JMU - English Requirements
English Requirements
To be licensed to teach secondary school English, the student must satisfactorily complete requirements for a baccalaureate degree in an arts and sciences discipline and at least 39 semester hours of credits in English, including the following courses or their equivalent. Grades of “C-“ or better are required.
Required Courses |
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| Course | Course Title | Credits | |
| GWRIT 103 | Critical Reading and Writing (grade of “C” or better required) | 3 | |
| GENG 235 | Survey of English Literature: From Beowulf to the 18th Century | 3 | |
| GENG 236 | Survey of English Literature: 18th Century to Modern | 3 | |
| GENG 247 | Survey of American Lit.: From the Beginning to the Civil War | 3 | |
| GENG 248 | Survey of American Lit.: From the Civil War to the Modern Period | 3 | |
| GENG 239 | Studies in World Literature (Alternative Canons requirement) | 3 | |
| READ 254 | Literature for Adolescents | 3 | |
| ENG 299 | Writing About Literature | 3 | |
| ENG 396 | Advanced Composition | 3 | |
| Choose one course from the following: | 3 | ||
| ENG 421 | Traditional English Grammar | ||
| ENG 422 | Modern English Grammar | ||
| Choose from an Author(s) course: | 3 | ||
| ENG 456 | Shakespeare’s Comedies and Tragic Histories | ||
| ENG 457 | Shakespeare’s Tragedies and Comic Histories | ||
| ENG 458 | Shakespeare on the Page and Stage in London | ||
| A Genre and Theory course (It is recommended that English education students take ENG 440 Texts for Teachers I which satisfies the genre requirement) | 3 | ||
| A Period course (It is recommended that English education students take ENG 441 Texts for Teachers II which satisfies the period requirement) | 3 | ||
| An Alternative Canons course (It is recommended that English education students take GENG 239 Studies in World Literature – listed above - which satisfies the Alternative Canons requirement as well as the World Literature requirement) | 3 | ||
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Total Minimum Credits for English Teacher Licensure:
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39-42 | ||
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Secondary Licensure Areas
Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, English, Foreign Language,
History and Social Science, Mathematics, and Physics
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