English - Secondary Teaching

Parent Program: 
Overview & Highlights: 

Language plays a significant role in education at any age and places a large responsibility in the hands of educators. The English secondary teaching emphasis equips future teachers with the tools needed in the classroom.

Highlights:

  • Courses explore a broad range of topics in language and linguistics
  • Extended studies offer courses in communication and sociology
What can I do with this degree? (Our Graduates): 

The secondary teaching emphasis is designed specifically for students who plan to teach English in a K-12 classroom.

Further Information: 

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR TEACHER EDUCATION CANDIDATES
To Enter a Teacher Education Program (effective July 1, 2005)
Students must meet the following requirements in addition to the specific course requirements outlined above to enter a teacher education program and become credentialed to teach in a California public school:

  1. Complete LA-385 Critical Approaches to Teaching with a grade of C or better.
  2. Pass the CSET Examination to demonstrate the subject matter competence required by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing to be a teacher.

To Enter the Fresno Pacific University Teacher Education Program
Students must meet the following requirements to enter the teacher education program at FPU:

  1. Earn a 2.75 overall grade-point average in their college coursework.
  2. Earn a 3.0 grade-point average in the secondary teaching emphasis of their major.

To Complete the Fresno Pacific University Teacher Education Program
Students must complete the following courses (with a grade of C or better) in order to complete the teacher education program at FPU and receive a teaching credential. Students are advised, but not required, to take these courses as undergraduates.

  • PS-120 American Politics and Society (4) (or equivalent)
  • or HIST-150 American Civilization (4) (or equivalent)
  • PSY-355 Adolescent Development (3) (or equivalent)
  • LANG-340 Introduction to Linguistics (3) (or equivalent)

It is recommended that students complete one of the following courses, as well:

  • HIST-420 American Ethnicity and Pluralism (3) (or equivalent)
  • SOC-310 Cultural Communities of California (3) (or equivalent)
Degree Course Listings: 

GENERAL EDUCATION OR OTHER PREREQUISITES (3 COURSES, 9 UNITS)

  • COM-110 Written Communication (3)
  • COM-120 Oral Communication (3)
  • LIT-180 Introduction to Literature (3)

REQUIRED COURSES (51 UNITS MINIMUM)

Literature and Textual Analysis

  • LIT-415 Shakespeare (3)
  • LIT-460 Critical Approaches to Literature (3)

Select one of the following:

  • LIT-350 American Wilderness Literature and Philosophy (3)
  • LIT-355 American Literature: Beginnings to 19th Century (3)
  • LIT-360 American Literature: 20th Century (3)

Select one of the following:

  • LIT-400 Medieval Life, Thought and Literature (4)
  • LIT-420 English Literature: Romantic and Victorian Literature (3)
  • LIT-425 English Literature: 20th Century Literature (3)

Select one of the following:

  • LIT-370 The Novel (3)
  • LIT-380 World Theater: Roots to 1800 (3)
  • LIT-385 World Theater: 1800 to Present (3)
  • LIT-448 Multicultural Literature (3)

Language, Linguistics and Literacy

  • LANG-310 First and Second Language Acquisition (3)
  • LANG-340 Introduction to Linguistics (3)

Composition and Rhetoric

  • COM-345 Composition Theory and Writing (3)
  • LANG-350 Traditional Applied Grammar (3)

Communications: Speech, Media and Creative Performance

  • COM-410 Media and Society (3)
  • LIT-395 Text and Performance (3)

Select one of the following:

  • DRA-350 Acting (3)
  • DRA-360 Directing and Staging Texts (3)

Select two of the following:

  • COM-300 Creative Writing: Fiction (3)
  • COM-310 Creative Writing: Poetry (3)
  • COM-320 Creative Writing: Nonfiction (3)

EXTENDED STUDIES
Select one of the following:

  • COM-380 Film Studies (3)
  • LIT-449 Literature and Film (3)

Select one of the following:

  • COM-350 Visual Rhetoric (3)
  • COM-455 Philosophy of Language (3)

Select one of the following:

  • COM-330 Writing and Reading Journalism (3)
  • COM-360 Digital Video Production (3)

Select one of the following:

  • SOC-310 Cultural Communities of California (3)
  • SOC-410 American Ethnicity and Pluralism (3)

 

 
 
 
 
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