective Speaking
• COM 11000 Fundamentals of Oral Communication
• SW 20000 Intercultural Communication

Content Area Coursework

6 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

• EDU 24700 Adolescent Literature
• EDU 33400 Secondary Methods of Teaching English

English, BA

36 credit hours

The Bachelor of Arts in English prepares you to use the language both persuasively and creatively and to read, think, and write critically in any setting. Graduates pursue a variety of professional objectives and career paths, including graduate school in literature and creative writing, law school, teaching at the secondary level, journalism, technical and business writing, copywriting, editing, and proofreading.

A major in English requires 36 credit hours of coursework through the English program plus the foreign language requirement listed below.

The major is structured to provide you with broad expertise in British and American literature while also allowing you the opportunity to study literature of other regions and of traditionally underrepresented cultures and populations, and to conduct in-depth explorations of topics of your choosing.

Major Coursework

6 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

• ENGL 30100 Methods of Literary Study
• ENGL 45400 Senior Capstone in English

British Literature Coursework

6 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

• ENGL 33200 Chaucer
• ENGL 33300 Shakespeare
• ENGL 33800 Medieval Literature
• ENGL 33900 Early Modern Literature
• ENGL 34101 London in the Eighteenth Century
• ENGL 34200 Politics, Passion, Poetry and Problems: The Romantic Movement
• ENGL 34300 Victorians: Vile or Virtuous?
• ENGL 35700-35799 Topics in British Literature

American Literature Coursework

6 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

• ENGL 34400/SPA 34400 LatinX Literature
• ENGL 34700-34799 Topics in American Literature
• ENGL 35200 Early American Literature
• ENGL 35300Twentieth-Century American Literature
• ENGL 35400 Finding Home: Space, Place, and Identity in American Literature
• ENGL 37600 African American Literature

Additional Literature Coursework

6 credit hours of coursework from the following options and/or from the options in British literature or American Literature above:

Note that students pursuing 9-12 English teaching certification must complete ENGL 37100; additionally, students pursuing 9-12 English teaching certification may not satisfy this coursework distribution with “Topics” courses.

• ENGL 30900 The Novel
• ENGL 35500 Literary Modernism: Experiment, Method, and Mystery
• ENGL 36200 Translation and Literature
• ENGL 37100 Reading and Writing of the Young Adult Novel
• ENGL 38000-38099 Topics in Literature

Language, Linguistics, and Communication Coursework

6 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

Note that students pursuing 9-12 English teaching certification must complete ENGL 30700 and another approved writing course (consult with your ENGL and EDU advisors to select).

• COM 24200 Basic Reporting
• COM 30700 Writing for Visual Media
• COM 38200 Feature Writing
• DCS 35000 Personal Branding and Content Creation
• ENGL 20800 Introduction to Writing and Rhetoric
• ENGL 20900 Writing for Game Design
• ENGL 21100 Introduction to Creative Writing
• ENGL 22200 Writing about Reality
• ENGL 23000 Professional Communications
• ENGL 25000/SPA 25000 Multiculturalism and Multilingualism
• ENGL 30700 The Teaching of Writing
• ENGL 31200 Technical Writing
• ENGL 31500 Arrow Rock Literary Journal
• ENGL 36300 Philosophy of Language: Secrets, Symbols, and the Literary Mind
• ENGL 36500 Digital Humanities
• ENGL 37200 Grammar and Writing
• ENGL 38200-38299 Topics in English
• ENGL 40400 History of the English Language
• MGMT 36015 International Business and Cross-Cultural Communications
• MRKT 35040 Advertising and Promotional Strategy
• NPA 37100 Grantwriting
• PS 30700 Public Affairs: Writing and Reporting

Elective Coursework

6 credit hours of coursework from any of the above-listed ENGL courses, or any other 30000- or 40000-level ENGL course.

Note that students pursuing 9-12 English teaching certification must satisfy this elective coursework by completing ENGL 37200 and ENGL 40400.

No duplication of coursework is permitted within the program. At least two of the courses taken for the degree must be marked as GE-Human Diversity courses.

ENG courses may satisfy program requirements at the discretion of the advisor.

English majors must demonstrate proficiency in one foreign language equivalent to Lindenwood University’s Elementary II level. Students who transfer in at least six college credit hours in such a language or who have a sufficient AP exam score in such a language are considered to have demonstrated proficiency. Students who have studied a language offered by Lindenwood University but who do not have sufficient college course credit in the language may consult with the program about having their proficiency tested by the faculty in our non-English language programs to determine which courses if any, they must take to fulfill the requirement. Students who have studied a language not offered by Lindenwood University and who do not have sufficient college course credit in the language may consult with the program about taking an online proficiency test to determine whether they will need to undertake further language study at Lindenwood. (Note: Not all languages are available for testing.) English majors should take ENGL 30100 as soon as possible after completing ENGL 17000.