2009-2010 - Bowie State University

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ENGLISH
CONCENTRATION: TEACHER EDUCATION
The English Education program is offered jointly by the Department of English and Modern Languages
and the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development. Students in this Program are
assigned an advisor in the Department of English and Modern Languages and in the Department of
Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development. This Program is designed specifically to prepare
students to teach English at the secondary school level. The curriculum exposes the student to those
topics stressed in the National Council of the Teachers of English (NCATE) standards and meets the
requirements for teacher certification in the State of Maryland.
CORE REQUIREMENTS (39 semester hours)
Sem. Hrs.
ENGL 210 Introduction to Grammar 3
ENGL 236 Introduction to Literature 3
ENGL 301‐302 English Literature I and II 6
ENGL 316/317 American Literature I or II 3
ENGL 324/325 African American Literature I or II or
ENGL 337 Literature for Adolescents 3
ENGL 345 Introduction to Linguistics 3
ENGL 408 Shakespeare’s Problem Plays, Trag. and Rom. 3
ENGL 417 Contemporary American Literature 3
ENGL 425 Seminar in African‐American Literature 3
ENGL 438 Seminar for Majors and Minors 3
ENGL 445 Advanced Grammar 3
ENGL 470 Methods of Teaching English 3
Total Core Requirements 39
Total Professional Education Requirements 34
Total Requirements for Concentration 73
SAMPLE FOUR‐YEAR PLAN
FRESHMAN YEAR
Sem. Hrs.
First Semester
FRSE 101 Freshman Seminar 3
ENGL 101 Expository Writing 3
MATH 116 Introduction to Math Ideas 3
COMM 101 Oral Communication 3
_____ ___ Health and Wellness Elective 3
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Second Semester
ENGL 102 Argument and Research 3
HIST 114 African American History to 1865 or
HIST 115 African American History Since 1865 3
PHIL 103 Introduction to Principles of Reasoning 3
____ ___ Technology Elective 3
____ ___ Natural Sciences Elective 4
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