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2025-2026 Academic Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Academic Catalog

English, B.A. (Secondary Teacher Certification)


This degree requires 121 credit hours, including 43 hours of University Core coursework.

Degree Requirements

All candidates must meet the following:

  1. Fulfill all university requirements for a bachelor’s degree, as outlined in the Bachelor’s Degree Requirements  section of this catalog.
  2. Complete Core Curriculum  Requirements for students entering college in Fall 1999 or later.
  3. Satisfy Bachelor of Arts degree requirements:
    • Lower Division: 3 semester hours of speech and fulfillment of the computer literacy/proficiency requirement (see note below).
    • Foreign Language: 6 semester hours at the sophomore level in one foreign language.
  4. Complete all required courses for the degree plan (outlined below).

Note: Students who are core complete but did not take speech and computer literacy/proficiency as part of their core curriculum will be required to complete these courses to meet degree requirements.

Core Curriculum - 43 Semester Hours


  • Core 010 - Communication (6 hours)
  • Core 020 - Mathematics (3 hours)
  • Core 030 - Life and Physical Science  (6 hours, 1 lab required )
  • Core 040 - Language, Philosophy and Culture  (3 hours) (Literature recommended)
  • Core 050 - Creative Arts (3 hours)
  • Core 060 - American History (6 hours)
  • Core 070 - Government/Political Science (6 hours)
  • Core 080 - Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 hours)
  • Core 090 - Component Area Option: Speech (3 hours)
  • Core 090 - Component Area Option: Computer Literacy (3 hours)

General Program Requirements - Humanities/English - 10 Semester Hours


  • SPCH (May be satisified in Core)
  • Computer Literacy (May be satisfied in Core)
  • Sophomore Level Foreign Language  (Prerequisite: Freshman-Level Foreign Language I & II in the same language)
  • Sophomore Level Foreign Language  (Prerequisite: Freshman-Level Foreign Language I & II in the same language)

English Major Requirements - 30 Semester Hours


Understanding Language - 3 Semester Hours


(Choose one from the following):

American Literature - 3 Semester Hours


(Choose one from the following):

British Literature - 3 Semester Hours


(Choose one from the following):

UD English Electives - 15 Semester Hours


  • ENGL 3000- or 4000-level course
  • ENGL 3000- or 4000-level course
  • ENGL 3000- or 4000-level course
  • ENGL 3000- or 4000-level course
  • ENGL 3000- or 4000-level course

Professional Development Lower Division Prerequisites - 6 Semester Hours


  • 3 semester hours of British Literature chosen from: ENGL 2322, 2323, or 3326 (May be satisfied in Major requirements)
  • 3 semester hours of Natural Science w/lab (May be satisfied in Core)

LD/UD Free Electives


Students must complete additional lower- or upper-division electives to reach the 121-credit-hour degree requirement.

Total Required Hours - 121 Semester Hours