Secondary Education: English Emphasis, B.S.

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The Ferrum College Teacher Education Program prepares caring and competent pre-professionals as decision-makers for the diverse contexts of 21st-century classrooms, schools and communities. Building upon a solid liberal arts foundation, the Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education program assists candidates to develop the knowledge, skills and dispositions necessary to become effective and caring teachers in grades 6-12. Any student wishing to prepare for a career teaching secondary grades 6-12 may do so by selecting the Secondary Education program with an emphasis in one of the following areas:

Agricultural Education
English
History and Social Sciences

This major requires a minimum cumulative 2.8 GPA and a minimum 3.0 GPA in education courses.

Middle/Secondary (6-12) Education Pre-Service Foundations Certificate [18 Credits]

Requires a minimum 3.0 GPA in Education Courses.

EDU 203 - Foundations and Trends in Education 3 Credit(s).
EDU 312 - Content Area Literacy 3 Credit(s).
EDU 330 - The Middle School 3 Credit(s).
EDU 355 - Secondary and Middle School Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Strategies 3 Credit(s).
EDU 357 - Secondary and Middle School Classroom Management and Differentiated Instructional Strategies 3 Credit(s).
SPD 220 - Survey of Exceptional and Special Education 3 Credit(s).

Secondary Education: English Requirements [54 Credits]

Minimum 3.0 GPA in all Education courses:
EDU 202 - Introduction to 21st Century Education 3 Credit(s).
EDU 314 - The Teaching of English 3 Credit(s).
EDU 404 - Student Teaching and Synthesis Experience 12 Credit(s).
Choose 1 of the following two courses:
ENG 201 - World Literature I 3 Credit(s).
ENG 202 - World Literature II 3 Credit(s).
Required Courses:
ENG 131, 132 to 431, 432 - Journalism Practicum 2 Credit(s).
ENG 141, 142 to 441, 442 - Creative Arts Practicum 1 Credit(s).
ENG 301 - Literature for Children and Adolescents 3 Credit(s).
ENG 312 - Feature Writing and Production 3 Credit(s).
ENG 336 - Linguistics 3 Credit(s).
ENG 338 - Digital Rhetoric 3 Credit(s).
ENG 347 - American Literature 3 Credit(s).
ENG 363 - British Literature 3 Credit(s).
ENG 365 - Shakespeare 3 Credit(s).
ENG 401 - Literary Criticism 3 Credit(s).
PSY 201 - General Psychology 3 Credit(s).
PSY 211 - Human Growth and Development – Child and Adolescent 3 Credit(s).

Secondary Education: English Emphasis, B.S.

Middle/Secondary (6-12) Education Pre-Service Foundations Certificate [18 Credits]

Secondary Education: English Requirements [54 Credits]

Total Credit Hours Required in Certificate: 18

Total Credit Hours Required in Major: 54

Total Credit Hours Required in Degree: 120