English Teacher (7–12), B.A.

Major Requirements (40–44 Credits)

Students must complete the following English Department requirements for the B.A. degree program for English teacher:

I. English

2120 and 2121 (8 credits)
English 2120 and 2121 are required. Majors in the English teacher program should complete English 2120 or 2121 or be enrolled in one or the other, before continuing in other electives. No ENGL course numbered lower than 2115 may count toward the major.

II. Period Courses (7–8 credits)

One course from each of two of the following six historical periods; one course must be chosen from Fields 1 or 3 and one must be chosen from Fields 4 through 6:

1. 900–1500: English 3111, 3112, 3520, 4101; Comparative Literature 3614
2. 1500–1680: English 3120, 3121, 3122, 3123, 3124, 3125, 4102; Comparative Literature 3615
3. 1660–1800: English 3131, 3132, 3133, 3234, 4103; Comparative Literature 3616
4. 1800–1900: English 3140, 3141, 3142, 3143, 3145, 3151, 3160, 3240, 4104, 4107; Comparative Literature 3606, 3617
5. 1900–1950: English 2402, 3152, 3153, 3160, 3161, 3162, 3164, 3165, 3170, 3171, 3172, 3173, 3193, 4108; Comparative Literature 3607, 3610, 3618, 3622, 3623, 3624, 3625
6. 1950–present: English 2402, 3154, 3161, 3162, 3166, 3167, 3174, 3180, 3187, 3193, 3194, 3254, 4109, 4112, 4113, 4114; Comparative Literature 3609, 3611, 3619, 3621, 3622, 3623, 3625, 4601, 4602

III. Field Concentration: English Teaching (16 credits)

Four courses, one from each of the following groups:

• A. Language: English 3520, 3521, 3522, 3523, 3524, or a course in linguistics
• B. Composition: English 2115, 2116, 2301, 2302, 3177, or any other writing-intensive course
• C. Shakespeare: English 3122 or 3123
• D. Children’s and Young Adult Literatures: English 3189

IV. Electives (9–12 credits)

1. Breadth and Depth Area Studies (one course each from areas A and B):

• A. A course that addresses race/ethnicity or empire/post-colonialism (e.g., English  3158, 3160, 3161, 3162, 3166, 3169, 3180, 3194, 3234, 3240, 3282, 3526, Comparative Literature 3620, 3623, 3625, 3632, or another course with permission of the chair)
• B. A genre course, or a thematic studies course (addressing a theme such as memory, migration, environmental humanities, literature and psychology, gender and sexuality), or an Interdisciplinary Studies course (English 3156, 3157, 3158, 3159, 3163, 3181, 3182, 3183, 3184, 3185, 3186, 3188, 3189, 3190, 3191, 3192, 3265, 3281, 3282, 3286, 3287, 3288, 3292, 4107, 4110, 4111, Comparative Literature 3601, 3602, 3603, 3604, 3605, 3608, 3612, 3613, 3628, 3629)

2. One additional English Department elective, or one seminar in English or Comparative Literature numbered in the 4000s.

The following pedagogical courses in the Department of Secondary Education: Secondary Education 2001, 2002, 3401, 3402, 4401, 4407, 3456, 4482 (total of 28 credits):

Secondary Education 2001, 2002, 3401, 3402. This four-term sequence may be started in the lower-sophomore term, or upper-sophomore term.

Secondary Education 3456 may be started after completing Secondary Education 2001 and 2002.

Student teaching: Secondary Education 4401, 4407, and 4482.

This program reflects changes in teacher certification requirements recently implemented by the New York State Education Department. Degree programs in adolescence education and include a major in an appropriate department of the college and in the case of social studies may also include an approved selection of interdepartmental courses.

Completion of an adolescence education program as part of a major in English, one of the appropriate social sciences, mathematics, or one of the sciences qualifies students for New York State initial certification in adolescence education for grades seven through 12.

Students must complete 28 credits in the Department of Secondary Education as specified above.

All students accepted to the School of Education are required to submit fingerprint verification before signing up for most education classes. Fingerprint verification is required for work in New York City Department of Education schools if you already have fingerprint records or not. Follow these instructions.

Student Learning Outcomes

Students will:

• Be prepared to pass NYSED teacher certification examinations in content area, pedagogy, and knowledge of students.
• Apply the ACTFL, CEC, NCSS, NCTE, NCTM, NSTA, and SHAPE Standards and the Next Generation Learning Standards to planning, instruction, and assessment for all students, including those of low SES, linguistic/cultural minorities, and those with IEPs.
• Design lessons and units of study that engage all students, including ELLs and students with IEPs, in doing, thinking, reasoning, speaking, and writing in the content areas.
• Incorporate community resources in culturally relevant units of study.
• Create classrooms that support social and emotional learning.
• Make plans for and use technological tools (e.g. communication and collaboration tools, adaptive devices, Web-based digital media) in instruction.
• Analyze instructional materials and assessments in order to identify linguistic and extra-linguistic demands and challenges of performance tasks in the content areas.
• Analyze and interpret whole-class interaction focusing on guiding techniques conducive to orchestrating meaningful, inclusive, and content-rich conversations.
• Analyze and interpret samples of student work and classroom data to identify different levels of student learning as well as typical errors and misconceptions.
• Conduct and use research in their own practices to improve learning and teaching.

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