Education Department: English 7-12 Certification

Do you love to read books? Do you like to write? Do you have a passion to share these interests with others?

Marywood has just what you're looking for! Our English/Secondary Education degree is a four-year program designed to provide you with a firm grounding in literary tradition, literary analysis, and writing. In addition, the program provides a foundation in linguistics and two courses in methods of teaching English.

The methods course in teaching literature offers theory as well as practical application of best practices in teaching middle-school and high-school students to read, understand and connect to a variety of texts; also offered are experiences with test preparation, lesson planning, unit planning and the actual presentation of lessons.

The methods course in teaching writing also offers current theory in composition as well as actual practice in strategies of invention, drafting, revision, editing, and assessment of texts. Both methods courses are required before student teaching.

Specialty Courses

ENGL 170	Introduction to Literary Studies	3
ENGL 180	World Literature	3
ENGL 370	Shakespeare	3
ENGL 412A	Teaching Writing	3
ENGL 412B	Teaching Literature	3
ENGL 310-329	1 course from Genre	3
ENGL 330-349	1 course from Theme	3
ENGL 350-359	1 course from American Period	3
ENGL 360-369	1 course from British Period	3
ENGL (varies)	Any Upper Level Writing Course	3
ENGL 400	Structure of Linguistics	3
Choose from 3 of the following 4 courses:
ENGL 357A	Early American Literature	3
ENGL 357	American Literature 1865-present	3
ENGL 360	Midieval & Early Modern British Writers	3
ENGL 364	Major British Writers	3

General Requirements

EDUC 500	First Semester Certification Seminar	0
EDUC 000	Field Experience (100 clock hours minimum)	0
EDUC 502	Multidisciplinary Foundations of Education	3
EDUC 523	Seminar: Psychology of Education	3
PSY 514	Human Development	3
R ED 526	Teaching Content Area Reading	3
S ED 507	Characteristics and Remedial Strategies for Mildly Impaired (Not required for Art, CSD, H/PE, Music, S ED)	3
EDUC 411A	Effective Instruction in Secondary and K-12 Education	3
S ED 511	Curriculum for Special Needs Learners	3
S ED 539	Behavior Management Approaches	3
EDUC 561	Methods, Materials and Assessment ESL	3
EDUC 442A-Q	Student Teaching	6,6
EDUC 595A	Student Teaching Seminar	1