2005-2006 Undergraduate Catalog

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College of Arts and Sciences

Bachelor of Science in Education in English

The English Major for Bachelor of Science in Education is designed to prepare graduates to teach composition, literature, and speech in secondary schools. In addition to gaining skills and knowledge of composition and literary study, students learn computer applications for text processing and language analysis. All DSU teacher education graduates complete a K-12 Educational Technology Endorsement program.

System-wide General Education Requirements:    30
Institution-wide Graduation Requirements:    5
Information Technology Literacy Requirements*   9
* Majors must take ART 121, PSYC 101, SPCM 101, one of HIST 151, or HIST 152, and a literature course (ENGL 210, 211, 221, 222, 241, 242, or 268) as part of the system-wide general education requirement.
** Majors must take CIS 130 as part of the information technology literature requirement.
NOTE: Students should complete professional education coursework (see below) concurrently with general education and content major coursework.
Major Requirements   51
  ART 282 2-Dimensional Design on Computers I 3  
  CIS 350 Computer Hardware, Data Communications
& Networking 		 3  
ENGL 208 Documentation and Presentation 3
ENGL 284 Introduction to Criticism 3
  ENGL 307 Principles of Grammar   3  
  ENGL 480 Contemporary Rhetoric 3  
ENGL 484  Literary Criticism 3
  LING 443 History of the English Language  3  
  MCOM 161 Fundamentals of Desktop Publishing 3  
  MCOM 351 Web Publishing I 3  
  SPCM 215 Public Speaking 3  
  or      
  SPCM 340 Oral Interpretation of Literature    
  Take 9 credits from the following courses:    9
  ENGL 211 World Literature I  3  
  ENGL 212 World Literature II  3  
  ENGL 221 British Literature I  3  
  ENGL 222 British Literature II  3  
  ENGL 241 American Literature I  3  
  ENGL 242 American Literature II  3  
  *Take 9 credits from the following:   9
  ENGL 333 Period Study 3  
  ENGL 343 Selected Authors 3  
  ENGL 363 Studies in Genre 3  
  *Students select among alternative courses in order to provide study of a representative body of world literature to include British, American, young adult, and contemporary, and study analyzing literature from a broad historical prospective, of a variety of genres and a variety of authors by gender and ethnicity.  
Professional Education Courses    32
 

Students must complete 30 hours of system-wide general education courses in their first 64 credit hours.

All Professional Education Courses must be completed with a “C” or better.

 
  1 No grade less than a "C" and must be completed prior to admission to Teacher Education    
  2 Requires field experience.    
Pre-Professional Block    
  EDFN 338 Foundations of American Education 1, 2  2  
  EPSY 302 Educational Psychology 1, 2 3  
  HIST/INED 441 South Dakota Indian Studies 3  
  SPED 100 Intro to Persons with Exceptionalities 1, 2 2  
  Admission to the Teacher Education Program is required for the remaining courses. See Requirements for Admission in the College of Education section.  
  *Students planning to teach outside South Dakota are encouraged to take
SPED 100 for 3 credits.		  
     
Early Professional Block    
  EPSY 330 Human Growth and Development 2 3  
  ENGL/SEED 450 7-12 Teaching Reading in the Content Area 2 3  
  EDFN/SOC 475 Human Relations  3  
Advanced Professional Block    
  SEED 302  Secondary and Middle Level
Content Methods: English Major 2 		 2  
Student Teaching Semester    
 

Admission to Student Teaching is required for enrollment in SEED 488.  See Approval for Student Teaching in College of Education section.  SEED 401 and SEED 471 are taught in a compressed format during the first four weeks of thesemester and are usually taken in the same semester as student teaching.

  
  SEED 401 Methods of Education Technology 2  1  
  SEED 471 Secondary Education    
    Classroom Management (Recommended) 1  
  SEED 488 Student Teaching 10  
  Students planning to teach outside South Dakota are encouraged to take  
  HLTH 201 ATOD Prevention Education 2  
Minors/Endorsement Programs (Minors leading to South Dakota certification)    
  See Education Endorsement Programs in College of Education section for a list of all available minor/endorsement programs for K-12 and Secondary Education majors.    
     
     
     
 

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