English, B.A. (Secondary Teacher Certification)

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

Degree Requirements

All candidates must meet the following:

Fulfill all university requirements for a bachelor’s degree, as outlined in the Bachelor’s Degree Requirements section of this catalog.
Complete Core Curriculum Requirements for students entering college in Fall 1999 or later.
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.
  - Students with an approved foreign language test score from the College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences may substitute 6 elective hours.
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)